{"id":4975,"date":"2025-02-27T00:03:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T05:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/?p=4975"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:45:33","slug":"the-witching-hour-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/2025\/02\/27\/the-witching-hour-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witching Hour, Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vintage witch (that has a pleasant mouth-feel) by <a href=\"https:\/\/libertypuzzles.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-witching-hour-puzzle\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/libertypuzzles.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-witching-hour-puzzle\">Liberty<\/a>, with themed whimsies. I really liked the pumpkin &#8230;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodenjigsawpuzzles.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.woodenjigsawpuzzles.com\/\">Hoefnagel<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven&#8217;t been able to identify an actual artist for this. Googling around, I found various listings for this image, described as an &#8220;I.S.L. series&#8221; postcard #552 (notice the #552 at bottom left corner of the image). One ebay seller described it thusly: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This vintage Halloween postcard from the I.S.L. Series 552 features an embossed design with a woman holding a broom, a Jack O Lantern, a black cat, and a starry night background. It is a printed (lithograph) postcard from 1909, with a divided back typical of the era. The postcard is a single unit, part of a set of one, and includes a stamp. It is an original piece in good condition &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t even figure out what &#8220;I.S.L. series&#8221; is &#8230;. but I enjoyed browsing around some vintage postcard websites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>list of vintage postcard publishers from <a href=\"http:\/\/postcards.wikidot.com\/publishers-series\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/postcards.wikidot.com\/publishers-series\">postcards.wikidot.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a different list of vintage postcard publishers from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/gleebeeco.com\/pages\/postcards-by-publisher\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gleebeeco.com\/pages\/postcards-by-publisher\">gleebeeco<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>terminology from the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagopostcardmuseum.org\/glossary_of_postcard_terms.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.chicagopostcardmuseum.org\/glossary_of_postcard_terms.html\">Chicago Postcard Museum<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_154803868-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" data-id=\"4979\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_154803868-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_154803868-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_154803868-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_154803868-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_154803868-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_154803868-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_154803868-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_155511134-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4976\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_155511134-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_155511134-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_155511134-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_155511134-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_155511134-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_155511134-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_155511134-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_155511134-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161324560-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4977\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161324560-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161324560-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161324560-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161324560-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161324560-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161324560-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161324560-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161324560-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I love this sweet little pumpkin &#8211; look at the careful placing of the orange, on the edge of the moon, to cut a stem out of the adjacent brown!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161412135-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4978\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161412135-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161412135-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161412135-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161412135-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161412135-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161412135-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161412135-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161412135-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">not sure what this is? it looks non-random, but &#8230;? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161439889-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" data-id=\"4982\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161439889-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161439889-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161439889-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161439889-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161439889-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161439889-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161439889-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">bats! I love bats. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161502142-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4980\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161502142-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161502142-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161502142-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161502142-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161502142-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161502142-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161502142-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_161502142-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">is that a 6-legged tick? or are beetles a halloween thing now? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223242390-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4983\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223242390-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223242390-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223242390-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223242390-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223242390-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223242390-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223242390-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223242390-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223314699-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4981\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223314699-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223314699-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223314699-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223314699-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223314699-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223314699-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223314699-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223314699-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vintage witch (that has a pleasant mouth-feel) by Liberty, with themed whimsies. I really liked the pumpkin &#8230;. Via Hoefnagel. I haven&#8217;t been able to identify an actual artist for this. Googling around, I found various listings for this image, described as an &#8220;I.S.L. series&#8221; postcard #552 (notice the #552 at bottom left corner of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,612],"tags":[],"artists":[],"puzzling":[654,200,371],"makers":[166],"features":[632],"subjects":[307,25,337],"class_list":["post-4975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-completed","category-wooden-lasercut","puzzling-654","puzzling-hoefnagel-puzzle-club","puzzling-lq","makers-liberty-puzzles","features-101-299-pieces","subjects-halloween","subjects-public-domain-art","subjects-witches"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250227_223242390-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4975"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5009,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975\/revisions\/5009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"artists","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists?post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"puzzling","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/puzzling?post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"makers","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/makers?post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"features","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/features?post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subjects?post=4975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}