(same pieces but different shapes than Richter 16 Magic Egg)



a.k.a. a.k.a. Columbus' Egg, Columbian Puzzle, Richter Anchor Stone Puzzle No. 3
Richter & Co., Germany, circa 1890's / early 1900's.
(cardboard box 3.1" x 4.1" x 9/16" with wood inserts, 9 stone pieces, and booklet;
the Anchor Puzzle Book dates this puzzle as first made in 1893;
similar in construction to the Anchor Puzzle Tangram;
the inside of the cover shows how to pack the pieces into the box;
the booklet has multi-language text inside the covers and on pages A to Q at the front,
and 48 pages with 111 shapes to make,
where the last 16 pages are shapes made in combination with another puzzle;
there are no graphics on the back of the booklet)

(cardboard box 3.1" x 4.1" x 1/2" with wood inserts, 9 stone pieces, and booklet;
the inside of the cover shows how to pack the pieces into the box;
the booklet has multi-language text inside the covers and on pages A to Q at the front,
and 32 pages with 95 shapes to make;
the booklet is the same as the one on the preceding page
except without the final 16 pages)

(cardboard box 4" x 3.5" x 5/8" with cardboard insert, 9 stone pieces, and booklet;
the inside of the cover shows how to pack the pieces into the box;
booklet has Spanish and Hungarian inside the front cover and German inside the back cover,
and at the front are 3 pages of Spanish directions and 4 pages of Hungarian directions,
48 pages present the same pages as the puzzle on the first page,
where the figures have a shaded green texture as shown above)