Ross-Shire

Superb maritime study by the British-born artist Charles Robert Patterson (1878-1958), which features the barque Ross-Shire which sailed the clipper routes from 1891 until she was sadly destroyed by fire in Chile on Christmas Eve 1900.
This interlocking puzzle is cut in the AVN Jones Delta Fine-Cut style for retail in the top London store Fortnum & Mason. See page 12 of this Delta catalogue for further evidence of this connection.

Artist: Patterson, Charles Robert
Date: c1930's
Brand: Fortnum and Mason
Material: Plywood
Nationality: British-England
Pieces: 1000
Size: 25 1/2" x 17"
Theme: Maritime
Title: Ross-Shire