Mosque in Cairo, A

Painted by the Swiss artist Otto Pilny (1866-1936), this interlocking-cut plywood Zag-Zaw has been carefully shaped at the corners and also includes a fine selection of forty intricately cut Whimsies, or figural shaped pieces.
The inner surface of the box lid carries details from the 1897-established American department store Hochschild, Kohn & Co. of Baltimore, Maryland and this puzzle evidently belonged to a Rental Library which the store operated, probably during the Great Depression years c1929-mid 1930's.
Images and details courtesy of Jacques Vélu

Artist: Pilny, Otto
Date: c1920's-1930's
Brand: Tuck, Raphael and Son's Ltd
Material: Plywood
Nationality: British-England
Pieces: 400
Range: Zag-Zaw
Size: 11 1/2" x 23 1/2"
Theme: Eastern
Title: Mosque in Cairo, A