Puzzle TIME

Having a break this summer? Keep your mind razor sharp by completing Peter WadeWright’s double page of perplexing puzzles

JUNE\JULY QUIZ

Q1 Italy started to use the art and science of faience in which century? (a) 13th, (b) 14th, (c) 15th, (d) 16th.

Q2 e blue and metallic lustre of faience was imported into Italy from which country? (a) Spain, (b) Portugal, (c) France, (d) Germany.

Q3 Italy may well have been the rst country to use ceramics to replace what? (a) Drinking cups, (b) ‘plates’, (c) washing bowls, (d) cooking vessels.

Q4 What were ‘Bolo’ and ‘Territorial Girl’? (a) WWII matchstick-holders, (b) WWI poster titles, (c) early 20th-century soft toys, (d) 1950s ceramic gures.

Q5 What are/were described as ‘turned all over’?

(a) Broken, but still desirable, post-war ceramics, (b) types of furniture, (c) Medieval maps with legends in all four directions, (d) an auctioneer’s term for a ‘job lot’ thoroughly investigated by many potential buyers.

Q6 Ceramics in the form of drinking cups became fashionable and were used in co ee houses. When is the rst co ee house in London thought to have been opened? (To the nearest date.) (a) 1640, (b) 1650, (c) 1660, (d) 1670.

Q7 If you were the proud owner of a ‘Bath brick’, what might you collect? (a) Geological samples, (b) early aircraft that didn’t y particularly well, (c) Su ragette memorabilia, (d) kitchenalia?

Send your answers to Crossword, Antique Collecting magazine, Riverside House, Dock Lane, Melton Woodbridge, Su olk, IP12 1PE. Photocopies are also acceptable, or email your answers to magazine@ accartbooks.com. e rst three opened by July 10 will win a copy of Jackson’s Hallmarks, Pocket Edition: English, Scottish, Irish Silver & Gold Marks From 1300 to the Present Day, worth £6.95

SOLUTION TO LAST MONTH’S CROSSWORD:

The letters in the highlighted squares could be rearranged to make the word ‘Pre-Raphaelites’. The winners, who will each receive a copy of the book, are Mr A.P. Lonton, Windermere, Cumbria; Mrs Valerie Akhtar, Edinburgh and Helen Mylaw, Berks, by email.

Q8 Elton Hall near Peterborough has a superb collection of books. Which of the following categories would you most expect to see there? (a) bound Marvel comics, (b) Bibles and prayer books, (c) rst edition Penguin specials, (d) South American travelogues.

Q9 In which mid-19th century year was the Minié ri e adopted by the British Army? (a) 1851, (b) 1858, (c) 1862, (d) 1864.

Q10 What was special about the Minié ri e? (More than one answer.) (a) Excellent sighting, (b) it had a special-shaped bullet, (c) it used a slightly smaller bullet, (d) it had a grooved (‘ri ed’) bore.

Finally, here are four anagrams germ theory, sniper lens, ed water and tracery bun Rearrange them to form, in order: a scienti c instrument for measuring humidity; a cupboard with shelves for storing clothes etc. (two words); tin-glazed objects made in the Netherlands and a small stand with partitions for storing sheet music. For the answers turn to page 10.

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3 Motor company founded in Germany in 1909. It was responsible for many iconic designs, including the Type 35. (7)

6 Bejewelled head ornament. (5)

7 Pot (etc.) lacking a top. (7)

8 Monotheistic religion dating from the 7th century CE and source of outstanding art, architecture etc. (5)

9 Forename of the main character in a 1950s BBC children’s TV series. (4)

11 One of the more real and exotic coverings used for soft toys… now unacceptable. (3)

13 Originally Germanic dwarfish supernatural being causing nightmares. ____-shot = ‘bewitched’. (3)

15 Royal period (‘the age of walnut’) during which the cabriole leg became popular. (4)

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16 ____ chain. Necklace made of interlocking gold links, for example. (5)

17 Device designed to supply a blast of air (sing. and pl.) (7)

18 Chris _____ (b. 1954) Outstanding American former No. 1 tennis player. (5)

19 Dennis and _____. Comic strip characters from the Beano comic. (7)

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1 Late Victorian German soft toy company with ‘button in the ear’ trademark. (6)

2 Gustav _____ (1860-1911) Czech-Austrian composer influenced by Bruckner and Wagner. (6)

3 Pierre _____ (1914-1982) French fashion designer. (7)

4 Mixture of chemicals/elements (one of which is a metal) that enhances certain properties…hardness, lustre, chemical resistance etc. (5)

5 Finishing adornment for fabric and clothing decoration. (6)

10 Originally a Medieval term (but now common) for furniture with open shelves in tiers or steps. (7)

12 ‘Sight ____’. No opportunity to view…buyer beware. (6)

13 Type of glass applied to surfaces as ornamentation. (6)

14 Ford model from the mid-1970s…to the present. (6)

15 Southern France coastal city where van Gogh lived and worked for a while. (5)

Finally, rearrange the letters in the highlighted squares to form the name (or at least one of them) given to two rows of veneerpatterning laid diagonally to each other.