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Huvanco puzzles were produced by the Huvan Manufacturing Company, in Ilford, England, from the early 1900's to the World War 2 era.
Puzzles Huvanco, de la Compañía Huvan, se producieron en Inglaterra desde principios del siglo XIX a la guerra mundial segunda.
The following lists are taken directly from an old HUVANCO catalog, circa 1920's, we suspect. HUVANCO JIGSAW PUZZLES
LIST OF SIZES AND SUBJECTS

Series 1 - 30 Piece SINGLE PUZZLES, 1/6 each.
Series 1A - 30 Piece REVERSIBLE PUZZLES, 2/- each.
101 Subjects. Average size 4½ in. x 5½ in.
Supplied in about 200 different subjects, similar in general style to those used for the large sizes. In this size, the puzzles are packed flat in thin card envelope folders and are very convenient for transimission through the post.

Series 2 - 40 Piece SINGLE PUZZLES, 2/- each.
Series 2A - 40 Piece REVERSIBLE PUZZLES, 3/- each.
101 Subjects. Average size 4½ in. x 6½ in.

Figure Subjects.
201 Coming thro' the Rye (284)
202 Blackberrying
203 The Gleaner (235)
204 Daffodils (234)
205 Eileen (293)
206 Tempation [sic] (241)
207 Sweet Reflections (287)
208 A Fair Fishermaid (294)
209 Gathering Meadowsweet (289)
210 The Red Rose (259)
211 Vanity (222)
212 White Wings (265)

Hunting, etc. Scenes.
213 Arriving at the Meet (290)
214 There's many a slip (291)
215 A Hot Scent (292)
216 Going Home (270)
217 The Grand National (271)

Romantic, etc. Incidents.
218 A Song at Twilight (283)
219 Love's Young Dream (220)
220 Sweet Seventeen (219)
221 The Order of Release
222 Love's Whispers (211)
223 All's fair in Love
224 A Provoking Delay (239)
225 Back to the Old Home (276)

Sea and River Scenes.
226 Before the Wind
227 Shamrock v White Heather
228 Toil and Pleasure
229 A Visit to the Fleet (252)
230 An Ocean Greyhound (253)
231 Outward Bound (254)
232 The Island Ferry (272)
233 The Island Post Boat (273)
234 In the Moonlight (204)
235 Help at Hand (203)

Sea and River Scenes (contd.)
236 Toilers of the Deep (275)
237 Off to the Fishing Grounds (282)
238 Return of the Fishing Fleet (281)
239 St Paul's from the Thames (224)240 Westminster from the River (258)
241 Peace and Quietude (206)
242 Mending the Nets
243 Eventide

Rustic Cottages and Gardens.
244 The Old Thatched Cot
245 The Rustic Bridge (266)
246 Delphiniums (260)
247 Hollyhocks (261)
248 The Old Cottage (249)
249 A Rustic Abode (248)
250 By The Ford (251)
251 A Secluded Dwelling (250)

Animal Subjects.
252 Six Winsome Beauties (229)
253 A Family Circle (230)
254 Pussies in Conference (231)
255 It never Rains but it Pours (288)
256 Waiting for a Bite (286)
257 Grim Stalkers (280)

Domestic Incidents, Childhood Scenes, etc.
258 Beyond Repair (240)
259 Let's Be Friends (210)
260 Asleep (246)
261 A Helping Hand (247)
262 The New Arrival (277)
263 The Little Mother (274)
264 Daddy's Beacon Light (278)
265 Rivalry (212)
266 Filling the Boot (245)
267 Bunnies at Home
268 Bunnies' Shopping Day (299)
269 Goosey, Goosey, Gander (300)

Idylls.
270 In the Sunshine (216)
271 The Fishing Pool (217)
272 Playtime (232)
273 The Offering (233)
274 A Roman Garden (263)
275 Idle Moments (236)

Snow Scenes.
276 Solitude (225)
277 Sunset Glow (262)
278 Plodding On (264)
279 A Haven AheadLandscapes, Rustic Scenes, etc.
280 In the New Forest (257)
281 A Surrey Landscape (238)
282 The Old Homestead (237)
283 The Harvest Moon (218)
284 Harvest Time (201)
285 Feeding Time
286 Noonday Rest (256)
287 A Noisy Flock (207)
288 Gathering Primroses (255)
289 The Land of Bluebells (209)
290 A Bunch of Irises (213)
291 The Poppy Field (214)
292 Autumn in the Woods (215)
293 Lowlands of Scotland (205)
294 Moonlight on the Loch (208)
295 Lengthening Shadows
296 Through the Village
297 The Close of Day
298 Silvery Moonlight
299 The Banks of the Avon (268)
300 By the Ferry (269)
301 The Way Home

Series 3 - 70 Piece SINGLE PUZZLES, 3/- each.
Series 3A - 70 Piece REVERSIBLE PUZZLES, 4/6 each.
97 Subjects. Average size 6 in. x 8 in.

Animal Subjects.
401 Mischief Brewing (416)
402 Some Catch! (437)
403 We are quite Good (492)
404 A Family Group (429)
405 The Aristocrats (462)
406 Steady and True (408)
407 On Guard (491)
408 Top dog no Longer (406)
409 Will it Bite? (469)
410 On the Alert
411 Little Lone Coon (489)
412 Members of the Hunt (432)
413 Speaking His Mind (475)
414 It never Rains but it Pours (436)

Hunting Scenes.
415 Music in the Valley (497)
416 Tally Ho! (401)
417 Drawing Covert (456)
418 Gone Away (457)
419 The Cup that Cheers (454)
420 After the Run (455)

Naval Subjects.
421 Cruisers in a Rough Sea
422 Minesweepers at Work
423 The King Visits the Fleet
424 Clearing for Action
425 Full Speed Ahead

Sport and Travel.
426 The " Overland " Express (496)
427 Outward Bound (435)
428 Winter Sport (478)
429 Algiers - The Fruit Market (404)
430 Algiers - A Siesta (433)
431 Algiers - The Water Carrier (481)

Domestic Scenes.
432 Forty Winks (412)
433 By my Window (430)
434 Sweet Reflections (493)
435 A Welcome for Jack (423)
436 Duck and Green Peas (414)
437 Table d'hote with Music (402)

Scenes of the Homeland.
438 Manchester Ship Canal
439 Newcastle-on-Tyne
440 Bristol Harbour
441 Westminster from the River
442 St Paul's from the Thames
443 Old St. Paul's (444)
444 An Old Sussex Cottage (443)
445 Watford Cottage (468)

Landscapes, Rustic Scenes.
446 Autumn's Advent (495)
447 A Surrey Landscape (465)
448 In the New Forest (467)
449 Autumn Glory
450 Autumn in the Woods (463)
451 Across the Moors (464)
452 Homeward Bound
453 An Essex Byway
454 Milking Time (419)
455 Noonday Rest (420)
456 Feeding Time (417)
457 Maytime (418)
458 A Noisy Flock (494)
459 Sunset in the Highlands
460 The Loch at Sunset
461 Down to the Stream
462 Snowy Pathways (405)
463 Sunset on the Snow (450)
464 Snowclad Pastures (451)

 Childhood Scenes.
465 A Happy Family (447)
466 When Pride Succumbs (476)
467 An Uninvited Guest (448)
468 Mother's Treasure (445)
469 There's room for you (409)
470 Daydreams (477)
471 Snowflakes (472)
472 Running the Gauntlet (471)
473 Taking Cover (480)
474 Christmas Shopping
475 Leave for Christmas (413)
476 Lighting Up Time (466)
477 Rival Candidates (470)
478 Cobbler, Mend my Shoe (428)
479 The Last of the Old Year
480 A Ray of Sunshine (473)
481 Your Turn Next (431)
482 Babyville

Humours of Golf.
483 Genius Will Out (484)
484 Sage Advice (483)
485 His Master's Handicap (486)
486 Water on the Green (485)
487 The Alco-hol(e) (488)
488 Ye pick-up here (487)

Miscellaneous.
489 The Model Privateer (411)
490 Gone Lame
491 An Evening Out (407)
492 When Father Returns (403)
493 Back to the Old Home (434)
494 A Choice Dessert (458)
495 Study in still Life (446)
496 A Nibble (426)
497 The Outpost (415)

Series 4 - 80 Piece SINGLE PUZZLES, 3/6 each.
Series 4A - 80 Piece REVERSIBLE PUZZLES, 5/- each.
66 Subjects. Average size 6½ in. x 9 in.

Scenes of the Homeland.
601 The Haycocks of Annet (603)
602 The Flowing Tide, Bess Bay, Cornwall
603 The Coast of Dorset (601)
604 Vale of Festiniog, North Wales (616)
605 Falls of Rhaiadr Mawddach (614)
606 In the Coniston Mountains (642)
607 High Tor, Matlock, Derbyshire (609)
608 Shakespeare's Country--Welford-on-Avon (643)
609 Ann Hathaway's Cottage (607)
610 The Golden Hour, Smarden, Kent
611 Autumn--Burnham Beeches (617)
612 Bolton Abbey (659)
613 The Hillside Farm (647)
614 The Clematis Walk (605)
615 The Village Brook
616 Sunshine after Rain (604)
617 Under the Walnut Tree (611)

Naval and Marine.
618 National Insurance (639)
619 Silent Sentinels (624)
620 At the Turn of the Tide
621 The Rainbow (662)
622 Bringing in the Lifeboat (656)
623 The Run Home (650)

Military (The Great War)
624 Friend or Foe (619)
625 Surprised (644)
626 In a French Village (649)
627 Guns galloping into Action
628 Saving the Guns
629 Lancers taking the Guns
630 Scots Greys Charging
631 Highlanders clearing a Village
632 Ghurkas and Sikhs taking a Trench

Romantic Episodes.
633 In the Twilight
634 The Proposal (635)
635 A Love Message (634)
636 Off to Gretna Green
637 The Lovers' Tryst
638 A Sweet Surrender
639 The Honeymoon (618)
640 A Provoking Delay (663)

Hunting and Coaching
641 The Last Meet of the Season (648)
642 The Return from the Hunt (606)
643 The Hazard of the Road (608)

Domestic Incidents.
644 The End of the Story (625)
645 The Fairy Tale
646 Welcome Home (660)
647 Harmony (613)
648 A Favourite Melody (641)
649 Old Songs are Sweetest (626)
650 Doubtful Weather (623)
651 The New Playmate (655)

Animal Subjects.
652 Rounding up Wild Horses (653)
653 After the Quarry (652)
654 So near and yet so far (661)

Childhood Scenes.
655 Me Next, Please (651)
656 Mother and Daughter (622)
657 Feathered Friends
658 Bunnies at Home
659 The First of the Fleet (612)
660 The Morning Meal (646)
661 A Useful Teddy (654)
662 Best of Pals (621)
663 Heave Ho! (640)

Miscellaneous.
664 Displaying the Catch
665 Fluttered Doves (666)
666 Filling the Boot (665)

Series 5 - 100 Piece SINGLE PUZZLES, 4/6 each.
Series 5A - 100 Piece REVERSIBLE PUZZLES, 6/6 each.
150 Subjects. Average size 10 in. x 7 in.

Portraits of Royalty
701 H.M. King George V. and Queen Mary at their Coronation, June, 1911 (713)
702 The Coronation Cermony at Westminster Abbey, June, 1911 (710)
703 H.M. King George V. and Queen Mary in their robes of State
704 H.M. King George V. and Queen Mary with the Royal Children (705)
705 H.M. King George V. and his Field Marshalls (Lord Roberts, Duke of Connaught and Lord Kitchener) (704)

Views of London
               By H.E. Tidmarsh
706 Panoramic View of Westminster
707 Panoramic View from Tower Bridge
               By W.W. Collins, R.I.
708 St. Mary-le-Strand (709)
709 St. Bartholomew the Great (708)
710 Hyde Park Corner (702)
711 Holborn Bars
712 Cheapside and Bow Church
713 Fleet Street and St. Pauls (701)

Famous Paintings
     From the Wallace Collection

714 A Cavalier (778)                                                Meissonier.
               From the Tate Gallery
715 The Vigil (716)                                                   John Pettie, R.A.
716 Thursday (715)                                                  Walter Dendy Sadler.
717 Galway Gossips (720)                                    Sir E.A. Waterlow, R.A.
718 A River Scene (719)                                           F.R. Lee, R.A.
                                                                                             & T.S. Cooper, R.A.

719 A Lost Cause (718)                                             A.C. Gow, R.A.
720 Beatrix knighting Esmond (717)                    A.L. Egg, R.A.

 

 

Hunting, etc. Scenes
         by J.S. Sanderson Wells
721 A'Hunting we will go
722 On the way to the Meet (795)
723 Arriving at the Meet (826)
724 First in the Field (766)
725 Yoick Over ! (823)
726 Forrard Away !
727 Woo Whoop! (779)
728 Hark Away ! (835)
729 Found ! (783)
730 Gone Away ! (767)
731 Gone to Earth (765)
732 Pack at His Heels (747)
733 There's many a Slip (770)
734 The Kill (844)
735 The End of the Run (763)
736 The Favourite Meet (850)
737 Going Home (831)
738 The Story of the Run (773)
739 The Man in Possession
740 Three Jolly Huntsmen (792)
741 Where First they Met (769)
742 The Old, Old Story (782)
743 All's Fair in Love (771)
744 Love's Whispers (780)
745 The Grand National (796)

Domestic and Childhood Scenes
         by Arthur J. Elsley, Fred Morgan,
         G. Sheridan Knowles and others
746 An Univnited Guest (821)
747 Let's Be Friends (732)
748 My Turn Next (820)
749 Captain and Crew
750 Fast Asleep (848)
751 Playmates (762)
752 Temptation (829)
753 The New Arrival (768)
754 A Helping Hand (759)
755 The Little Mother (849)
756 Daddy's Beacon Light (794)
757 Under the Mistletoe (760)
758 Fallen among Thieves (839)
759 The Pied Piper of Hamelin (754)
760 Showing the White Feather (757)
761 Asleep (834)
762 Dream Fairies (751)
763 Beyond Repair (735)
764 Tea and Scandal (775)
765 A Song at Twilight (731)
766 The Duet (724)
767 Old Cronies (730)
768 On the Loggia (753)
769 Silent Sympathy (741)

 "Fairest of the Fair" Series
770 A Daughter of Erin (733)
771 A Fair Fishermaid (743)
772 A Sprig of Heather (832)
773 The Gleaner 738
774 Gathering Meadowsweet (825)
775 Coming thro' the Rye (764)
776 The Orange Seller
777 A Girl of Florence (813)
778 Sweet and Twenty (714)
779 A Fair Captive (727)
780 Sylvia (744)
781 Lucille (788)
782 Georgina (742)
783 Happy Thoughts (729)
784 Sweet Memories
785 The Nightingale
786 A Love Story
         by W. Barribal
787 Peggy (822)
788 The Green Tammy (781)
789 Betsy Bobbed (791)
790 My Gipsy Girl (793)
791 A Tam o' Red (789)
792 Dear Eyes of Blue (740)
793 Waiting (790)

Humourous Subjects
         by Lawson Wood
794 Signs of the Enemy (756)
795 On the Stalk! (722)796 Wet--Cold to Follow (745)
797 Birds of a Feather (809)
798 Do Shrimps Bite?
799 Henpecked (801)
800 A Mixed Grill (802)
801 Christmas Eve (799)
802 Who cares if it Snows (800)
803 What the Fairies Brought (804)
804 Moon or no Moon we carry on (803)
805 The Young Romeo (807)
806 Seems I've always loved you (808)
807 I'se very lonely here (805)
808 Let bygones be bygones (806)
         by G.E. Studdy
809 I wish I hadn't killed that Cat (797)
         by G.L. Stampa
810 Keep your Eye on the Ball

Sporting Subjects
         by Arthur Wardle, etc.
811 The Otter's Halt
812 A Double Point
813 Bowled Over (777)
814 Out of the Spinney
815 Black Cock over (818)
816 Up from the Reeds
817 Across the Roots
818 The End of the Drive (815)
819 Pheasants (833)

Landscapes, Rustic Scenes, etc.
820 White Wings (748)
821 Harvesting (746)
822 Blackberrying (787)
823 Canto Della Sera (725)
824 Early Morn in the Highlands
825 Evening in the Highlands (774)
826 The Lowlands of Scotland (723)
827 On the Crest of the Hill (838)
828 The Old Homestead
829 Harvest-time (752)

Idylls
         by Henry Ryland, R.I.
830 The Fising Pool
831 Playtime (737)
832 The Offering (772)
833 In the Sunshine (819)
834 A Roman Garden (761)
835 Idle Moments (728)

Seascape and Marine Subjects.
836 Panoramic View of Gibraltar
837 Shamrock v. White Heather
838 Before the Wind (827)
839 Toil and Pleasure (758)
840 The Island Ferry
841 The Island Post Boat
842 Off to the Fishing Grounds
843 Return of the Fishing Fleet
844 Help at Hand (734)

Dogs and Cats.
845 Who goes there?
846 Watchful Waiting
847 Beware of the Dog
848 Who said Rats? (750)
849 Affectionate Greetings (755)
850 Honesty and Policy (736)

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