This is a vintage Lotts Stone Puzzle Boxed 

Exact provenance unknown, it has my father's name on it which means he would have played with it as a child  so 1930s. 

The booklet states copyright 1911

This puzzle is complete with instruction booklet. It has both historical value and potential as a fascinating toy or gift.

The puzzle has clearly had a lot of use. The stones have pencil lines and some chipped corners. The box lid is tatty. Please see photos which form part of the description

Here is the description from the Victoria and Albert museum website -

"This puzzle consists of a 32-page stapled instruction booklet and seven mid-dark-red artificial stone pieces of different shapes that fit together to form a rectangle (the box shape).

The object of the exercise is to try to recreate each of the 105 different outlines given in the booklet, by arranging and rearranging the shapes.

(For users who were frustrated at not being able to complete all the shapes, there was also an optional solutions booklet, price 6d, mentioned on the front cover, the back cover being a form that the the user could use to send off for the booklet, with a 6d postal order or 6d of stamps)."