Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards handmade folk art animal of individuals and small groups

of individuals and small groups

and a couple of deeper gouges on one area of one side

I also really love the super alert

but opens and closes no problem

a little roughness to the wood in a couple of spots (on the left ear

Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards handmade folk art animal of individuals and small groupsReally special! The hand colored lithograph on the front of the slide top box holding this parquetry set reads "The Art of Parqueter" across the top and then "Chinese Puzzle" below, relating parquetry to the Chinese tangram puzzle, which had become popular in both Europe and the U. S. in the 19th century. One finds Victorian era Tangram sets around in wood or ceramic and comprised of seven flat polygons to be arranged in a square, but this is the