SOLD Antique German Wooden Parquetry Blocks in Original Box, Double Layer (Near Full) hand-painted slides but tintype examples seem very

but tintype examples seem very few and far between

a happy surprise

Approx 4 1/4” tall

including for how the combination of simple box and pointy ball in cage whimsy renders it

who can pose in a variety of ways

SOLD Antique German Wooden Parquetry Blocks in Original Box, Double Layer (Near Full) hand-painted slides but tintype examples seem veryThese 19th century parquetry sets are hard to find, and I think very beautiful, so I always jump on them when I come across them. This is a bit of a curious one with the square designs pictured on the paper label on the face of the lid impossible to create inside the rectangular format of the box, and with a lot of square tiles, matching the woods of the rest, but not really corresponding to the ways in which the rest work together. Perhaps a merger