Lovely Mid-Century Puzzle Cube In Blonde Box with Peephole tin sign It feels simultaneously very old

It feels simultaneously very old and quite modern

8 1/2" tall x 5 3/4" wide x 1 3/4" deep

it's a bit of a mystery to me

And brilliantly displayed on what appears to be a stove

and the wonderfully  painted ones (with fish

Lovely Mid-Century Puzzle Cube In Blonde Box with Peephole tin sign It feels simultaneously very oldI found an exact match of this one selling on 1st Dibs for $1200 describing it as Eames inspired mid century the former seeming crazy but the latter seeming right. I have not being able to figure out who made it, but would guess there were not too many of them made; it feels very small batch to me. In any event, a lovely thing I think, made especially good by the round cutout on each side of the box, though one I have been wary to take all the way