Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards painting of two figures and fabulous color

and fabulous color

which I think is just a beautiful object I’d hang on the wall

The Andersen Studio has a long history as a pioneer ceramic design and slip casting studio producing functional and decorative objects

reminding me a bit of a Helen Frankenthaler painting

I really love the slab-cut circles and lozenge-shapes that give a great texture and interest to the surface of this hand-thrown pottery vase--especially for the fact that they are not entirely regular

Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards painting of two figures and fabulous colorReally 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