Charming Old Folk Art Puzzle Cube vintage French with unused back

with unused back

is in good antique condition

but do think it has a fair amount of age

or—as he himself has travelled at least one ocean and more than a century—perhaps to be tucked into a suitcase as a good luck talisman

8 3/4" x 6 5/8"

Charming Old Folk Art Puzzle Cube vintage French with unused backI love this thing, both as an object, and for the thinking and making process it represents. Like other puzzle cubes (I'm listing a few more modern Japanese versions I just picked up as well), each piece has its specific place, and is taken apart, and put back together, in a certain order. This one is wonderfully rustic in its construction, with the pieces fitting together by way of posts and holes but my favorite thing is the numbers carved across