Wooden Parquetry Set in Slide Top Box toy horn with frame then painted around

with frame then painted around it

and it is 100% the perfect vessel for holding pens or paintbrushes or toothbrushes or wooden kitchen spoons

there is no sign of a sticker on his base

all as documented

Wooden Parquetry Set in Slide Top Box toy horn with frame then painted aroundReally a lovely little parquetry set, in a sweet little slide top box into which the tiles fit just perfectly, and look quite pretty all neatly packed up. I really have no sense of the age or origins of this set, and have not found another like it, but do think it has a fair amount of age, including because there are a couple of splits in the wood on the sliding lid of the box. In any event, the 53 tiles (I discarded one broken one) are a treat to