Rare 19th C. Large Mosaic Work Parquetry Set in Original Slide Top Box coffee pot Framed: 19 1/4" x 15

Framed: 19 1/4" x 15 1/8"

with tape on the backside adhering the print to the Holman backing paper visible at top corners through the thin cream colored paper

Found at a fantastic estate sale loaded with mid-century ceramics and other wonderful objects from around the world

It is in great shape

Rare 19th C. Large Mosaic Work Parquetry Set in Original Slide Top Box coffee pot Framed: 19 1/4" x 15This wonderful antique "Mosaic Work" parquetry set, produced in Germany I believe in the 1850 60s or so, seems likely to be missing just a few pieces or it may be that I just don't know how to fit them together properly! Whatever the case, it's a beauty of a set, and a very rare one to find, with its original pair of design cards inside, suggesting various forms to be made. I just dumped them all out on the table and started playing, and could go on