Scarce Werner & Schuman German Embossed Die-Cut Soldiers Set with Stands, Late 19th Century gifts This very sweet little hand-carved

This very sweet little hand-carved puzzle cross is harder than it looks

The only flaws I see are an old well-done repair to the top back right edge of the clarinetist's chair

in a period frame to boot

and beautiful tiny thing

but plenty of room in the frame to hold one

Scarce Werner & Schuman German Embossed Die-Cut Soldiers Set with Stands, Late 19th Century gifts This very sweet little hand-carvedThere is a dealer at a shop I frequent in New Hampshire who I believe spent her whole life collecting antique toys and games; occasionally I hit the shop just right and come home with a small trove of good ones. This is one of four boxes from her listed today and the one among them I had never seen an example of before. The title on the box (which alone sold me on these, I think it so striking) translates from the German to "Relief Pictures for