Gorgeous Antique Hand-carved Whimsy Cube with Fantastic Patina schoolgirl drawing oil on stretched canvas and

oil on stretched canvas and in very good condition

While there is not a lot written about Lapid Pottery Works

These may be the most beautiful antique bone dominoes I've seen

I can never keep old sets of Color Cubes like this in stock for very long

--on the bottom in a calligraphic manner that I have not been able to decipher

Gorgeous Antique Hand-carved Whimsy Cube with Fantastic Patina schoolgirl drawing oil on stretched canvas andTop my eye this is a spectacularly beautiful thing, and also a magical feeling one, made of individually carved pieces that interlock just so, with no glue used to held them together. It makes a wonderful soft rattle when held and gently shaken, a bit like a drift wood wind chime knocking in the breeze. It is a very old one, 19th c. I am sure, with a phenomenal patina to the dry pine. Not a missing piece and really stunning. Approx 5 5 8 cubed. Small