Lovely Old Painted Wooden Apple Shaped Puzzle carved acorn showing a little redder where

showing a little redder where it is carved

There is one rough spot / recess on the top of the head

especially the sculptural waves of hair that frame her face and more or less entirely envelop her neck

Found in Vermont

Louis Kahn

Lovely Old Painted Wooden Apple Shaped Puzzle carved acorn showing a little redder whereI've had a few old painted treen apple boxes (which were made in Japan for Western export, beginning in the late 19th c. I believe) and I've looked at many more (some made as nesting boxes, some with roulette games inside) but I'd never seen one configured as a puzzle before. This is a fairly old one, 1920s or so I might guess based on the paint. I haven't dared to take it apart in case putting it back together is harder than it looks, but I am sure a