Tiger That Looks to Be a Cheetah, Handmade, Hand-painted Folk Art Puzzle in Custom Box iron key with all pieces joined by

with all pieces joined by tiny nails

John Beale

Currently it is fitted with a mirror with glued card backing and wire hook

she'd make a pretty great bookmark too

but I can see enough through the beading to be pretty certain the surface of the ball

Tiger That Looks to Be a Cheetah, Handmade, Hand-painted Folk Art Puzzle in Custom Box iron key with all pieces joined byTotal love at first sight with this one, purchased from a favorite Maine based dealer I've forever got an eye out for a homemade jigsaw puzzle but in my experience they're rare to find, and the painting here, of a cheetah (right?), I think puts this one in a class of its own! Really quite wonderfully done, very painterly, better in hand and very full life. A few of the cuts of the wooden pieces are a bit wonky, but I find that, and the hand written