Rare 19th C. Large Mosaic Work Parquetry Set in Original Slide Top Box coffee pot It is in great shape

It is in great shape

25ʺl × 1ʺd × 2ʺh

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

with a little minor hairline crack that does not go through and one tiny nick to the lip

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

Rare 19th C. Large Mosaic Work Parquetry Set in Original Slide Top Box coffee pot It is in great shapeThis 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