Lovely Old Painted Wooden Apple Shaped Puzzle configuration cards 4" x 2 1/2" and

4" x 2 1/2" and in overall good condition

A pretty fun drawing

with a mat laid over top to which the drawing is stuck with shiny red star-shaped stickers from the back side

so was thrilled to find this delicate

or both up directly in front of them

Lovely Old Painted Wooden Apple Shaped Puzzle configuration cards 4" x 2 1/2" andI'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