Lot 840

Description

The Southern Cross Puzzle, features seven pieces in phosphorated bronze with five small opals on centrepiece, includes figures for butterfly, koala, eucalypt, crocodile, eagle, wallaby and Southern Cross, all in a timber box and on the lid of the box are real leaves from Eucalyptus Tereticornis, lacquered and inset into the top, together with a puzzle explanatory certificate no.145. Some chips on edges of box and oxidation spot on the koala, otherwise extremely fine.