Tiger That Looks to Be a Cheetah, Handmade, Hand-painted Folk Art Puzzle in Custom Box oneonta ny and especially the fat

and especially the fat

and fun pinkish-red on white polka dotted backs with the Russell Games logo at center

I’m not personally a huge fan of mid-century“fat lava” ceramics

I stumbled across this gorgeous double sided one

It doesn't take a whole lot to sell me on old wooden animals

Tiger That Looks to Be a Cheetah, Handmade, Hand-painted Folk Art Puzzle in Custom Box oneonta ny and especially the fatTotal 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