Rare Victorian Six Sided Birds Cube Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Plates functional gifts I especially the yellow borders

I especially the yellow borders and how each card features a mini version of itself in the far corners

The sculpture measures 11 1/4" long

and the brass is so bright and shiny there is a tiny part of me that thinks perhaps made of gold

Serene but very cheerful and just lovely

I believe one is ebony and the other two are either walnut or teak

Rare Victorian Six Sided Birds Cube Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Plates functional gifts I especially the yellow bordersI love Victorian cube puzzles though am picky about which ones this one, with birds on all sides, is perhaps my favorite I've seen, and the only of its kind I have found. It remains housed in its original box (though with one edge lost and a repaired split in the lid) as well as with five hand colored plates showing the pictures on each side, the sixth shown on the lid. (Helpful I must say when solving it for the first time.) Personally, I'd put the