Antique Handmade Wooden Fifteen Puzzle Game oriental I found these a bit

I found these a bit tarnished but they polished up with no effort at all

this is a truly charismatic object that would make a wonderful addition to any collection

useful as paper weights or just sitting around

The wooden box shows some loss of veneer along the top edge

Antique Handmade Wooden Fifteen Puzzle Game oriental I found these a bitThis is a sweet, lovingly crafted old handmade 15 puzzle game, last quarter of the 19th century I believe, and found in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The game is played by removing the blank square and mixing up the other numbered squares, then sliding them to get them back in order 1 15. The framework is held together with twelve handmade nails with irregular rectangular heads. The squares are hand numbered in ink, as is the top edge of the frame (1