Quirky Puzzles

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“The Accident”  

                       £58.00 

Approx. 100mm. pot which lies on its side and appears to have spilt an irregular shaped puzzle of sycamore. The puzzle comes disassembled with the pieces in the pot.

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“Egg on Toast”  

                       £70.00

A life-like replica of fried egg on toast. The egg, itself  a puzzle, is made from amarillo and sycamore, and sits in a mahogany tray shaped like curled burnt toast. Size approx.170mm. x 110mm.

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"Waiter!"  

                       £85.00

Approx. 150mm. dia. soup bowl in idigbo, inset with a cherry wood puzzle, complete with a sycamore and ebony fly.  A lacewood spoon rests in the soup.

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“Egg-zamine”

                       £85.00

Magnifying glass in walnut and sycamore zooms in on a section of fried egg in amarello and sycamore. The egg is securely held in the tray and the part that is under the “glass” is slightly raised to give the effect of being magnified. Size approx. 160x100mm.

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“What the Butler Saw”

                       £88.00

Through the key hole, a bedroom scene is depicted along with what might be a body! Size approx. 175mm. in diam. Solution provided.

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“Soft Cheese”  

                       £90.00

Approx. 190mm. plate in iroko with a wedge of oozing brie made from sycamore and jelutong with a lacewood and rosewood cheese knife on the side.

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“Fruit Cake”  

                       £90.00

Approx. 150mm. plate of maple and iroko with a piece of fruit cake, made from mahogany, amarillo and sycamore. A sycamore knife is placed to one side.

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“Cheese and Ham”
                                

                      
£95.00

A multi-layered sandwich with knife sits on a turned plate approx.160mm.in diam. The puzzle is revealed by lifting the top layer of the sandwich

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Chocolate Sundae”

                       £95.00

The concealed puzzle, consisting of 2 layers in identical woods, is exposed by lifting the cherry! . Approx. dimensions 90mm. in dia., Ht. 130mm.

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“Cafe Creme”  

                       £105.00

Approx. 125mm. dia. coffee cup and saucer in iroko with a light band around the edge.  It is inset with an American walnut puzzle and a swirl of sycamore cream. The lacewood spoon rests in a hole in the cream. It comes with two sycamore sugar cubes on the saucer.

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“Expresso”  

                       £110.00

Approx. 100mm. dia. coffee cup and saucer in ash with a cherry band around the edge.  It is inset with a 3 dimensional puzzle in American walnut with two mints on the saucer, one half eaten.

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“Tea and Biscuits”

                       £125.00

Approx. 150mm. dia. tea cup and saucer in ash with an iroko band around the edge.  The tea is a layer of pear with a lacewood spoon resting in a hole.  One biscuit is American walnut with a sycamore sandwich and the 'jammy dodger' is beech with a sycamore sandwich and a tulipwood 'jam'.

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“Time Slipping Away”

                       £150.00

A sloping clock, with a distorted face oozing out at the bottom, influenced by Salvador Dali's clocks.  The clock measures approx. 180mm. x 110mm. and is made of mahogany and sycamore with ebony hands and time dots.

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