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Perry’s four petit fours make a great little set of really beautiful puzzle boxes – they not only look the part, they’re exactly the right size and shape, and they literally look good enough to eat! (I’m going to avoid the obvious comparison to the Karakuri cakes, because these are in a class of their own.)
I found one to them to be similar to a traditional Japanese puzzle box, although the shape and visual clues on the box did a pretty good job of putting you off the scent and I was actually quite surprised when it turned out to follow a ‘standard’ opening scheme … the other three are very different and each relies on a unique idea that I haven’t seen in a puzzle box before. (I’ve clearly had sheltered puzzle-upbringing!)
Overall – a beautiful little set of exquisitely manufactured interesting puzzle boxes – each individually branded and numbered by Perry – simply scrumptious!
Now I just need to keep an eye out for petit four number five that made its appearance in Japan last year…
Very nice, do you know what woods were used Allard?
ReplyDeleteSure mate :L to R in last pic we should have:
ReplyDeleteWhite Oak with Maple flower
Walnut, Mahogany and Maple with Bloodwood flower
Yellowheart with Wenge flower, and
Wenge with Yellowheart flower
..internals are poplar