Vintage Lucite Interlocking Puzzle Cube silver and blue The piece is by Vassilios

The piece is by Vassilios Giavis (b

very finely carved on all sides and stained a terrific near-black

grays and black

but I sure love it

so know for sure they date to the late 1800s--and of course the British Museum should have them

Vintage Lucite Interlocking Puzzle Cube silver and blue The piece is by VassiliosNot so easy to photograph, but really a terrific object, whether or not one ever attempts to take it apart and try to put it back together again. With a little feeling around, you can find two center pieces that have some give, and will pull all the way out to start to deconstruct it. I'm a little nervous to try, content to treat it as a great looking little modernist sculpture with a secret but you may be braver than I! Late 60s or 1970s I'd guess,