Gustav de Marchen, bridge view

350 pieces.  Nice cutting style, no broken pieces.  3/5

many similarly colored pieces increased the challenge

mostly done

all done

Landscape, Gustav de Marchen

Approx. 700 pieces. This is a lovely hand-cut puzzle, though it's got such thin wood that pieces broke easily. Its previous owner mostly dealt with that by gluing the small broken piece to its nearest neighbor, producing slightly differently shaped pieces; that worked pretty well, though I tried to fix one to back the way it was.  The curves are like those on Penelope puzzles. Even though I'm not a huge fan of landscapes, the piece shapes were enough to keep me happy.  4/5

starting out

Slow progress

Rearranging

I'm beginning to see how this goes

Hours later ...

Victory is mine

Schloss Oberhofen Switzerland cut by Gustav De Marchen

About 300 pieces; dated to early 80s by seller.  Very thin plywood, though all the pieces have so far survived. Stored in a chocolate box--classic!  The cut was pleasant, not too different from Penelope. 3/5

Starting out

Halfway there...

Complete--some very similar pieces in the sky there