Wonderful Old Primitive Barn Hook (or Horse Sculpture) antique lidded crock Sweden in the province of

Sweden in the province of Dalarna--established in 1928 and known as the "premiere Dala workshop" in Sweden

I know from the seller that this old whimsy came from an amazing estate on Madeline Island in Lake Superior that had been built by two Norwegian brothers in 1905 and was filled to the brim with a lifetime collection of antiques

The one with the smaller bowl shows a little roughness around the edges of the bowl and some scratching to its interior

This is one of a handful of to my eye completely charming miniature drawings I purchased together

Wonderful Old Primitive Barn Hook (or Horse Sculpture) antique lidded crock Sweden in the province ofCertainly made as a barn hook, and a wonderfully primitive one at that, but my love for this is for the fact that the sculptural wood hook looks just like a horses head, and equally so from both sides, so I'd treat it as a sculpture and display it head up. Really quite a beautiful, old thing, which could certainly also be mounted on the wall as a satisfyingly large and sculptural hook should one desire. 8" tall; 8" x 7 1 6" across at base mount. Very