Broad and Carpenter Axe Heads on Stand denmark Known for his landscape inspired

Known for his landscape inspired forms and combination of thrown and manipulated slab construction

Embossed and finished with a very unusual mottled umber and mustard glaze reminiscent of ikat prints

Both are hand-incised

5"w x 4"d x 11

Broad and Carpenter Axe Heads on Stand denmark Known for his landscape inspiredAntique iron axe heads on blackened steel stand. American, circa 19th Century. Often axe heads were made in small rural blacksmith shops and where furs were traded in exchange for fur pelts with Native Americans. The older hand wrought axe head often bear marks of the small shop and were made for specific purposes such as felling trees, surfacing logs for building and fencing, or chopping fire wood. These axe heads represent a part of American history