Folk Art--Click on images to view more detail
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Delicate Carved and Decorated Spoon (K)
- Aged horn carving of traditional implement
- "Cups" into palm
- Sami or Lapplander region of Scandinavia, 19th century
- 5.0" long x 1.75" wide
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Exquisitively Decorated Compartmentalized Box (L)
- Beautiful floral painting on flat lid
- Multiple paper lined compartments
- Elongated iron hinges with iron corner reinforcements
- Initials "B.S.D."
- Sweden, "1815"
- 12.5" wide x 8.5" deep x 3" high
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| $215 |
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Vibrant Ale Bowl (M)
- Refined rosemaling in pristine condition
- "I was grown out of the earth in a tree trunk but now I can kiss the finest lady. Jakob R. S. Vindskog"
- Norway, 1869
- 9.5" diameter, 3.0" high
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Colorful Hanging Cupboard (N)
- Intense blue and red / orange paint
- Pleasing proportions with prominent cornice
- Central panel on door
- Initials "ODS"
- Sweden, "1829"
- 23.75" wide x 24.25" high x 11.0" deep
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Decorated Courtship Writing Box (O)
- Masterful decoration on lid
- Quaint interior painting and till
- Identified Swedish artist, Jöns Fem
- Sweden, 1823
- 7.0" high, 13.75" wide, 10.5" deep
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Expressive Razorback (P)
- Detailed wood carving depicting quizzical surliness
- Northern Sweden, 19th century
- 5.25" high x 8.25" long x 2.75" wide
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$500 |
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Diffusely Decorated Slide-lid Box (Q)
- Overall carved geometric design with selective paint
- Single block construction, internal box and bowl
- Sweden, 19th century
- 11.75" long x 3.1" wide x 2.25" high
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Powerful Mangle with Horse Handle (R)
- Striking fjord horse and detailed carving
- Initialed "FTDS"
- Love token or courtship gift
- Norway, "1841"
- 26.5" long x 6.75" high x 4.5" wide
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$1500 |
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Clever Bookbox with Lid (S)
- Patinous depth of warm color
- Slide lid with indentation for pull
- Initialed "IOS"
- Sweden, "1792"
- 5.75" long x 2.75" wide x 1.75" high
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Extraordinary Open Hanging Shelf (T)
- Intricate filigree carving
- Exhuberant paint including "strings" of tulips
- Dalarna, Sweden, 18th century
- 35" long x 32" wide x 6" deep
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| $490 |
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