Wonderful Old Primitive Barn Hook (or Horse Sculpture) antique lidded crock There is hand-printed wallpaper still

There is hand-printed wallpaper still hanging on to the sides of the box

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

For display purposes there's an extra large marble for the center hole

I'm pretty certain this is a 20th century piece made for the tourist trade

Wonderful Old Primitive Barn Hook (or Horse Sculpture) antique lidded crock There is hand-printed wallpaper stillCertainly 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