Pretty Hand-painted Cream and Blue Handled Vase, Presumed Mid-C Scandanavian carving of kissing couple and ferociously bared teeth

and ferociously bared teeth

no more than what it needs to be and seemingly perfectly suited to go for a float--and I find that flat expanse of chocolate brown paint weirdly but truly satisfying

There is something so satisfying to me about old handmade wooden boxes that close alone an angled edge like this

Good as soap dishes or trinket trays if not on the table

1940s or early 50s

Pretty Hand-painted Cream and Blue Handled Vase, Presumed Mid-C Scandanavian carving of kissing couple and ferociously bared teethI suppose it's possible that this vessel once had a lid, but even if it did, I at least would stash it away and just use this as a vase. There's no mark on it, but it certainly feels mid century Scandanavian, and I'd think Danish specifically. Just pretty. I might fill it with tall grasses or cattails for winter, and then a few first branches of forsythia or redbud in early spring. Very good vintage condition, no chips or cracks. As documented, there