Pretty Hand-painted Cream and Blue Handled Vase, Presumed Mid-C Scandanavian carving of kissing couple ) rather than USA that

) rather than USA that is carved into the cap

and would support screws or hooks for hanging it

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

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

who has been parsing them out a few at a time

Pretty Hand-painted Cream and Blue Handled Vase, Presumed Mid-C Scandanavian carving of kissing couple ) rather than USA thatI 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