Swedish Hand-painted Wooden Plate with Skiing Couple Makah basket which included everything from shaker

which included everything from shaker furniture to antique tools to mid-century modern art and ceramics

This is a very lovely vintage Yup'ik (Northern Alaska Native American) coiled and lidded basket

and the fragility of the material

though I might balance it on a nail to display it on the wall in order to enjoy it everyday or arrange it on a tray on the coffee table

carefully braided black thread hair

Swedish Hand-painted Wooden Plate with Skiing Couple Makah basket which included everything from shakerThis is one of a charming pair of vintage hand painted Swedish wooden plates, each featuring a couple this one skiing, the other by the sea. Both feature wood burned decorative garlands and the text "Minne frn Sverige" (souvenirs from Sweden) across their top rims. This plate with the skiing couple celebrates Lappland in the north, while the other represents Halland, on the western coast. The figures are warmly rendered in the style of beloved Swedish