Wonderful Old Primitive Barn Hook (or Horse Sculpture) antique lidded crock 5 1/16” x 3 3/4”

5 1/16” x 3 3/4”

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

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

The one with the smaller bowl shows a little roughness around the edges of the bowl and some scratching to its interior

I like the delicacy of the tiny stitches on this one

Wonderful Old Primitive Barn Hook (or Horse Sculpture) antique lidded crock 5 1/16” x 3 3/4”Certainly 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