Friendly Mid-Century Danish Modern Wooden Viking Figurine antique bookmark I found this wonderful sculpture

I found this wonderful sculpture at the estate sale of an artist

Dating from around the late 19th century

This vintage hand-carved wood totem letter opener by master Northwest Coast carver Ray Williams (1933-88) would make a great gift

which is missing but should be easy to replace

I want to see a whole wall of them

Friendly Mid-Century Danish Modern Wooden Viking Figurine antique bookmark I found this wonderful sculptureThis vintage Danish Modern Viking figure, with copper shield and woolen tunic, was a souvenir from Jelling, in Jutland, a UNESCO world heritage site filled with thousand year old Viking rune stones and burial mounds. While there are lots of Scandinavian wooden Viking figures out there, I must say that I have yet to come across another who looks so kind, happy, and decidedly non fierce; really, he seems like he just wants to make friends! He's also got