Wonderful Old Primitive Barn Hook (or Horse Sculpture) antique lidded crock Sweden in the province of

Sweden in the province of Dalarna--established in 1928 and known as the "premiere Dala workshop" in Sweden

The cord has a 17" drop

it's really quite a great looking thing to have sitting on the bar

There is hand-printed wallpaper still hanging on to the sides of the box

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

Wonderful Old Primitive Barn Hook (or Horse Sculpture) antique lidded crock Sweden in the province ofCertainly 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