Hand-sculpted Terracotta Women, Presumed Scandinavian--A Pair wooden bowl with handle finely made cross-stitch on heavy

finely made cross-stitch on heavy linen pillowcases feature grids of wonderfully detailed images: figures engaged in a variety of activities (a gardener sowing seeds

with all kinds of terrific options for display

with just a bit of wear to the sharp edges of the ball in cage at end

by Phil Sellers

The bottom is pretty terrific too

Hand-sculpted Terracotta Women, Presumed Scandinavian--A Pair wooden bowl with handle finely made cross-stitch on heavyThese little women! If I had a sister, would gift them to her! I bought them at a sale that included lots of mid century Scandinavian ceramics and glass, and would certainly guess they Danish or Swedish, late 60s or 70s. I just love those clasped hands at their waists, and those beatific little faces, and then the wonderfully varied impressed patterning covering most every inch of them, with the back sides just as great as the fronts. Plus the fact