Wonderful Old Primitive Barn Hook (or Horse Sculpture) antique lidded crock it's really quite a great

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

These show some age and use

I like the delicacy of the tiny stitches on this one

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

Wonderful Old Primitive Barn Hook (or Horse Sculpture) antique lidded crock it's really quite a greatCertainly 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