Mid-Century Scandinavian Pottery Vessel (Still Bank) with Horse Head wooden bird whistle I especially love the rather

I especially love the rather goofy expression on this one

A nicely sized

at least references that of a Japanese Mizushashi or cold water container

I am not sure this boat is that

Leonty was born in 1929 in the Urals

Mid-Century Scandinavian Pottery Vessel (Still Bank) with Horse Head wooden bird whistle I especially love the ratherI grew up with a horse headed pottery vessel similar to this one, which my parents purchased in Copenhagen in the late 60s and I always loved, so I felt a strong sense of connection to this one when I found it (which its seller had, I guess because of the horse, thought to be Mid Western!) I can't find a mark on it, but am confident it too is Danish from the same period, and this one has a slash in the lid so to be used as a still bank. The raffia