Lorenzen Lantz, Nova Scotia Purple and Yellow Mushroom Sculpture swimmer and to my eye this

and to my eye this stoneware pitcher is about as lovely as they come

and the hand-written two-sided cards--accounting for every month and possibility for how the dates fall--are easily removed

I purchased this one from an estate in Newton

It opens and closes fine

all as pictured

Lorenzen Lantz, Nova Scotia Purple and Yellow Mushroom Sculpture swimmer and to my eye thisI found my first Lantz mushroom piece a number of months ago and have been on the lookout ever since, as these are quite exquisite, and highly collectible, little things! What makes them really wonderful is their specificity these have been used as teaching tools due to their accuracy in representing the fine details of each particular species of mushroom they portray. The name of the species in this case it looks to be "Russ dagueletti" is incised on