Circa 1900 folk art, Swedish birch bark box

Measures 4.5 inches in diameter and 3.5 inches high.  Made of many layers of birch bark with a wooden lid and base.  The most amazing part is the many folk art decorations that are made of birch bark and applied to the piece.

Maple burl bowl.  12 inches in diameter and 6 inches high.

19th C hand dovetailed document box with tray.

19th C Norwegian or Swedish svepask.

8 inches long, 4 inches high, 5 inches wide.  no nails - all pegged and sewn with roots.  Wonderful patina and decoration. 

Folk art, carved "piggy" bank.

3.5 by 3 by 1.75 inches. 

Folk, hand made, leap year dance card - 1912.

Lathe turned birdhouse shaped like an acorn.

Made by my dad in his retirement years as a bit of a whimsy.  I can't bring myself to expose it to the outdoors.