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

and have found next to none with this sort of hour glass shape

but have not seen another combining women and dogs

Leonty was born in 1929 in the Urals

right at the center of the drawing

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