Lorenzen Lantz Nova Scotia White Button Mushroom Sculpture music box Her dress is stiff and

Her dress is stiff and dirty from age

showing the wood underneath (easily repaired) and there is a bit of loss of lacquer around the underside edge of the lid

but it might shine up a bit more)

telling me that whoever made this broom took great care with its making

I've really fallen in love with these old clay marbles

Lorenzen Lantz Nova Scotia White Button Mushroom Sculpture music box Her dress is stiff andI 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 "Lycoperdong erunatum" is