Swedish Hand-painted Wooden Plate with Skiing Couple Makah basket There are a few lighter

There are a few lighter striations on one side of the back

carefully braided black thread hair

and a crack at one corner where one slab meets another

and the fragility of the material

Swedish Hand-painted Wooden Plate with Skiing Couple Makah basket There are a few lighterThis is one of a charming pair of vintage hand painted Swedish wooden plates, each featuring a couple this one skiing, the other by the sea. Both feature wood burned decorative garlands and the text "Minne frn Sverige" (souvenirs from Sweden) across their top rims. This plate with the skiing couple celebrates Lappland in the north, while the other represents Halland, on the western coast. The figures are warmly rendered in the style of beloved Swedish