Asian Modern Cast Iron Snail Sculpture Native Salish basket Victoria and Albert Museum London

Victoria and Albert Museum London

This is one of a charming pair of vintage hand-painted Swedish wooden plates

The deep brown glaze that covers the surface of the bull's body is predominately smooth

while the other represent Lappland in the north

Asian Modern Cast Iron Snail Sculpture Native Salish basket Victoria and Albert Museum LondonThis little cast iron snail sculpture is a wonderful thing to hold in your hand: weighty and substantial, it feels as if it contains the wisdom of the universe in the spiral of its shell. Unmarked but I believe Japanese, it would make a terrific paperweight on a stylish desk or a subtle yet striking addition to a grouping of any manner of interesting objects. This snail was acquired from the estate of a choreographer dancer in Boston's Beacon Hill