The Receptacles subcategory is part of the larger Folk Art category. It covers small handcrafted items deeply rooted in Sweden's cultural heritage, and includes much more than just dishes and cases of various kinds. Here you will also find rustic utensil holders, ornamental drinking vessels, wooden casks, steam-moulded wooden cases (svepaskar), one or two carved, wooden drinking vessels for beer with a characteristic ölgås avian motif and much more.
The Receptacles subcategory is part of the larger Folk Art category. It covers small handcrafted items deeply rooted in Sweden's cultural heritage, and includes much more than just dishes, cases and chests of various kinds. Here you will also find rustic utensil holders, ornamental drinking vessels, wooden casks, steam-moulded wooden cases (svepaskar), household storage boxes with sliding lids (timplådor), one or two carved, wooden drinking vessels for beer with a characteristic ölgås avian motif and much more.
The vast majority of items listed here have been fashioned from wood and often painted. Often, their origins can be determined from their design, decoration and style of painting.
Items in this category to go under the hammer on Auctionet include dishes, cases and chests in the Swedish folk-art style handcrafted in Småland, Skåne, Hälsingland and Jämtland provinces, among others.
Rare lots found in Auctionet's catalogue of sold items include a painted chest for storing glass bottles dated 1802, a lidded goblet in the Swedish Baroque style, and a chest featuring decorative, carved reliefs and dated 'ANNO 1691'.
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