Lorenzen Lantz, Nova Scotia Purple and Yellow Mushroom Sculpture polar bear figurine and just really nice

and just really nice

with lovely long turned wooden handle and whitish-gray soft horsehair bristles

and just loved it for how mid-century it feels and for its almost manic quality

as he would have made a great protagonist--or antagonist--in many a drama

Lorenzen Lantz, Nova Scotia Purple and Yellow Mushroom Sculpture polar bear figurine and just really niceI 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 "Russ dagueletti" is incised on