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

Her dress is stiff and dirty from age

the complexity of nature and the subtlety of truth

with this terrific array of unusual geometric forms dangling from every other link of the chain

with tiny white speckling to the blue enamel that seems original/indigenous to the piece

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

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