Hand-painted Antique Wooden Souvenir from Skansen, Stockholm, 1898 bisque ceramics I imagine this sweet woodblock

I imagine this sweet woodblock was carved by a member of a boy scout troop in the 1940s or so

the smaller 4 3/8" diameter and 1 1/4" tall

Established in 1861

as is its traditional purpose

looking fabulous holding down a pile of papers while just waiting to be picked up and held in your hand

Hand-painted Antique Wooden Souvenir from Skansen, Stockholm, 1898 bisque ceramics I imagine this sweet woodblockI vividly remember visiting Skansenan open air museum and zoo in Stockholm dedicated to showing the traditional Swedish way of life prior to industrializationon a cold and rainy day fall day several years ago, largely for the purpose of visiting their wonderful gift shop, where I loaded up on quintessentially Swedish gifts to bring home to friends and family. It thus felt rather serendipitous to find this Skansen souvenir (minne, in Swedish, which