Lorenzen Lantz, Nova Scotia Purple and Yellow Mushroom Sculpture swimmer 3 1/2" tall x 4

3 1/2" tall x 4 7/8" diameter at widest

There is a fair amount of wear and erosion to the surface of the cast iron

As such I think this may be a relative early piece

I purchased this one from an estate in Newton

and the hand-written two-sided cards--accounting for every month and possibility for how the dates fall--are easily removed

Lorenzen Lantz, Nova Scotia Purple and Yellow Mushroom Sculpture swimmer 3 1/2" tall x 4I 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