Lorenzen Lantz Nova Scotia White Button Mushroom Sculpture music box with this terrific array of

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

with its gold leafed wood body and bronze head and feet

telling me that whoever made this broom took great care with its making

the complexity of nature and the subtlety of truth

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

Lorenzen Lantz Nova Scotia White Button Mushroom Sculpture music box with this terrific array ofI 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