I had a bit of trouble trying to decide what constituted art pieces... and I have a new magnifying glass for viewing these miniatures...
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First up is this American toleware coffee pot.
toleware refers to kitchen-related objects created from metal, typically tin or thin steel, and are usually in the country primitive or Pennsylvania Dutch motif
Don't you just love that spout? Though I do wonder about that sharp right turn.
From Pennsylvania to Transylvania.
Târgu Lăpuș is a city in the county of Maramureș in Transylvania and I imagine that these are typical for that region.
And for something a little brighter, I have a few of these Easter stamps from Poland. I like that the Polish stamps list the name of the author (artist) on the stamps. This particular one is by Jan Konarzewski and is one of two that he designed.