Another nice weekend was spent visiting antique and second-hand shops. The most amazing find comes from Norway.
It’s a vintage hand-carved wooden ale bowl with hand-painted Rosemaling or “rose painting” – a traditional Norwegian form of decorative folk art consisting of painted floral designs.
It has hand-painted inscriptions around the bowl – “19 December 1968” and the timeless saying on the bowl’s edge “Drink and be happy; there is more to enjoy!”
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It was an old Norwegian tradition to drink beer from this large, shallow wooden bowl to see what was painted on the bottom.
Norwegian farmers often brewed beer for important holidays and celebrations, such as weddings, funerals, baptisms, Christmas, and New Years, and this beer was generally served in ale bowls. The ale bowl was a fixture in the farmhouse and was an identity symbol of both status and fertility.
The ale bowl was a prominent object in many rural Norwegian homes and
farmhouses, especially during the period of 1750-1850 and well into the
twentieth century.
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