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Message:: [QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 10487598, member: 111"]A few years ago I ran across a piece unlike any I'd seen before, fell in love and snatched it up.  Shown here before, it's a cake spade made by Th. Olsen of Bergen, with the sweetest little chunky Fjord Horse, it reminded me of traditional Norwegian horse-handled mangle boards (used with a roller to press linens), an object I've long desired.  Still haven't run across anything like it and decided to email Arven, the new name given the firm after it was sold in 2016, having been in the hands of the Aase family since 1904 - they've shown great respect to Th. Olsen's history. Just a few days after my email, received this response: Hei Cheryl, Thank you for contacting us! I have done some research with my colleagues, and we can not remember this item. We do not believe that this was made often, maybe just one- or two times and made for a special event. So sorry that we couldn’t help you with this! Wishing you a lovely day! I assured her that I was grateful and that for me, it was enough to know that it's as uncommon as I thought... [ATTACH=full]527472[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527473[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527474[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527475[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527476[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527477[/ATTACH] Comparisons to 18th and 19th century Norwegian mangle boards: [ATTACH=full]527478[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527479[/ATTACH] Norwegian Fjord Horse: [ATTACH=full]527480[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]