Yes, Tim; that's probably the best known European folk art flower pottery of this sort, at least in N America. You seem to have posted while I was in a long mid-edit smoke and cartoon break
I once had the coolest bee broken off of a pot that a river gave to me; I definitely agree to the resemblance, and the merchantile connection seems perhaps meaningful too; thanks. What I'm unsure of is if the style is definitely Dutch, or if that's only its usual N American attribution. Similar work seems more widespread to me. The hilt seems to be assembled somwhat jewelry style; are these layers, or essentially large beads of clay? Or is some other surface painted to look like pottery? Questions for the ether............