James Bone "Falling Atoms" Black Ink Drawing, 1957 studio pottery bud vase Each saucer: 3 1/2" d

Each saucer: 3 1/2" d x 1/2" tall

and the other with a gridded rectangle

I have seen baskets of this size referred to as thimble baskets

and the handle is wrapped

Definitely old

James Bone "Falling Atoms" Black Ink Drawing, 1957 studio pottery bud vase Each saucer: 3 1/2" dThis charming 1957 black ink on paper drawing by James Frederic Bone (1929 2015) exemplifies the sort of playfulness and inventiveness that ran throughout his work, very often haunted by a sense of melancholy or bittersweetness as I think is the case here. I must say, the more time I spend looking at and thinking about Bone's work, the more gravity I am finding in it in this case including literally, as these star like atoms (electrons?) exit their