Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher hand-painted face to which the legs and

to which the legs and tail have each been attached by nails (with the nail attached to the tail left loose enough to allow the tail to move from side to side

The mold is glazed above the wrist and bisque at the bottom

This absolutely stunning hand-wrought hammered aluminum tray/charger features exquisite low relief renderings of all of the signs and names of the zodiac in low relief on its face

and one corner of the cardboard on the back loose

evoking planes

Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher hand-painted face to which the legs andI'm a huge fan of the pitcher as a form (plus a pretty pitcher can always double as a vase), and to my eye this stoneware pitcher is about as lovely as they come. Beautifully thrown, with a perfectly formed slab handle, terrific checkerboard texture around its upper half, and nuanced blue glazing through which the brown clay body shows, it really elevates anything you might put in it, and near it! Nice and weighty, it feels terrific in the hand, too.