Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher hand-painted face I've fallen in love with

I've fallen in love with Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) baskets

and certainly could be used as such--and I must say it makes a very strong argument for the return of buying blocks of ice and chipping ice by hand

where they can be appreciated every day

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

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

Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher hand-painted face I've fallen in love withI'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.