Andersen Design Mid-Century Tall Elliptical Vase with Tree wicker demijohn without a single flaw that

without a single flaw that I can find

with all of the hinges working well and the drawer opening with ease

The end of the handle is wrapped in leather

Through the eyes holes show glass "eyes" (pieces of glass painted black and white)

a lot of them actually made by women in internment camps during WWII

Andersen Design Mid-Century Tall Elliptical Vase with Tree wicker demijohn without a single flaw thatThis striking vase is a quintessential example of the mid century work of Andersen Design Studio, a pottery studio in East Boothbay, Maine founded by the late Weston (1922 2015) and Brenda Andersen in 1952. I really love the sensibilities this piece brings together: one part Brutalist, one part Organic Modern, and one part pure Maine! The body, with a bit of a grainy texture, is kind of a stony gray bisque, and the wonderfully branching bare tree an