{"title":"Pottery","description":"\u003cp\u003eStudio, art and folk pottery — thrown vessels, vases, bowls and dishes where the glaze and the hand are the point. Marks are photographed and read where they can be, and where a piece is unattributed we leave it unattributed.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"vernon-kilns-bird-pottery-bird-s-eye-plate-c-1935-1939","title":"Vernon Kilns Bird Pottery “Bird’s Eye” Plate, c. 1935–1939","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA quietly iconic piece of California ceramics: an original \u003cstrong\u003eVernon Kilns\u003c\/strong\u003e plate from the celebrated \u003cstrong\u003e“Bird Pottery”\u003c\/strong\u003e line, finished in the \u003cstrong\u003e“Bird’s Eye”\u003c\/strong\u003e pattern and backstamped \u003cstrong\u003e“PAT. PEND.”\u003c\/strong\u003e Crisp, graphic, and unmistakably interwar, it balances modern simplicity with botanical elegance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe design centers a stylized floral composition in saturated blues, greens, and warm accents, framed by a soft neutral field that lets the color breathe. It reads as both functional tableware and small-format design object—exactly the kind of everyday beauty the 1930s did best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign \u0026amp; Construction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e→ Maker: Vernon Kilns (Vernon, California)\u003cbr\u003e→ Line: Bird Pottery\u003cbr\u003e→ Pattern: Bird’s Eye\u003cbr\u003e→ Period: c. 1935–1939\u003cbr\u003e→ Markings: “BIRD POTTERY \/ BIRD’S EYE \/ PAT. PEND.”\u003cbr\u003e→ Form: Rimmed plate with broad well and centered motif\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze presents with a gentle sheen and clean color separation, typical of Vernon’s interwar production—designed to be used, but handsome enough to display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1930s, California potteries like Vernon Kilns helped define an American design language that felt optimistic, modern, and distinctly domestic. “Bird Pottery” pieces were part of that moment: approachable objects with strong graphic identity, made for a public that wanted beauty on the table without pretense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“PAT. 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It pairs effortlessly with wood, brass, linen, and stone, and it plays especially well in kitchens and dining spaces that value objects with history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e→ Origin: Vernon, California, USA\u003cbr\u003e→ Maker: Vernon Kilns\u003cbr\u003e→ Line\/Designer: Bird Pottery\u003cbr\u003e→ Pattern: Bird’s Eye\u003cbr\u003e→ Date: c. 1935–1939\u003cbr\u003e→ Material: Glazed ceramic\u003cbr\u003e→ One-of-a-kind vintage piece (sold individually)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42796574113897,"sku":"VE-0319","price":157.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/VernonKilnsBirdPottery_Bird_sEye_Plate_c.1935_1939_a527aeb4-5571-4c87-a8e8-d4abe61c1a2c.jpg?v=1767785808"},{"product_id":"vintage-nemadji-pottery-ceremonial-double-spout-vase-in-green-ivory-c-1970s-1980s","title":"Vintage Nemadji Pottery Ceremonial Double-Spout Vase in Green \u0026 Ivory, c. 1970s–1980s","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"393\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"391\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"670\"\u003eThis hand-painted Nemadji Pottery vase is a quiet study in movement and restraint. The softly tapered body is wrapped in flowing bands of green, sage, and ivory, creating a natural marbled effect that feels almost geological—like sediment, water, and stone captured in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"1013\"\u003eIts double-spout form, often referred to as ceremonial in style, elevates the piece beyond a standard decorative vase. The shape is sculptural and symbolic, lending the vessel presence even at a small scale. No two Nemadji pieces are identical, and this example is defined by its balanced proportions and particularly fluid glaze patterning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1015\" data-end=\"1018\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"1020\" data-end=\"1050\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1048\"\u003eDesign \u0026amp; Construction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1295\"\u003e→ Hand-thrown ceramic vessel\u003cbr data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1082\"\u003e→ Hand-painted marbled slip decoration in green, ivory, and charcoal tones\u003cbr data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1159\"\u003e→ Distinctive double-spout ceremonial form\u003cbr data-start=\"1201\" data-end=\"1204\"\u003e→ Unglazed matte surface typical of Nemadji Pottery\u003cbr data-start=\"1255\" data-end=\"1258\"\u003e→ Original Nemadji hang tag present\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1474\"\u003eThe surface decoration is achieved through a proprietary slip-painting technique rather than glazing, allowing the colors to flow organically across the form without repetition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1476\" data-end=\"1479\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"1481\" data-end=\"1508\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1506\"\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1859\"\u003eNemadji Pottery was produced in the United States throughout the mid- to late 20th century and is known for its slip-painted, marbled aesthetic inspired by Native American pottery traditions. While not produced by Indigenous artisans, Nemadji pieces became widely collected for their sculptural quality, earthy palette, and emphasis on individuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1861\" data-end=\"2019\"\u003eCeremonial-style forms like this double-spout vase were among the more expressive designs, intended as decorative art objects rather than utilitarian vessels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2021\" data-end=\"2024\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"2026\" data-end=\"2044\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2029\" data-end=\"2042\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2045\" data-end=\"2190\"\u003eVery good vintage condition.\u003cbr data-start=\"2073\" data-end=\"2076\"\u003eNo chips or cracks observed. Surface wear is minimal and consistent with age. Original paper tag remains attached.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2192\" data-end=\"2195\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"2197\" data-end=\"2233\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2200\" data-end=\"2231\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2234\" data-end=\"2526\"\u003eThis vase works effortlessly in layered interiors—especially spaces that value texture, material honesty, and quiet visual interest. Its small scale makes it ideal for shelves, side tables, or grouped vignettes, while its sculptural form allows it to stand alone without flowers or adornment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2528\" data-end=\"2587\"\u003eIt adds depth without noise and character without pretense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2589\" data-end=\"2592\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"2594\" data-end=\"2610\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2597\" data-end=\"2608\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2611\" data-end=\"2784\"\u003e→ Origin: United States\u003cbr data-start=\"2634\" data-end=\"2637\"\u003e→ Maker: Nemadji Pottery\u003cbr data-start=\"2661\" data-end=\"2664\"\u003e→ Date: c. 1970s–1980s\u003cbr data-start=\"2686\" data-end=\"2689\"\u003e→ Materials: ceramic with hand-painted slip decoration\u003cbr data-start=\"2743\" data-end=\"2746\"\u003e→ Form: double-spout ceremonial vase\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2786\" data-end=\"2789\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"2791\" data-end=\"2805\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2794\" data-end=\"2803\"\u003ePrice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2806\" data-end=\"2814\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2806\" data-end=\"2814\"\u003e$145\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2816\" data-end=\"2929\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eAppropriately positioned for an authentic Nemadji piece with original tag, desirable form, and strong coloration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42798284046441,"sku":"VE-0323","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/712E2017-41CB-460E-9669-3B096CAF0A40_1_105_c_a44f4a67-4403-4d64-860c-ee933e8d54d8.jpg?v=1767937875"},{"product_id":"vintage-studio-pottery-mug-with-raised-floral-motif-mid-century-earth-tone-stoneware","title":"Vintage Studio Pottery Mug with Raised Floral Motif | Mid-Century Earth Tone Stoneware","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vintage studio pottery mug in mid century American stoneware, finished in warm ochre and olive tones, with a deeply raised floral and scroll motif that wraps the body in rhythmic symmetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface decoration is not painted on. It is relief formed, which gives the mug a sculptural quality in the hand. The glaze settles into the recessed pattern in a darker tone, creating contrast without shine. Inside, a smooth off white glaze keeps the drinking surface clean and functional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe handle is generously sized and comfortably pulled, glazed in a matte olive that complements the body without distracting from it. The mug was hand thrown, and the earth tone palette runs through ochre, olive and umber. This is not a dainty object. It was made to be held.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mug belongs to the mid century American studio pottery tradition, and the glaze palette and relief work place it in the idiom of small batch production of the 1960s and 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is unmarked, which is typical of studio and small batch pottery of that period, particularly pieces made for form and daily use rather than for branding. The attribution therefore rests on idiom and construction: the hand thrown body, the relief formed decoration, and the earth tone glaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo maker or pottery is recorded for this example, and the specific workshop remains to be confirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1960s to 1970s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmerican\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand thrown stoneware mug with raised floral and scroll relief pattern\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStoneware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEarth tone glaze in ochre, olive and umber, with a smooth off white glazed interior\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnmarked base. Attribution rests on idiom and construction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good vintage condition. No cracks, chips or repairs observed. Light surface wear consistent with age and use. Glaze remains rich and evenly toned\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTo be confirmed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mug fits a kitchen that values texture, warmth and objects with presence. Its weight and relief surface make it as much a small ceramic as a vessel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works on an open shelf and it works in daily rotation, and it pairs easily with handmade ceramics, wood, linen and natural light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a dealer the appeal is that unmarked studio work of this quality is inexpensive to buy and increasingly hard to find in undamaged condition, which makes a sound example worth keeping.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42815929188457,"sku":"VE-0358","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/3C181B30-8D9E-497B-B044-2C560E89E050_1_201_a.jpg?v=1768364001"},{"product_id":"vintage-holiday-stoneware-sugar-bowl-1950s-mid-century-usa","title":"Vintage Holiday Stoneware Sugar Bowl 1950s Mid Century USA","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mid century American stoneware sugar bowl by Holiday Pottery, finished in a warm sand toned glaze with subtle iron speckling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form is clean and symmetrical, with twin loop handles, a gently domed lid with a simple tab pull, and a stable pedestal foot. The proportions are compact and purposeful, made for everyday use in the American kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe speckled glaze is not decorative excess but material honesty, durable and functional and unpretentious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bowl dates to the 1950s and carries an interior stamp reading Holiday, Made in USA, which aligns with mid century production marks of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1950s American ceramics shifted toward utilitarian design. After the ornament heavy early twentieth century, households favored sturdy stoneware with earthy glazes and restrained silhouettes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoliday Pottery produced durable wares for domestic and hospitality use, emphasizing reliability over embellishment. This piece embodies that philosophy, with a modest form, solid construction, and a glaze made to withstand decades of handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCirca 1950s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHoliday Pottery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnited States\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCovered sugar bowl with twin loop handles, domed lid with tab pull, pedestal foot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlazed stoneware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTan speckled glaze with subtle iron speckling\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHoliday, Made in USA, stamped to the interior\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTo be confirmed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good vintage condition with light age appropriate wear. Structurally sound with no visible cracks. Lid fits securely and sits properly\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is authentic 1950s American kitchenware, rooted in function and subtle texture rather than in pattern. It does not perform. It endures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt pairs naturally with mid century modern interiors, classic American farmhouse kitchens, minimalist ceramic collections, and period correct 1950s table settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bowl reflects the integrity of its era, carrying the quiet confidence of post war American design, built to serve and built to last.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42902437855337,"sku":"VE-0552","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_7719.jpg?v=1770881417"},{"product_id":"set-of-4-calif-usa-c613-shell-serving-dishes-vintage-white","title":"Set of 4 Calif USA C613 Shell Serving Dishes Vintage White","description":"\u003ch1 data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"403\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"484\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"456\"\u003eSet of Four Calif USA C613 Shell Serving Dishes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"459\"\u003eCalifornia, Mid-Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"609\"\u003eA sculptural set of four white ceramic serving dishes in a stylized shell form, marked \u003cstrong data-start=\"573\" data-end=\"591\"\u003eCALIF USA C613\u003c\/strong\u003e on the underside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"692\"\u003eClean lines. Soft gloss glaze. Classic mid-century California pottery silhouette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"694\" data-end=\"697\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"722\"\u003ePrimary Description\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"850\"\u003eThis set consists of four matching ceramic serving dishes produced in California, likely mid-20th century (circa 1940s–1960s).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"852\" data-end=\"872\"\u003eDetails that matter:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"996\"\u003e→ Molded shell \/ fan form\u003cbr data-start=\"899\" data-end=\"902\"\u003e→ Gloss white glaze\u003cbr data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"924\"\u003e→ Marked “CALIF USA C613”\u003cbr data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"952\"\u003e→ Raised footed base\u003cbr data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"975\"\u003e→ Stack beautifully\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1130\"\u003eThe sculpted ribbing radiates outward in a fan formation, giving the dishes a strong visual presence despite their minimalist color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1308\"\u003eThe underside marking indicates California production, part of the broader mid-century California pottery movement known for sculptural tableware and decorative serving pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1310\" data-end=\"1313\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"1315\" data-end=\"1343\"\u003eAbout California Pottery\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1345\" data-end=\"1552\"\u003eFrom the 1930s through the 1960s, California was a major hub for ceramic production. Companies like Bauer, Vernon Kilns, Metlox, and numerous smaller studios produced functional but design-forward tableware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1554\" data-end=\"1603\"\u003eCalifornia pottery characteristics often include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1749\"\u003e→ Sculptural organic forms\u003cbr data-start=\"1631\" data-end=\"1634\"\u003e→ Clean glazes (white, pastel, matte, or glossy)\u003cbr data-start=\"1682\" data-end=\"1685\"\u003e→ Simple impressed base marks\u003cbr data-start=\"1714\" data-end=\"1717\"\u003e→ Mid-century modern influence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1751\" data-end=\"1763\"\u003eFor context:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1765\" data-end=\"1868\"\u003eCalifornia Historical Society – California Pottery Movement\u003cbr data-start=\"1824\" data-end=\"1827\"\u003e\u003ca data-start=\"1827\" data-end=\"1866\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\"\u003ehttps:\/\/californiahistoricalsociety.org\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ms-0.5 inline-block align-middle leading-none\"\u003e\u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-rtl-flip=\"\" class=\"block h-[0.75em] w-[0.75em] stroke-current stroke-[0.75]\"\u003e\u003cuse fill=\"currentColor\" href=\"\/cdn\/assets\/sprites-core-ikipmley.svg#304883\"\u003e\u003c\/use\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1870\" data-end=\"1957\"\u003eThe Marks Project – Guide to American Ceramic Marks\u003cbr data-start=\"1921\" data-end=\"1924\"\u003e\u003ca data-start=\"1924\" data-end=\"1955\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarksproject.org\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.themarksproject.org\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ms-0.5 inline-block align-middle leading-none\"\u003e\u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-rtl-flip=\"\" class=\"block h-[0.75em] w-[0.75em] stroke-current stroke-[0.75]\"\u003e\u003cuse fill=\"currentColor\" href=\"\/cdn\/assets\/sprites-core-ikipmley.svg#304883\"\u003e\u003c\/use\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1959\" data-end=\"2136\"\u003eWhile “Calif USA” pieces were sometimes produced by smaller regional makers rather than the major houses, they remain collectible within the broader California pottery category.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2138\" data-end=\"2141\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"2143\" data-end=\"2162\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2164\" data-end=\"2331\"\u003eMaker: Calif USA\u003cbr data-start=\"2180\" data-end=\"2183\"\u003eModel: C613\u003cbr data-start=\"2194\" data-end=\"2197\"\u003eOrigin: California, United States\u003cbr data-start=\"2230\" data-end=\"2233\"\u003eEra: Mid-Century (c. 1940s–1960s)\u003cbr data-start=\"2266\" data-end=\"2269\"\u003eMaterial: Glazed ceramic\u003cbr data-start=\"2293\" data-end=\"2296\"\u003eColor: White\u003cbr data-start=\"2308\" data-end=\"2311\"\u003eQuantity: Set of 4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2333\" data-end=\"2336\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"2338\" data-end=\"2351\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2353\" data-end=\"2381\"\u003eVery good vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2383\" data-end=\"2499\"\u003e→ No cracks\u003cbr data-start=\"2394\" data-end=\"2397\"\u003e→ No visible chips\u003cbr data-start=\"2415\" data-end=\"2418\"\u003e→ Minor glaze irregularities consistent with age and firing\u003cbr data-start=\"2477\" data-end=\"2480\"\u003e→ Light base wear\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2501\" data-end=\"2542\"\u003eThey present clean and cohesive as a set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2544\" data-end=\"2547\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"2549\" data-end=\"2580\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2582\" data-end=\"2638\"\u003eBecause white sculptural ceramics never go out of style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2640\" data-end=\"2653\"\u003eUse them for:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2655\" data-end=\"2751\"\u003e→ Nuts, olives, or small sides\u003cbr data-start=\"2685\" data-end=\"2688\"\u003e→ Jewelry catchalls\u003cbr data-start=\"2707\" data-end=\"2710\"\u003e→ Soap dishes\u003cbr data-start=\"2723\" data-end=\"2726\"\u003e→ Layered shelf styling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2753\" data-end=\"2818\"\u003eStacked, they read architectural.\u003cbr data-start=\"2786\" data-end=\"2789\"\u003eSeparated, they read curated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2820\" data-end=\"2898\"\u003eThey’re subtle but not boring — which is harder to pull off than people think.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42927740715113,"sku":"VE-0557","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/0B43DA93-5EC5-4B30-A722-8BE2691BBEB1.jpg?v=1771597967"},{"product_id":"miniature-hand-painted-pottery-carafe-floral-vintage","title":"Miniature Hand Painted Pottery Carafe Floral Vintage","description":"\u003ch1 data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"397\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"509\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"440\"\u003eMiniature Hand-Painted Pottery Carafe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"443\"\u003eLikely European or American decorative pottery, mid-20th century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"628\"\u003eA tiny ceramic pitcher with soft pink floral motifs, green foliage, and bronze luster banding at the neck and handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"728\"\u003eDelicately scaled. Rounded belly. Soft crackle in glaze. Entirely unnecessary. Completely lovable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"730\" data-end=\"733\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"758\"\u003ePrimary Description\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"760\" data-end=\"799\"\u003eThis miniature pottery carafe features:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"971\"\u003e→ Hand-painted pink floral pattern\u003cbr data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"838\"\u003e→ Bronze \/ copper luster glaze at rim and handle\u003cbr data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"889\"\u003e→ White crackle-glazed ground\u003cbr data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"921\"\u003e→ Curved spout and loop handle\u003cbr data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"954\"\u003e→ Unglazed base\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"991\"\u003eThe size suggests:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1080\"\u003e→ Creamer for a doll tea set\u003cbr data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1024\"\u003e→ Miniature display pitcher\u003cbr data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1054\"\u003e→ Decorative shelf piece\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1082\" data-end=\"1197\"\u003eThe crackle visible in the glaze indicates age and kiln characteristics typical of mid-century decorative ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1199\" data-end=\"1297\"\u003eThe bronze luster banding was popular in souvenir and cottage-style ceramics from the 1940s–1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1302\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"1304\" data-end=\"1323\"\u003eAbout the Style\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1404\"\u003eHand-painted floral ceramics with metallic luster trim were widely produced in:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1570\"\u003e→ Japan (post-war export market)\u003cbr data-start=\"1438\" data-end=\"1441\"\u003e→ Occupied Japan era pieces (late 1940s–early 1950s)\u003cbr data-start=\"1493\" data-end=\"1496\"\u003e→ Small American studio pottery houses\u003cbr data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1537\"\u003e→ European decorative factories\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1572\" data-end=\"1679\"\u003eWithout a visible maker’s mark, this sits in the broader category of mid-century decorative export pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1681\" data-end=\"1727\"\u003eFor context on postwar ceramic export markets:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1729\" data-end=\"1822\"\u003eThe Marks Project – Guide to American \u0026amp; Imported Ceramics\u003cbr data-start=\"1786\" data-end=\"1789\"\u003e\u003ca data-start=\"1789\" data-end=\"1820\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarksproject.org\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.themarksproject.org\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ms-0.5 inline-block align-middle leading-none\"\u003e\u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-rtl-flip=\"\" class=\"block h-[0.75em] w-[0.75em] stroke-current stroke-[0.75]\"\u003e\u003cuse fill=\"currentColor\" href=\"\/cdn\/assets\/sprites-core-ikipmley.svg#304883\"\u003e\u003c\/use\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1824\" data-end=\"1903\"\u003eWinterthur Museum – Decorative Ceramics Overview\u003cbr data-start=\"1872\" data-end=\"1875\"\u003e\u003ca data-start=\"1875\" data-end=\"1901\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winterthur.org\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.winterthur.org\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ms-0.5 inline-block align-middle leading-none\"\u003e\u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-rtl-flip=\"\" class=\"block h-[0.75em] w-[0.75em] stroke-current stroke-[0.75]\"\u003e\u003cuse fill=\"currentColor\" href=\"\/cdn\/assets\/sprites-core-ikipmley.svg#304883\"\u003e\u003c\/use\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1905\" data-end=\"1968\"\u003eThese pieces were meant to be charming rather than prestigious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1970\" data-end=\"1973\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"1994\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1996\" data-end=\"2227\"\u003eMaterial: Glazed ceramic\u003cbr data-start=\"2020\" data-end=\"2023\"\u003eFinish: Crackle glaze with hand-painted floral motif\u003cbr data-start=\"2075\" data-end=\"2078\"\u003eTrim: Bronze luster\u003cbr data-start=\"2097\" data-end=\"2100\"\u003eEra: Mid-20th century (circa 1940s–1960s)\u003cbr data-start=\"2141\" data-end=\"2144\"\u003eOrigin: Likely Japanese or American decorative production\u003cbr data-start=\"2201\" data-end=\"2204\"\u003eSize: Miniature scale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2229\" data-end=\"2232\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"2234\" data-end=\"2247\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2249\" data-end=\"2277\"\u003eVery good vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2383\"\u003e→ No visible cracks\u003cbr data-start=\"2298\" data-end=\"2301\"\u003e→ No major chips\u003cbr data-start=\"2317\" data-end=\"2320\"\u003e→ Light base wear\u003cbr data-start=\"2337\" data-end=\"2340\"\u003e→ Minor glaze crazing consistent with age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2385\" data-end=\"2407\"\u003eLuster remains intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2409\" data-end=\"2412\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"2414\" data-end=\"2445\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2447\" data-end=\"2500\"\u003eBecause tiny objects make interiors feel intentional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2502\" data-end=\"2511\"\u003ePlace it:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2513\" data-end=\"2650\"\u003e→ On a stack of books\u003cbr data-start=\"2534\" data-end=\"2537\"\u003e→ Inside a glass cabinet\u003cbr data-start=\"2561\" data-end=\"2564\"\u003e→ On a bathroom shelf with vintage perfume bottles\u003cbr data-start=\"2614\" data-end=\"2617\"\u003e→ In a curated kitchen vignette\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2652\" data-end=\"2689\"\u003eIt reads romantic without being loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2691\" data-end=\"2746\"\u003eAnd it’s the kind of thing people pick up and smile at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42930848956521,"sku":"VE-0558","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/0A171555-29EF-46D6-9C11-26E020E20439.jpg?v=1771601840"},{"product_id":"mid-century-calif-usa-sculptural-white-dish","title":"Mid Century Calif USA Sculptural White Dish","description":"\u003ch1 data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"729\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"797\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"770\"\u003eMid-Century California Pottery Dish\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"773\"\u003eStamped “Calif U.S.A.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"966\"\u003eA sculptural white ceramic dish with a gently curved, asymmetrical form and a raised fan motif radiating from one end. Minimal, balanced, and unmistakably mid-century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"968\" data-end=\"993\"\u003eIt feels modern even now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"998\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"1000\" data-end=\"1023\"\u003ePrimary Description\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1328\"\u003eProduced in California during the mid-20th century, this dish reflects the postwar American appetite for clean lines and organic forms. California pottery makers of the 1940s–60s embraced sculptural silhouettes that felt both decorative and functional — pieces meant to live comfortably in modern homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1330\" data-end=\"1439\"\u003eThe curved shape gives it movement. It isn’t rigid or symmetrical. It leans into the subtle drama of contour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1441\" data-end=\"1657\"\u003eInside, the molded fan detail adds texture without interrupting the monochrome surface. The glaze is soft white with a gentle sheen — not high gloss, not matte. Just enough reflection to catch light along the curves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1659\" data-end=\"1727\"\u003eIt’s the kind of piece that doesn’t demand attention but rewards it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1729\" data-end=\"1732\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"1734\" data-end=\"1756\"\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1758\" data-end=\"2044\"\u003eCalifornia pottery flourished mid-century, with numerous smaller studios and manufacturers producing modern household ceramics for the expanding suburban market. Many pieces were simply stamped “Calif U.S.A.” rather than carrying a brand name, which was common among regional producers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2046\" data-end=\"2070\"\u003eThese wares prioritized:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2072\" data-end=\"2163\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2072\" data-end=\"2095\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2074\" data-end=\"2095\"\u003eClean, modern forms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2096\" data-end=\"2119\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2098\" data-end=\"2119\"\u003ePractical usability\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2120\" data-end=\"2163\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2122\" data-end=\"2163\"\u003eAffordability without sacrificing style\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2165\" data-end=\"2213\"\u003eThis dish fits comfortably within that movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2215\" data-end=\"2218\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"2220\" data-end=\"2233\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2235\" data-end=\"2263\"\u003eVery good vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2265\" data-end=\"2377\"\u003eNo visible cracks or chips observed. Glaze remains even. Minor age-appropriate surface wear consistent with use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2379\" data-end=\"2413\"\u003eThe underside stamp remains clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2415\" data-end=\"2418\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"2420\" data-end=\"2451\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2453\" data-end=\"2525\"\u003eBecause mid-century minimalism doesn’t always have to be teak and brass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2527\" data-end=\"2555\"\u003eThis dish works beautifully:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2557\" data-end=\"2695\"\u003eOn a coffee table holding keys\u003cbr data-start=\"2587\" data-end=\"2590\"\u003eOn a vanity with jewelry\u003cbr data-start=\"2614\" data-end=\"2617\"\u003eIn a kitchen with citrus or garlic\u003cbr data-start=\"2651\" data-end=\"2654\"\u003eAs a sculptural accent on open shelving\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2697\" data-end=\"2736\"\u003eIt’s quiet. Architectural. Intentional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2738\" data-end=\"2831\"\u003eAnd unlike contemporary reproductions, this one actually comes from the era it’s inspired by.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42942391517289,"sku":"VE-0566","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/2C237188-38DC-472A-9797-3C75F2B17804.jpg?v=1771649038"},{"product_id":"mid-century-california-pottery-sectional-serving-tray-calif-usa-l59-c-1950s","title":"Mid-Century California Pottery Sectional Serving Tray, CALIF USA L59, c. 1950s","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mid-century sectional serving tray consisting of three curved ceramic pieces designed to form a circular serving arrangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach section features a sculpted relief pattern resembling stylized foliage, finished in a glossy green glaze typical of California pottery from the 1950s. When arranged together, the pieces create a complete ring-shaped tray with a central opening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe design allows each section to function independently or as part of the full serving set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalifornia pottery studios flourished during the mid-20th century, producing colorful ceramics designed for casual entertaining and modern homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompanies across Los Angeles and Southern California created decorative serving pieces that balanced sculptural design with practical function. Sectional trays like this one reflected the post-war shift toward informal gatherings and cocktail culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vibrant glazes and organic patterns typical of California ceramics became iconic elements of mid-century tableware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eProduct Attributes\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaker Mark\u003cbr\u003eCALIF USA L59\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEra\u003cbr\u003ec. 1950s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaterial\u003cbr\u003eGlazed ceramic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConfiguration\u003cbr\u003eThree sectional serving dishes forming circular tray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColor\u003cbr\u003eGreen glaze\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse\u003cbr\u003eServing tray \/ appetizer dish \/ snack tray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMid-century California pottery has a playful, sculptural quality that works as both tableware and decorative display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sectional design makes it ideal for:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• olives and cocktail snacks\u003cbr\u003e• nuts or candies\u003cbr\u003e• tapas or appetizers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen assembled, the pieces form a visually striking circular tray. Displayed individually, they function as small decorative dishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eCondition\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll three pieces present with glossy glaze and minor age-appropriate wear. No major cracks observed. Markings on underside remain visible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42962614845545,"sku":"VE-0643","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/mid-century_california_pottery_sectional_serving_tray_calif_usa_l59_c._1950s772126303856935018499817577.jpg?v=1774756745"},{"product_id":"mid-century-hand-painted-japanese-relief-beer-stein-c-1950s","title":"Mid-Century Hand-Painted Japanese Relief Beer Stein, c. 1950s","description":"\u003ch1 data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"323\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"389\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"389\"\u003eMid-Century Hand-Painted Japanese Relief Beer Stein, c. 1950s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"770\"\u003eThis vintage ceramic beer stein features raised relief figures set within a pastoral tavern scene, finished in hand-painted glazes of burnt orange, green, cobalt blue, and earthy browns. The cylindrical body is framed by molded decorative banding along the rim and base, while a curved handle provides the traditional tankard silhouette associated with European drinking vessels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"1087\"\u003eThe imagery depicts a rustic countryside gathering with stylized figures and foliage rendered in raised relief, giving the surface dimension and texture. Time has softened the glaze into a warm ivory tone with natural crazing throughout the ceramic, a characteristic commonly seen in mid-century earthenware pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1317\"\u003eTurn the stein over and the base reveals a small crown mark with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1165\"\u003e“Japan”\u003c\/strong\u003e, identifying it as a mid-20th-century export ceramic produced for Western markets during the post-war boom in decorative barware and novelty drinkware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1479\"\u003eSubstantial in hand and rich with vintage character, the stein captures the nostalgic charm of mid-century home bars, lodge décor, and rustic tavern aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1481\" data-end=\"1484\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"1486\" data-end=\"1506\"\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1821\"\u003eAfter World War II, Japan became one of the world’s largest producers of decorative ceramics for export to the United States and Europe. From the late 1940s through the 1960s, Japanese factories manufactured a wide variety of novelty barware, mugs, and beer steins inspired by traditional German drinking vessels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"2251\"\u003eThese pieces were typically made from earthenware or stoneware and decorated with molded relief scenes intended to evoke Bavarian taverns, countryside festivals, and Old World folklore. While authentic German steins were traditionally made of salt-glazed stoneware and often fitted with pewter lids, Japanese export versions offered a more affordable alternative while maintaining the decorative spirit of European beer culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2253\" data-end=\"2581\"\u003eThe small \u003cstrong data-start=\"2263\" data-end=\"2286\"\u003e“Japan” export mark\u003c\/strong\u003e seen on the base became common on ceramics shipped to the U.S. market during this period. Today, these mid-century pieces are appreciated for their craftsmanship, nostalgic character, and connection to the era of home bars and casual entertaining that flourished throughout the 1950s and 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2583\" data-end=\"2586\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"2588\" data-end=\"2605\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2607\" data-end=\"2952\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2607\" data-end=\"2616\"\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ceramic beer stein \/ tankard\u003cbr data-start=\"2645\" data-end=\"2648\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2648\" data-end=\"2659\"\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003cbr data-start=\"2665\" data-end=\"2668\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2668\" data-end=\"2677\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e c. 1950s\u003cbr data-start=\"2686\" data-end=\"2689\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2689\" data-end=\"2702\"\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Glazed earthenware\u003cbr data-start=\"2721\" data-end=\"2724\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2724\" data-end=\"2739\"\u003eDecoration:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-painted relief scene\u003cbr data-start=\"2765\" data-end=\"2768\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2768\" data-end=\"2786\"\u003eColor Palette:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ivory glaze with green, orange, blue, and brown accents\u003cbr data-start=\"2842\" data-end=\"2845\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2845\" data-end=\"2858\"\u003eMarkings:\u003c\/strong\u003e Crown emblem with “Japan” on underside\u003cbr data-start=\"2897\" data-end=\"2900\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2900\" data-end=\"2910\"\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-Century European Revival \/ Tavernware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2954\" data-end=\"2980\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2954\" data-end=\"2980\"\u003eApproximate Dimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2982\" data-end=\"3056\"\u003eHeight: ~6–7 in\u003cbr data-start=\"2997\" data-end=\"3000\"\u003eDiameter: ~3.5–4 in\u003cbr data-start=\"3019\" data-end=\"3022\"\u003eCapacity: Traditional tankard size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"3058\" data-end=\"3061\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"3063\" data-end=\"3074\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3076\" data-end=\"3099\"\u003eGood vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3101\" data-end=\"3130\"\u003eVisible signs of age include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3132\" data-end=\"3268\"\u003e• Natural glaze crazing throughout the surface\u003cbr data-start=\"3178\" data-end=\"3181\"\u003e• Minor surface wear consistent with age and use\u003cbr data-start=\"3229\" data-end=\"3232\"\u003e• Light patina on the underside base\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3270\" data-end=\"3311\"\u003eNo structural cracks or repairs observed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3313\" data-end=\"3394\"\u003eThe glaze colors remain vibrant and the raised relief details are well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"3396\" data-end=\"3399\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"3401\" data-end=\"3430\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3432\" data-end=\"3685\"\u003eVintage steins like this carry the quiet personality of mid-century entertaining culture. Whether displayed on open shelving, placed in a bar cabinet, or used as a conversation piece during gatherings, it adds a sense of warmth and nostalgia to a space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3687\" data-end=\"3715\"\u003eIt works especially well in:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3717\" data-end=\"3825\"\u003e• rustic kitchens\u003cbr data-start=\"3734\" data-end=\"3737\"\u003e• lodge or cabin interiors\u003cbr data-start=\"3763\" data-end=\"3766\"\u003e• vintage bar displays\u003cbr data-start=\"3788\" data-end=\"3791\"\u003e• eclectic European-inspired décor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3827\" data-end=\"3927\"\u003eEven when not holding a drink, it brings character to a room in a way modern glassware simply can’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"3929\" data-end=\"3932\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-start=\"3934\" data-end=\"3959\"\u003eFrom Viridian Eclection\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3961\" data-end=\"4198\"\u003eAt \u003cstrong data-start=\"3964\" data-end=\"3986\"\u003eViridian Eclection\u003c\/strong\u003e, we curate objects that carry history, texture, and quiet stories from another time. 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This wide, shallow bowl features a warm cream-glazed interior with a richly patterned \u003cstrong data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"337\"\u003eblue spongeware exterior\u003c\/strong\u003e, giving it that timeless collected-kitchen look people keep trying to fake with brand-new “farmhouse” decor. This one, thankfully, has actual age and character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"500\" data-end=\"755\"\u003eThe bowl is substantial, functional, and beautifully decorative. Its low, open form makes it perfect for pasta, salad, fruit, bread, or display, while the blue-and-cream sponge pattern adds texture and visual interest without overwhelming a table setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"789\"\u003eThe underside is clearly marked:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"853\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"853\"\u003eRobinson Ransbottom Pottery\u003cbr data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"823\"\u003eRoseville, Ohio\u003cbr data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"841\"\u003ePasta Bowl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1vshzo8\" data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"878\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"1184\"\u003eRobinson-Ransbottom Pottery Co., often referred to as \u003cstrong data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"945\"\u003eRRP Co.\u003c\/strong\u003e, was based in \u003cstrong data-start=\"960\" data-end=\"979\"\u003eRoseville, Ohio\u003c\/strong\u003e, an area long associated with American ceramic and stoneware production. The company became known for durable, everyday pottery including crocks, bowls, planters, kitchenware, and spongeware-style pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1568\"\u003eThis bowl reflects the late 20th-century revival of traditional American kitchen pottery, when spongeware and country-style ceramics became popular again in homes that favored warmth, utility, and handmade-looking surfaces. While spongeware has much older roots, this example is a later production piece with a nostalgic design language that references earlier utilitarian ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1804\"\u003eThe result is a piece that feels both practical and decorative: sturdy enough for use, pretty enough to leave out, and grounded in Ohio pottery history without pretending to be something it isn’t. A rare act of honesty from an object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1bw7wp4\" data-start=\"1806\" data-end=\"1828\"\u003eProduct Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1830\" data-end=\"2037\"\u003eThis vintage pasta bowl is made from glazed ceramic or stoneware with a cream interior and blue spongeware-patterned exterior. The form is wide and shallow, with gently curved sides and a simple footed base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2039\" data-end=\"2371\"\u003eThe exterior features a dense blue sponge pattern over a cream ground, creating a mottled, almost floral texture around the bowl. The interior remains clean and simple, allowing food or decorative styling to take center stage. Its generous size makes it ideal for serving pasta, salads, fruit, rolls, or seasonal table arrangements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2373\" data-end=\"2502\"\u003eIt also displays beautifully on open shelving, inside a hutch, on a kitchen island, or layered into a collected tabletop setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"4zmfa9\" data-start=\"2504\" data-end=\"2525\"\u003eProduct Attributes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TyagGW_tableContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group TyagGW_tableWrapper flex flex-col-reverse w-fit\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003ctable data-start=\"2527\" data-end=\"3453\" class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\"\u003e\n\u003cthead data-start=\"2527\" data-end=\"2550\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2527\" data-end=\"2550\"\u003e\n\u003cth data-start=\"2527\" data-end=\"2539\" data-col-size=\"sm\" class=\"\"\u003eAttribute\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth data-start=\"2539\" data-end=\"2550\" data-col-size=\"xl\" class=\"\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-start=\"2561\" data-end=\"3453\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2561\" data-end=\"2605\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2561\" data-end=\"2568\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eItem\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2568\" data-end=\"2605\"\u003eVintage pasta bowl \/ serving bowl\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2606\" data-end=\"2649\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2606\" data-end=\"2614\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2614\" data-end=\"2649\"\u003eRobinson-Ransbottom Pottery Co.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2650\" data-end=\"2678\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2650\" data-end=\"2659\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2659\" data-end=\"2678\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eRoseville, Ohio\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2679\" data-end=\"2716\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2679\" data-end=\"2696\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eEstimated Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2696\" data-end=\"2716\"\u003eCirca late 1970s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2717\" data-end=\"2758\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2717\" data-end=\"2728\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2728\" data-end=\"2758\"\u003eGlazed ceramic \/ stoneware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2759\" data-end=\"2815\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2759\" data-end=\"2767\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eColor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2767\" data-end=\"2815\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eCream interior with blue spongeware exterior\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2816\" data-end=\"2896\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2816\" data-end=\"2824\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2824\" data-end=\"2896\"\u003eAmerican pottery, country kitchen, farmhouse, traditional spongeware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2897\" data-end=\"2960\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2897\" data-end=\"2905\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eShape\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2905\" data-end=\"2960\"\u003eWide shallow bowl with curved sides and footed base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2961\" data-end=\"3054\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2961\" data-end=\"2972\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eMarkings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2972\" data-end=\"3054\"\u003eMarked “Robinson Ransbottom Pottery, Roseville, Ohio, Pasta Bowl” on underside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3055\" data-end=\"3127\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3055\" data-end=\"3061\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eUse\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3061\" data-end=\"3127\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003ePasta bowl, salad bowl, serving bowl, fruit bowl, display bowl\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3128\" data-end=\"3194\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3128\" data-end=\"3149\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eApprox. Dimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3149\" data-end=\"3194\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eAbout 10–12 in diameter x 2.5–3.5 in tall\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3195\" data-end=\"3230\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3195\" data-end=\"3212\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eApprox. Weight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3212\" data-end=\"3230\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eAbout 2.5–4 lb\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3231\" data-end=\"3425\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3231\" data-end=\"3243\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3243\" data-end=\"3425\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eVintage condition with age-appropriate wear. Light surface marks, base wear, glaze variation, or utensil marks may be present from use. No major visible damage noted from photos.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3426\" data-end=\"3453\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3426\" data-end=\"3437\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eLocation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3437\" data-end=\"3453\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eReno, Nevada\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1gegj36\" data-start=\"3455\" data-end=\"3487\"\u003eWhy This Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3489\" data-end=\"3719\"\u003eThis bowl belongs in a kitchen that feels lived-in, collected, and actually used. The blue spongeware exterior gives it a nostalgic American pottery feel, while the cream interior keeps it clean and versatile for everyday serving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3721\" data-end=\"4021\"\u003eIt works beautifully as a functional piece, but it also has enough visual presence to stand on its own. Place it on open kitchen shelving, fill it with lemons or apples on a counter, use it for pasta at dinner, or style it in a hutch with ironstone, transferware, stoneware crocks, and vintage glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4023\" data-end=\"4083\"\u003eThe blue-and-cream palette is especially easy to layer with:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4085\" data-end=\"4277\"\u003e→ Ironstone and cream ceramics\u003cbr data-start=\"4115\" data-end=\"4118\"\u003e→ Blue-and-white transferware\u003cbr data-start=\"4147\" data-end=\"4150\"\u003e→ Wood cutting boards\u003cbr data-start=\"4171\" data-end=\"4174\"\u003e→ Woven baskets\u003cbr data-start=\"4189\" data-end=\"4192\"\u003e→ Brass candlesticks\u003cbr data-start=\"4212\" data-end=\"4215\"\u003e→ Stoneware crocks\u003cbr data-start=\"4233\" data-end=\"4236\"\u003e→ Linen napkins and collected tableware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4279\" data-end=\"4467\"\u003eIt has that rare balance of utility and charm, which is exactly what makes vintage kitchen pieces worth keeping. Pretty, practical, and not trying desperately to be trendy. 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The pale neutral glaze gives it a soft cottage feel, while the raised leaf detail around the rim adds just enough ornamentation to make it feel special without getting fussy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"804\"\u003ePerfect as a small catchall bowl, jewelry dish, salt cellar, vanity dish, shelf accent, or layered ceramic styling piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"ttlky4\" data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"830\"\u003eDesign \u0026amp; Construction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"832\" data-end=\"1092\"\u003eThis bowl appears to be hand-thrown or hand-formed stoneware with a rounded, low bowl shape and slightly irregular artisan finish. The exterior features a raised botanical leaf-and-vine relief circling the upper body, giving the piece a subtle organic texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1464\"\u003eThe glaze is a warm cream to pale beige tone with visible crazing throughout, adding age, depth, and surface character. The underside is hand-inscribed with what appears to be an artist’s signature, though the full name is difficult to read clearly. The presence of a hand-signed base supports its identity as a studio pottery piece rather than mass-produced dinnerware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1466\" data-end=\"1637\"\u003eThe bowl’s neutral color and botanical detailing make it especially suited for French country, cottage, organic modern, farmhouse, rustic, and collected vintage interiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1vshzo8\" data-start=\"1639\" data-end=\"1662\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1664\" data-end=\"2017\"\u003eStudio pottery became especially popular in the mid-20th century as artists, craftspeople, and regional ceramicists moved away from purely industrial production and toward handmade, small-batch ceramic work. Pieces like this were often produced by independent potters for local galleries, art fairs, gift shops, studio sales, and regional craft markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2019\" data-end=\"2333\"\u003eThis bowl reflects that tradition with its hand-signed base, soft organic form, neutral glaze, and botanical relief decoration. The design fits beautifully within the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2186\" data-end=\"2225\"\u003e1960s–1970s studio pottery movement\u003c\/strong\u003e, when handmade ceramics became valued not only for function, but for the individuality of the maker’s hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2335\" data-end=\"2691\"\u003eThe exact artist has not been firmly identified from the signature, but the inscribed base gives the piece additional provenance and confirms that it was made as an individual studio object rather than anonymous factory ware. Its crazed glaze, gentle irregularities, and hand-applied details give it the quiet charm collectors look for in vintage ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1gegj36\" data-start=\"2693\" data-end=\"2725\"\u003eWhy This Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2727\" data-end=\"3027\"\u003eThis is the kind of small ceramic piece that brings softness and texture into a space without demanding attention like some dramatic object with commitment issues. It works beautifully on a bedside table, vanity, entry console, bookshelf, kitchen shelf, or layered into a collected tabletop vignette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3029\" data-end=\"3258\"\u003eUse it for rings, keys, loose change, wrapped candies, salt, dried botanicals, matches, or simply as a decorative bowl. Its cream glaze pairs easily with ironstone, wood, brass, linen, stoneware, and other neutral vintage pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3260\" data-end=\"3377\"\u003eThe leaf relief gives it a subtle botanical quality, while the signed underside makes it feel personal and collected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"hrykuu\" data-start=\"3379\" data-end=\"3391\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3393\" data-end=\"3772\"\u003eVintage condition consistent with age and handmade studio pottery. The glaze shows visible crazing throughout, along with light surface wear, minor discoloration, and small age-related marks. The underside is hand-signed. No major chips or cracks are visible in the photos provided. Handmade irregularities, glaze variation, and surface texture are part of the piece’s character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3774\" data-end=\"3856\"\u003ePlease review all photos carefully, as this is a vintage handmade item sold as-is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"189qedo\" data-start=\"3858\" data-end=\"3876\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TyagGW_tableContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group TyagGW_tableWrapper flex flex-col-reverse w-fit\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003ctable data-start=\"3878\" data-end=\"4705\" class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\"\u003e\n\u003cthead data-start=\"3878\" data-end=\"3902\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3878\" data-end=\"3902\"\u003e\n\u003cth data-start=\"3878\" data-end=\"3887\" data-col-size=\"sm\" class=\"last:pe-10\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth data-start=\"3887\" data-end=\"3902\" data-col-size=\"md\" class=\"last:pe-10\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-start=\"3913\" data-end=\"4705\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3913\" data-end=\"3958\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3913\" data-end=\"3920\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eItem\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3920\" data-end=\"3958\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eVintage signed studio pottery bowl\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3959\" data-end=\"3987\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3959\" data-end=\"3966\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eDate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3966\" data-end=\"3987\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eCirca 1960s–1970s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3988\" data-end=\"4052\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3988\" data-end=\"3996\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3996\" data-end=\"4052\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eStudio pottery, cottage, botanical, handmade ceramic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"4053\" data-end=\"4095\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4053\" data-end=\"4065\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4065\" data-end=\"4095\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eGlazed ceramic \/ stoneware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"4096\" data-end=\"4137\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4096\" data-end=\"4104\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eColor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4104\" data-end=\"4137\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eCream, pale beige, soft ivory\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"4138\" data-end=\"4236\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4138\" data-end=\"4155\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eDesign Details\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4155\" data-end=\"4236\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eLow rounded bowl form, raised leaf relief, hand-inscribed underside signature\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"4237\" data-end=\"4284\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4237\" data-end=\"4245\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4245\" data-end=\"4284\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eSigned; artist not fully identified\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"4285\" data-end=\"4336\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4285\" data-end=\"4294\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4294\" data-end=\"4336\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eGloss cream glaze with visible crazing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"4337\" data-end=\"4453\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4337\" data-end=\"4349\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4349\" data-end=\"4453\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eVintage condition with crazing, light surface wear, minor discoloration, and handmade irregularities\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"4454\" data-end=\"4560\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4454\" data-end=\"4465\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eBest Use\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4465\" data-end=\"4560\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eJewelry dish, catchall bowl, salt cellar, vanity dish, shelf styling, small decorative bowl\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"4561\" data-end=\"4595\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4561\" data-end=\"4567\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4567\" data-end=\"4595\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eMid-to-late 20th century\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"4596\" data-end=\"4631\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4596\" data-end=\"4605\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4605\" data-end=\"4631\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eUnknown studio pottery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"4632\" data-end=\"4705\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4632\" data-end=\"4640\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"4640\" data-end=\"4705\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eHandmade piece; 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The interior is decorated with hand-painted fruit and foliage, including grapes, citrus-toned fruit, and green leaves, set against expressive brushwork in cobalt blue, tan, brown, cream, and muted rose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe exterior carries a warm yellow glaze wash, giving the piece a strong color presence from both front and back. The black rim outline, molded handle detail, and painterly decoration place it firmly within early 20th-century English decorative pottery, with a handmade quality that feels collected rather than overly formal. A useful little reminder that bowls did, at one point, have more personality than most modern apartments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout H\u0026amp;K Tunstall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eH\u0026amp;K Tunstall refers to Hollinshead \u0026amp; Kirkham, a Staffordshire pottery manufacturer based in Tunstall, England. Tunstall was one of the historic pottery towns associated with Stoke-on-Trent, a major center of English ceramic production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the early 20th century, English potteries produced a wide range of decorative earthenware pieces with bold color, molded forms, hand-finished details, and Art Deco influence. This bowl reflects that period through its shaped silhouette, saturated color palette, and hand-painted fruit motif.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis bowl belongs to the English Art Deco pottery tradition of the 1930s, when Staffordshire makers produced expressive decorative wares for everyday homes. Unlike formal porcelain, these pieces often emphasized color, shape, and hand-painted surface treatment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fruit motif was especially popular in domestic pottery of the period, connecting the piece to kitchens, dining rooms, sideboards, breakfast tables, and informal entertaining. The scalloped form and painterly decoration give it a balance of function and ornament, while the H\u0026amp;K Tunstall mark anchors it to a known English pottery manufacturer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition + Updates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece is in good vintage condition with age-appropriate wear. The glaze remains glossy, and the hand-painted fruit decoration is clear and visually strong. The underside shows light age marks, minor surface speckling, and small glaze imperfections consistent with vintage ceramic production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are small signs of use and wear to the rim and high points. No major chips or cracks are visible from the photos. The underside includes a small raised glaze imperfection near the foot ring and minor blue pigment marks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe piece has not been restored. Its original glaze, painted decoration, and maker’s mark remain intact.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy This Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis bowl brings color, movement, and English Art Deco character into a room without feeling overly precious. The cobalt blue and yellow palette makes it visually strong, while the hand-painted fruit motif keeps it warm and approachable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUse it on a kitchen shelf, dining table, bar cart, vanity, bookshelf, or console. It works beautifully as a small fruit bowl, jewelry dish, wrapped-candy bowl, or layered tabletop accent. Its appeal is in the combination of maker, period, color, and form: a decorative piece with history, not a generic bowl wearing a fruit costume.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"964.0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject Type\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHandled fruit bowl \/ small serving dish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eH\u0026amp;K Tunstall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Tutum,” “Made in England,” “H\u0026amp;K Tunstall”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTunstall, Staffordshire, England\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeriod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ec. 1930s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish Art Deco pottery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEarthenware \/ ceramic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCobalt blue, yellow, tan, brown, cream, green, purple, rose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMotif\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFruit and foliage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShape\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScalloped shallow bowl with molded side handles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExterior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYellow glaze wash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInterior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand-painted fruit decoration with painterly brushwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox. Dimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox. 7.5–9 in L handle-to-handle x 5.5–6.75 in W x 1.75–2.5 in H\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox. Weight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox. 10–18 oz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecorative display, fruit bowl, tabletop accent, jewelry dish, serving accent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand wash recommended \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43253816197225,"sku":"VE-1054","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/698EF59F-08A5-4F4F-A771-8784F622461E.jpg?v=1780040060"},{"product_id":"calla-lilies-in-copper-green-signed-doyle-ceramic-vase","title":"Calla Lilies in Copper Green, Signed Doyle Ceramic Vase","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCalla Lilies in Copper Green, Signed Doyle Ceramic Vase\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA large signed Doyle ceramic vase with high-relief calla lilies, raised botanical leaves, and a richly mottled copper-green glaze, likely early-to-mid 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis striking ceramic vase is built with sculptural botanical ornament in high relief, featuring creamy white calla lilies with yellow centers set against a deep, earthy ground of olive green, moss, copper, rust, brown, and ochre. The raised leaves wrap around the body of the vase with organic movement, giving the piece dimension from every angle rather than relying on surface decoration alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form and decoration draw strongly from the Art Nouveau tradition, where flowers, vines, leaves, and stems became part of the object’s architecture. Here, the calla lilies rise from the body with a fluid, sculptural quality, while the mottled glaze gives the surface an aged, mineral richness. It has the presence of a collected decorative ceramic, not a background object politely waiting to be ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe underside is signed \u003cstrong\u003eDoyle\u003c\/strong\u003e. The exact maker has not been firmly identified, but the visible mark, high-relief botanical work, crazed white glaze, and majolica\/barbotine-style decorative vocabulary support cataloging the piece as a signed Doyle Art Nouveau-style ceramic vase, likely early-to-mid 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vase belongs to the long decorative tradition of botanical ceramics, particularly the Art Nouveau and Art Nouveau revival language that emphasized organic form, floral movement, and sculptural naturalism. Rather than treating flowers and leaves as painted decoration, pieces in this tradition often made the botanical forms part of the vessel itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe raised calla lilies and leaves suggest influence from barbotine-style decoration, a technique associated with applied or built-up ceramic relief. The glossy, richly colored surface also recalls the visual language of majolica-style ceramics, especially through its dimensional botanical ornament, saturated glaze, and decorative intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe calla lily was especially well suited to this style of ceramic design. Its curved bloom, long throat, and architectural silhouette allowed artists and ceramic decorators to translate the flower into sculptural form with elegance and drama. On this vase, the creamy white flowers contrast sharply against the darker copper-green body, creating a composition that feels both botanical and architectural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe heavy crazing visible throughout the white glazed floral areas is an important age and condition indicator. While crazing alone does not prove an exact date, in combination with the form, relief work, glaze character, and base treatment, it supports an older 20th-century reading rather than a purely contemporary studio pottery attribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eAttribute\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTitle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCalla Lilies in Copper Green\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker \/ Signature\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSigned Doyle on underside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLikely early-to-mid 20th century\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlazed ceramic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eArt Nouveau-style, botanical ceramic, barbotine-style relief, majolica-style decorative glaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSubject \/ Motif\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCalla lilies and raised botanical leaves\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrimary Colors\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCopper, rust, olive green, moss green, cream, yellow, ochre, brown\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlossy mottled multi-tonal glaze with high-relief applied botanical decoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 12 in. tall x 8 in. wide\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCeramic, glaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnknown\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGood antique\/vintage condition with visible crazing throughout the white glazed floral areas\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarkings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDoyle signature on base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vase presents beautifully overall, with strong sculptural detail, dimensional relief, and a richly varied glaze surface. The white glazed calla lily areas show visible crazing throughout, consistent with age, glaze behavior, and long-term ceramic wear. The mottled glaze variation across the body appears intentional and contributes to the depth and character of the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo major structural cracks, large losses, or obvious repairs are visible in the provided photos. The raised floral and leaf elements appear intact from the photographed angles. As with older decorative ceramics, this piece is best used decoratively unless watertightness has been tested.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Belongs In Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vase belongs in a room with texture, warmth, and a little botanical drama. It has the kind of sculptural presence that works beautifully on a console, mantel, pedestal, entry table, dining sideboard, or layered bookshelf, especially in interiors that favor antique ceramics, dark wood, aged brass, stone, linen, plaster, and collected objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe copper-green glaze gives the vase an earthy, old-world quality, while the calla lilies add softness and movement. It can stand alone as a ceramic object, or it can be styled with tall branches, dried stems, or simple greenery. The relief work gives it visual interest from every side, making it especially strong in spaces where objects are meant to be seen in the round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts appeal is in the contrast: sculptural but not heavy, floral but not delicate, decorative but not ordinary. It carries the romance of Art Nouveau botanical design without feeling fragile or overly formal. Finally, a vase that understands the assignment and does not need twelve roses to feel useful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47677117300841,"sku":"VE-1096","price":168.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/0517A1BE-9EAA-43BB-ACC6-1B60E84C7260_1_105_c.jpg?v=1780882038"},{"product_id":"turquoise-reticulated-footed-ceramic-bowl-c-1950s-1960s","title":"Turquoise Reticulated Footed Ceramic Bowl, c. 1950s–1960s","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTurquoise Reticulated Footed Ceramic Bowl, c. 1950s–1960s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mid-century turquoise glazed ceramic footed bowl with pierced reticulated detailing and an impressed stylized monogram mark on the underside, c. 1950s–1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful ceramic bowl features a luminous turquoise blue interior, a cream-toned rim, pierced decorative openings, and a raised relief band wrapping the exterior. The form rests on a short pedestal foot, giving the piece a lifted, sculptural profile that reads somewhere between decorative compote, berry bowl, and art pottery vessel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze is especially appealing: bright aqua and turquoise pool through the interior and into the pierced openings, while the cream exterior relief softens the shape and adds movement around the bowl. The result is fresh, textural, and unmistakably mid-century in feeling, with enough hand-finished irregularity to keep it from looking overly manufactured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe underside bears an impressed stylized monogram, possibly reading as a \u003cstrong\u003eC\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCE\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCA\u003c\/strong\u003e, stylized \u003cstrong\u003eE\u003c\/strong\u003e, or interlocking \u003cstrong\u003eCC\u003c\/strong\u003e form. The maker has not been identified. The color palette, clay body, pedestal form, reticulated rim, and casual hand-finished details are stylistically consistent with mid-century American decorative pottery, including the broader California pottery tradition, though no specific origin or maker attribution is being claimed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurquoise-glazed ceramics had a strong presence in mid-century decorative design, appearing across American, California, European, and studio pottery traditions. The color suited the period beautifully: bright enough to feel modern, soft enough to pair with wood furniture, and casual enough for postwar interiors that were moving away from strict formality and toward more relaxed domestic spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bowl belongs to that mid-century decorative world. Its pierced reticulated rim suggests use as a berry bowl, fruit bowl, or decorative compote, while the pedestal base gives it more visual importance than an ordinary serving dish. 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Visible crazing is present throughout the glaze, especially across the lighter cream areas and underside, consistent with age and glaze behavior. Minor glaze irregularities, small surface marks, and age-related wear are visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo major cracks, large chips, or structural repairs are visible in the provided photos. Because the piece is pierced, it is best used decoratively, for dry display, or for fruit\/objects unless food safety and watertightness have been confirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Belongs In Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bowl belongs in a space that needs color, shape, and a little mid-century brightness without becoming loud about it. It would be beautiful on a kitchen island, breakfast table, open shelf, console, bar cart, dining table, or layered among collected ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse it as a fruit bowl, berry bowl, catchall, or sculptural display piece. 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It is decorative, functional in form, and beautifully suited for display, styling, or collected pottery presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bowl is best described as a vintage Texas studio pottery bowl from c. 1940s–1960s, made by E.T. Pottery of Marshall, Texas. Marshall has a long history of American pottery production, and this piece reflects that regional tradition through its practical bowl form, hand-decorated surface, and expressive glaze treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blue spongeware-style exterior, cream interior glaze, cobalt fruit motif, scalloped rim, and visible crazing all support an earlier mid-20th-century date rather than a later mass-market decorative object. The underside mark identifies the maker as E.T. Pottery and places production in Marshall, Texas, though no additional maker history is visible on the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe safest listing language is: “Vintage c. 1940s–1960s E.T. 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It has the kind of warmth that makes a piece feel collected, not manufactured for a beige shelf display by people who fear color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse it as a fruit bowl, entry table catchall, open-shelf accent, or centerpiece within a layered kitchen or dining room. The cream and blue palette pairs beautifully with wood, ironstone, old linens, brass, and other studio pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts appeal is in the surface: the crazed glaze, soft rim, hand-decorated blue motif, and visible age. 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A sculptural triangular handle finishes the piece with just the right amount of mid-century drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze shifts between olive, golden chartreuse, and warm ochre depending on the light, giving the dish depth, warmth, and a distinctly collected presence. It is functional enough for the table, beautiful enough for display, and unusual enough to feel like something you will not see twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalifornia pottery became a defining part of American interiors during the mid-20th century, known for its bold glazes, useful forms, and expressive decorative details. This piece belongs beautifully to that tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarked \u003cstrong\u003eCALIF USA 71-E\u003c\/strong\u003e, this covered dish is attributed to \u003cstrong\u003eMiramar of California\u003c\/strong\u003e, a maker associated with colorful vintage ceramic serveware and decorative home pieces. 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The olive glaze pairs beautifully with walnut, brass, marble, ironstone, dark wood, and collected vintage tableware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse it as a covered serving dish for gatherings, style it on open kitchen shelving, place it on a sideboard, or let it live as a sculptural ceramic accent. 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It does not need flowers to feel complete, though dried stems, branches, or a single dramatic arrangement would make it even stronger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudio pottery is defined by the hand of the maker: the thrown form, the glaze movement, the surface variation, and the quiet irregularities that make each piece singular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vase is signed \u003cstrong\u003eChris Petersen\u003c\/strong\u003e on the base and reflects the expressive spirit of late 20th-century studio ceramics, when many ceramic artists embraced earth-toned glazes, natural forms, and painterly surfaces. 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With dried branches or stems, it becomes even more striking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA soulful signed studio pottery vase with rich color, visible handwork, and the one-of-one presence that makes a room feel truly collected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly one available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47699390562409,"sku":"VE-1138","price":154.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/DSC00813.jpg?v=1781530021"},{"product_id":"mid-century-california-pottery-basketweave-bowl-c-1950s-1960s","title":"Mid-Century California Pottery Basketweave Bowl, c. 1950s–1960s","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA richly glazed mid-century California pottery bowl with a raised basketweave exterior, warm amber-brown glaze, and a contrasting cream-toned rim. The form has a low, flared profile with softly irregular edges, giving the piece that handmade-but-still-produced California studio pottery look that made domestic objects feel sculptural instead of painfully practical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe woven texture catches light beautifully, moving between honey, tobacco, and dark caramel tones. It works well as a small fruit bowl, catchall, entry table piece, or layered shelf object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarked on the underside with a partially legible \u003cstrong\u003eCALIF \/ USA \/ 216A\u003c\/strong\u003e style mark. The piece is consistent with \u003cstrong\u003emid-century California pottery\u003c\/strong\u003e, likely dating to the \u003cstrong\u003e1950s–1960s\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition is vintage with age-appropriate surface wear, glaze variation, and small irregularities along the rim and base. No obvious major cracks visible from the photos. Any imperfections are consistent with age, glaze movement, and prior use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDimensions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions not provided. 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The basketweave texture gives it warmth, the glaze gives it depth, and the scale makes it easy to use almost anywhere: a console, kitchen shelf, coffee table, bathroom vanity, or bookcase. 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The handle and spout are cleanly integrated into the geometric shape, giving the piece a quiet architectural quality despite its modest scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"666\" data-start=\"359\"\u003eThe glaze has developed pronounced allover crazing, creating a crackled surface pattern that gives the creamer depth, age, and texture. It reads less like ordinary tableware and more like a small sculptural utility object, because apparently even creamers once had better proportions than most modern decor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"695\" data-start=\"668\" data-section-id=\"i2she1\"\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"907\" data-start=\"696\"\u003eMarked \u003cstrong data-end=\"710\" data-start=\"703\"\u003eUSA\u003c\/strong\u003e on the underside with a raised mark resembling an \u003cstrong data-end=\"790\" data-start=\"761\"\u003eA or flag-like Alamo form\u003c\/strong\u003e, consistent with \u003cstrong data-end=\"825\" data-start=\"808\"\u003eAlamo Pottery\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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The shell form feels distinctly 1960s California: decorative, organic, and quietly theatrical, equally suited for serving, display, or layered shelf styling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSold as a \u003cstrong\u003eset of three\u003c\/strong\u003e, the pieces nest and stack beautifully, creating a rhythmic sculptural profile when grouped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarked \u003cstrong\u003eLane Van Nuys Calif. 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Produced by \u003cstrong\u003eBund Pottery\u003c\/strong\u003e, the piece is hand-formed in warm earthenware and finished with a softly variegated rose, blush, and brown glaze that pools naturally within its hand-incised floral decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaised on three integrated feet and pierced with central drainage holes, the dish was thoughtfully designed to elevate a bar of soap above standing water, allowing it to dry properly while adding an artistic element to the washstand or vanity. The gently scalloped rim, visible throwing marks, and subtle firing variations ensure that each example carries its own unique character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it functions equally well as a period bathroom accessory, jewelry dish, or decorative accent, bringing nearly a century of quiet craftsmanship into the home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by \u003cstrong\u003eBund Pottery of California\u003c\/strong\u003e, this handcrafted soap dish reflects the influence of the American Arts \u0026amp; Crafts movement and the growing popularity of California studio pottery during the early twentieth century. 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The glaze exhibits attractive natural variation and honest wear within the soap well from decades of intended use. Minor firing irregularities are original to manufacture and characteristic of hand-crafted pottery. 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Their gently asymmetrical silhouette and flowing, hand-applied glaze embody the organic design philosophy that flourished in California ceramics during the mid-20th century. Whether used for olives, nuts, sauces, jewelry, or simply displayed as sculptural objects, each dish offers the warmth and individuality that only handmade pottery can provide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"756\" data-start=\"599\"\u003eThe layered olive glaze transitions from deep forest green to lighter moss tones with natural variation throughout, ensuring no two pieces are exactly alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"761\" data-start=\"758\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"773\" data-start=\"763\" data-section-id=\"1fkf4yv\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1152\" data-start=\"775\"\u003eProduced in California during the postwar studio pottery movement, these dishes reflect a period when regional potters blended functional design with artistic expression. 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No significant chips or cracks observed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"1860\" data-start=\"1857\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"1892\" data-start=\"1862\" data-section-id=\"16j4o9l\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2271\" data-start=\"1894\"\u003eCalifornia studio pottery continues to be appreciated for its balance of utility and sculptural beauty. These dishes are equally suited for entertaining, catch-all trays, or display within a Mid-Century, organic modern, or Arts \u0026amp; Crafts interior. 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Featuring a smiling anthropomorphic orange with expressive eyelashes, gloved hands, and lively movement, the design captures the playful aesthetic that defined American novelty kitchenware during the postwar era. A black-accented handle and stylized fruit basket on the reverse complete the composition, giving the piece visual interest from every angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"548\" data-end=\"830\"\u003eIts compact form makes it equally suited for serving cream at breakfast, displaying a small bouquet of flowers, or simply adding personality to an open shelf or vintage kitchen collection. The soft crazing developed over decades of age only enhances its authentic vintage character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"832\" data-end=\"835\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1mjxgbr\" data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"851\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"840\" data-end=\"851\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"853\" data-end=\"1225\"\u003eNovelty pottery flourished throughout the United States during the 1940s through the 1960s as manufacturers embraced cheerful, hand-decorated kitchen accessories inspired by fruits, vegetables, animals, and cartoon-like characters. Creamers such as this were often sold individually or as part of breakfast sets and became staples of family kitchens during the Atomic Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1438\"\u003eUnlike factory-perfect contemporary reproductions, vintage examples frequently exhibit hand-painted variations, subtle glaze crazing, and brushwork unique to each piece, making every survivor slightly different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1440\" data-end=\"1443\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"12unya4\" data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1467\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1448\" data-end=\"1467\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TyagGW_tableContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group TyagGW_tableWrapper flex flex-col-reverse w-fit\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003ctable data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"2079\" class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\"\u003e\n\u003cthead data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"1491\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"1491\"\u003e\n\u003cth data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"1481\" data-col-size=\"sm\" class=\"last:pe-10\"\u003eAttribute\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth data-start=\"1481\" data-end=\"1491\" data-col-size=\"xl\" class=\"last:pe-10\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-start=\"1517\" data-end=\"2079\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"1517\" data-end=\"1557\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1517\" data-end=\"1530\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1519\" data-end=\"1529\"\u003eObject\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1557\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eCream Pitcher \/ Creamer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"1558\" data-end=\"1587\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1558\" data-end=\"1569\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1560\" data-end=\"1568\"\u003eDate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1587\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003ec. 1950s–1960s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1620\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1601\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1590\" data-end=\"1600\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1601\" data-end=\"1620\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eLikely American\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"1621\" data-end=\"1666\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1621\" data-end=\"1636\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1623\" data-end=\"1635\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1666\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eGlazed earthenware pottery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"1667\" data-end=\"1748\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1667\" data-end=\"1684\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1669\" data-end=\"1683\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1684\" data-end=\"1748\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eHand-painted anthropomorphic orange motif with black accents\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"1749\" data-end=\"1804\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1749\" data-end=\"1769\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1751\" data-end=\"1768\"\u003eColor Palette\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1769\" data-end=\"1804\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eCream, orange, green, and black\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"1805\" data-end=\"2004\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1805\" data-end=\"1821\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1807\" data-end=\"1820\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"2004\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eVery good vintage condition with age-appropriate glaze crazing, light surface wear, and minor paint wear consistent with decades of use. No significant structural damage observed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2005\" data-end=\"2079\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2005\" data-end=\"2015\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2007\" data-end=\"2014\"\u003eUse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2015\" data-end=\"2079\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eCream pitcher, syrup server, bud vase, or decorative display\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2081\" data-end=\"2084\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"izrlcp\" data-start=\"2086\" data-end=\"2120\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2089\" data-end=\"2120\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2122\" data-end=\"2453\"\u003eSome vintage pieces are collected because they are rare. Others because they make people smile. This little pitcher does both. Whether displayed in a retro kitchen, added to a fruit-themed pottery collection, or used as a conversation piece during brunch, it brings warmth and personality impossible to replicate with modern décor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2455\" data-end=\"2458\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47810134933609,"sku":"VE-1225","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/DSC01347.jpg?v=1784237353"},{"product_id":"art-deco-sculptural-relief-art-tile-abstract-design-in-crackle-glaze-cream-c-1920s-40s","title":"Art Deco Sculptural Relief Art Tile, Abstract Design in Crackle-Glaze Cream, c. 1920s–40s","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA big, satisfying slab of a tile, hand-modeled in deep relief with a bold Art Deco design — sweeping scrolls, beaded rows, stylized fans, and confident geometric-organic curves that march across the surface like carved architecture. It's finished in a soft, creamy off-white glaze that has crazed \u003cem\u003edramatically\u003c\/em\u003e: an all-over web of fine craquelure that catches light and shadow and gives the whole piece the look of something unearthed. Four small feet on the reverse let it sit proud as a trivet or a footed display tile. Heavy, tactile, and full of character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis tile speaks the language of Art Deco — the geometry, the stylized fans and scrolls, the taste for bold, architectural ornament that defined design between the world wars. In the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, decorative relief tiles like this were prized as small sculptures, made to be set into fireplace surrounds and entry walls or simply stood up and admired as art. The heavy crazing — the network of fine lines a glaze develops as it ages and settles — is exactly the quality that collectors and decorators prize for its depth and antiquity; here it's turned up to full volume, giving the piece a genuinely archaeological presence and confirming its age at a glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full px-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObject\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eSculptural relief art tile \/ footed trivet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eArt Deco — scrolls, beading, stylized fans, geometric-organic relief\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlaze\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCream \/ off-white with heavy all-over craquelure\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCirca 1920s–1940s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eFour raised feet; crazing continues to reverse\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eSound and solid; dramatic decorative crazing throughout (embraced as the feature). Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA piece that works as sculpture and as function both. Stand it on an easel or plate rail as relief art, lay it flat as a statement trivet under a teapot or a plant, or lean it in a shelf vignette where the light can rake across all that texture. The crazed cream glaze reads beautifully against wood, brass, and moody painted walls — the kind of tactile, patinated object that makes a space feel collected and old-world, never new. A true piece of Art Deco decorative art.\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836293857385,"sku":"VE-1258","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/art_deco_sculptural_relief_art_tile_abstract_design_in_crackle-glaze_cream_c._1920s40s940087446743336074685497449.png?v=1787623390"},{"product_id":"landert-keramik-swiss-handled-soup-bowl-golden-brown-glaze-with-dark-swirl-band-c-1960s-70s","title":"Landert Keramik Swiss Handled Soup Bowl — Golden-Brown Glaze with Dark Swirl Band, c. 1960s–70s","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA warm, characterful handled bowl by Landert Keramik of Switzerland — the lug-handled soup-and-fondue form that defined mid-century Swiss stoneware. It's glazed in Landert's signature golden amber-brown, pooling honey-gold in the well over a swirl of tobacco and caramel, and banded around the outside with a hand-look border of dark-brown scrolls. The stub handle is dipped in glossy treacle-brown, and the underside carries the impressed \u003cem\u003eLandert\u003c\/em\u003e mark and its shape number. Heavy, glossy, and instantly nostalgic — the epitome of the cozy fondue era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLandert Keramik was a Swiss pottery celebrated in the 1960s and '70s for its warm, earthy stoneware — the fondue pots, bowls, and hand-decorated tableware that were fixtures of the era's convivial, alpine-inflected dining. Its golden-brown glazes and bold dark-brown swirl motifs are unmistakable, and marked \u003cem\u003eLandert Switzerland\u003c\/em\u003e pieces are sought after today by collectors of mid-century Swiss and Scandinavian-adjacent ceramics. This handled bowl — equally at home holding French onion soup, a bubbling fondue, or a hearty stew — is a genuine piece of that warm, gemütlich moment, stamped and dated by its maker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full px-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eHandled soup \/ fondue bowl (lug handle)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eLandert Keramik, Made in Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eGlaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eGolden amber-brown; dark-brown scroll border; treacle handle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCirca 1960s–70s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eImpressed \u003cem\u003eLandert\u003c\/em\u003e mark with shape number to base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eVery good; glossy and bright, honest age wear. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe kind of warm, useful vintage piece that makes a kitchen feel lived-in — with a real maker's name behind it. Serve soup, chili, or fondue straight from oven to table; use it for nuts or dips at a gathering; or let it hold odds and ends on a shelf where its golden Swiss glaze and graphic border can shine. That amber-and-brown palette is having a genuine revival, and Landert's Swiss pedigree gives it a story a nameless bowl can't touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47849403220073,"sku":"VE-1269","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/landert_keramik_swiss_handled_soup_bowl_golden-brown_glaze_with_dark_swirl_band_c._1960s70s940413039421736094139203689.jpg?v=1787623279"},{"product_id":"antique-cream-crackle-glaze-art-pottery-vase-fluted-urn-form-c-1930s-40s","title":"Antique Cream Crackle-Glaze Art Pottery Vase, Fluted Urn Form, c. 1930s–40s","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"flex-1 flex flex-col px-4 max-w-3xl mx-auto w-full pt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"feed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"article\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group group\/message-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group relative relative pb-[var(--msg-assistant-pb,0.75rem)]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"font-claude-response relative leading-[1.65rem] [\u0026amp;_pre\u0026gt;div]:bg-bg-000\/50 [\u0026amp;_pre\u0026gt;div]:border-0.5 [\u0026amp;_pre\u0026gt;div]:border-border-400 [\u0026amp;_.ignore-pre-bg\u0026gt;div]:bg-transparent [\u0026amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [\u0026amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8 [\u0026amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [\u0026amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3 [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*:last-child]:mb-0 print:block print:[\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*_+_*]:mt-3 standard-markdown\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3 [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*:last-child]:mb-0 print:block print:[\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*_+_*]:mt-3 standard-markdown\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA quietly beautiful cream art-pottery vase with real presence. The flared, fluted urn form rises from a paneled pedestal foot, its soft ivory glaze covered in a delicate allover craquelure that catches the light and reads as pure age and elegance. Neutral, sculptural, and endlessly versatile — the kind of vase that looks as good empty, as a piece of quiet sculpture, as it does holding a single stem or a loose gathering of dried blooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIvory and cream crackle-glaze vases like this belong to the golden age of American art pottery in the 1930s and '40s, when makers turned out beautifully glazed everyday vessels for the mantel, the sideboard, and the flower arrangement. The fluted urn shape is a timeless classic, and the crazed, softly aged glaze gives it the collected, patinated look that designers prize — the antithesis of anything new or mass-made. A serene, one-of-a-kind piece with genuine vintage character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full px-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eArt pottery vase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eFlared, fluted urn on a paneled pedestal foot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eGlaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCream\/ivory with allover craquelure\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCirca 1930s–40s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eVery good; lovely age crazing, honest wear. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe neutral, sculptural vase every collected room needs. Its soft cream glaze layers beautifully with wood, brass, blue-and-white, and warm-toned interiors, and its classic urn silhouette suits a mantel, a bookshelf, a console, or a tablescape. Leave it empty as a quiet sculptural moment or fill it with stems, branches, or dried grasses — either way it brings elegance, age, and that gathered-over-time feeling that makes a space feel truly collected\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47877851873385,"sku":"VE-1281","price":76.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/antique_cream_crackle-glaze_art_pottery_vase_fluted_urn_form_c._1930s40s941223139748136157165797481.jpg?v=1787623172"},{"product_id":"italian-yellow-majolica-cachepot-planter-embossed-floral-cartouches-made-in-italy-c-1960s-70s","title":"Italian Yellow Majolica Cachepot Planter, Embossed Floral Cartouches, Made in Italy, c. 1960s–70s","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA joyful piece of Italian pottery: a footed cachepot glazed in a vivid chartreuse-yellow, its body molded with scrolling rococo cartouches that frame delicate hand-painted sprays of green foliage. A soft craquelure runs through the glossy glaze, and the flared, footed urn form gives it real presence. Marked \u003cem\u003eMade in Italy\u003c\/em\u003e, it's the kind of sunny, sculptural vessel that lifts a whole room — equally lovely holding a leafy plant, a bundle of blooms, or standing on its own as a shot of color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eItaly's mid-century potteries were famous for exactly this: brilliantly glazed, hand-finished cachepots and jardinières that brought Mediterranean color and craftsmanship into homes around the world. The molded cartouches, painted florals, and that unmistakable golden-yellow glaze are hallmarks of the tradition, and marked \u003cem\u003eMade in Italy\u003c\/em\u003e pieces are sought after today for their cheer and their genuine hand-crafted character. A bright, collected piece with real Italian pedigree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full px-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCachepot \/ planter (jardinière)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMade in Italy\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eEmbossed rococo cartouches; hand-painted green florals; chartreuse-yellow glaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eFooted urn with craquelure glaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCirca 1960s–70s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eVery good; bright glaze with lovely age crazing, honest wear. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA single hit of yellow can make a whole room feel alive, and this Italian cachepot delivers it with style. Drop a potted fern or orchid inside, fill it with fresh or dried stems, or let it stand alone on a console, shelf, or windowsill as a sculptural pop of Mediterranean color. It layers beautifully with wood, brass, blue-and-white, and warm collected interiors — cheerful, characterful, and unmistakably Italian.\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47877854560361,"sku":"VE-1282","price":158.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/italian_yellow_majolica_cachepot_planter_embossed_floral_cartouches_made_in_italy_c._1960s70s941223241328936157175332969.jpg?v=1787623169"},{"product_id":"hand-thrown-italian-pottery-pitcher-chrome-yellow-with-orange-and-green-bands-marked-italy-c-1955-1975","title":"Hand-Thrown Italian Pottery Pitcher, Chrome Yellow with Orange and Green Bands, Marked Italy, c. 1955–1975","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mx-auto flex w-full max-w-3xl flex-1 flex-col px-3 md:px-4 pt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"feed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"article\" class=\"rounded-lg focus-visible:shadow-focus focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group group\/message-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group relative relative pb-[var(--msg-assistant-pb,0.75rem)]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"font-claude-response relative leading-[1.65rem] [\u0026amp;_pre\u0026gt;div]:bg-bg-000\/50 [\u0026amp;_pre\u0026gt;div]:border-0.5 [\u0026amp;_pre\u0026gt;div]:border-border-400 [\u0026amp;_.ignore-pre-bg\u0026gt;div]:bg-transparent [\u0026amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-[var(--msg-text-inset,0.5rem)] [\u0026amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8 [\u0026amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-[var(--msg-text-inset,0.5rem)] [\u0026amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3 [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*:last-child]:mb-0 print:block print:[\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_:where(:not(:first-child))]:mt-3 standard-markdown\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA cheerful little pitcher with the confidence of hand work all over it. The body is thrown on the wheel in a straight tapering cylinder — a dairy-jug silhouette, honest and unfussy — with a pinched pouring lip and a flat strap handle drawn and applied by hand, tapering to a pointed tail where the potter pressed it home. The exterior is glazed in a saturated chrome yellow, banded low on the body with two broad orange stripes separated by a fine green line, all brushed freehand so the edges waver just slightly around the circumference. The rim is finished in green, pooling and darkening where the glaze ran at the spout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe interior is bright white and glossy, with the throwing rings still spiraling clearly up the wall — the potter's fingerprints, essentially, left in the clay. The base is marked \u003cstrong\u003eItaly\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBanded decoration is one of the oldest ideas in ceramics: the pot turns, the brush is held steady, and the line draws itself. Italian workshops carried that tradition straight through the twentieth century, and from the 1950s onward they shipped enormous quantities of hand-thrown, hand-painted earthenware to the American market — pitchers, cruets, cachepots, and canisters made in the pottery towns of Umbria, Tuscany, and the Amalfi coast and stamped simply \u003cstrong\u003eItaly\u003c\/strong\u003e for export. The palette here is exactly the sunlit color story that made those imports irresistible to a generation redecorating away from brown: chrome yellow, blood orange, and a single green line for discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAcquired by Viridian Eclection from a private Northern Nevada estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full pl-[var(--msg-block-inset,0.5rem)] pr-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003ePitcher \/ jug\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eItaly\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eHand-thrown glazed earthenware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eChrome yellow ground with two orange bands and green pinstripe; green-trimmed rim; white glazed interior\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eTapering cylindrical body with pinched spout and applied strap handle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003ec. 1955–1975\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMarked \"Italy\" to underside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eVery good. Glaze bright and glossy with no chips, cracks, or crazing observed to rim, spout, handle, or foot. Light scattered glaze specks and minor brush irregularity original to the making. Interior clean. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYellow this saturated is a commitment, and this pitcher makes it look easy. Fill it with sunflowers, ranunculus, or a fistful of herbs from the garden and set it on a kitchen windowsill; use it on a table for water, sangria, or salad dressing; or park it on an open shelf beside white ironstone and let it be the one loud thing. It's food-safe in spirit and cheerful by design, and it does what all good Italian pottery does — makes an ordinary Tuesday table look like someone thought about it. It layers beautifully with wood.\u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/buy\/italy-pottery-pitcher\/\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47915193991273,"sku":"VE-1309","price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/hand-thrown_italian_pottery_pitcher_chrome_yellow_with_orange_and_green_bands_marked_italy_c._19551975941822473021736219365654633.jpg?v=1787623036"},{"product_id":"paneled-white-cachepot-california-pottery-marked-calif-usa-g-1-c-1945-1955","title":"Paneled White Cachepot, California Pottery, Marked CALIF USA G-1, c. 1945–1955","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA quietly satisfying little cachepot in plain white pottery. The body is a straight cylinder faceted into a ring of broad vertical panels, each divided from the next by a shallow rib running from the low foot to just below the rim — a subtle architectural fluting that gives a plain white pot something to do with light. The rim is flat and unadorned, and the exterior carries a soft gloss glaze that has developed a fine, even crazing across every surface: a spiderweb of hairlines, silvery in raking light, that reads as age rather than damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe interior is glazed in a warmer cream, unevenly and honestly, the way a working planter always was. The underside is impressed \u003cstrong\u003eCALIF USA G-1\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCalifornia was the center of American ceramics for four decades. Cheap clay, cheap fuel, year-round kilns, and the postwar building boom made Southern California the country's pottery capital between roughly 1930 and 1970, and dozens of potteries — Bauer, Catalina, Gladding McBean, Maddux, Freeman-McFarlin, Cemar, Roselane, California Pottery and many more — supplied the nation with dinnerware, art pottery, and above all \u003cstrong\u003eflorist ware\u003c\/strong\u003e: the planters, jardinières, and cachepots that made a wholesaler's flower arrangement look like a gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eCALIF USA\u003c\/strong\u003e stamp with a letter-and-number shape code is the signature of that trade. Many California potteries marked their florist ware with origin and mold number alone, leaving the firm's name off entirely because the pieces sold through wholesalers rather than under a brand. The \u003cstrong\u003eG-1\u003c\/strong\u003e here is that mold code, which places this pot within a numbered production series even without a named maker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe paneled cylinder is one of the most enduring shapes in the catalog, borrowing its fluting from classical column architecture and its proportions from the everyday nursery pot. Crazing of this kind is characteristic of the earthenware bodies these firms used, developing naturally as glaze and clay age at slightly different rates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full pl-[var(--msg-block-inset,0.5rem)] pr-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 285px;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eCachepot \/ planter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eCalifornia, United States\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eGlazed earthenware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 38px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 38px;\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 38px;\"\u003eUndecorated white gloss glaze with allover crazing; molded vertical paneling\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eStraight-sided faceted cylinder on low foot ring\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003ec. 1945–1955\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eImpressed to underside: \"CALIF USA G-1\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 95px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 95px;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 95px;\"\u003eVery good. Solid with no chips, cracks, or losses to rim, panels, or foot. Allover fine crazing to the glaze, characteristic of the body and consistent with age — stable, not damage. Light interior staining and scattered kiln grit to the foot ring, original to the making. No drainage hole. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA plain white cachepot is one of the most useful objects a room can own, because it makes anything you put in it look intentional. Drop a grocery-store fern, a pothos, or a forced amaryllis straight in, pot and all — there's no drainage hole, so it works as a cover pot, which is exactly what it was made for. Off duty it holds pens on a desk, brushes at a sink, or wooden spoons on a counter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe crazing is the reason to want this one over anything new. That fine web catches light and gives a flat white surface real texture and age, so it sits comfortably beside brown furniture, brass, and old ceramics instead of reading as something bought last week. Group it with other California pottery in mixed glazes and it becomes a collection rather than a pot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47918867349609,"sku":"VE-1314","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/paneled_white_cachepot_california_pottery_marked_calif_usa_g-1_c._19451955941911202212136221773807721.jpg?v=1787623007"},{"product_id":"wedge-relish-dishes-scalloped-white-glaze-california-pottery-marked-calif-usa-l-48-c-1945-1965","title":"Wedge Relish Dishes, Scalloped White Glaze, California Pottery, Marked CALIF USA L-48, c. 1945–1965","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA charming set of pie-wedge serving dishes in creamy white pottery, each one a quarter segment with a gently dished well and a boldly scalloped outer rim modeled with a run of raised teardrop bosses. Set side by side they lock together into a complete circle — a sectioned relish tray, meant to sit on a lazy susan or a footed stand at the center of a table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe glaze is a soft gloss white, warm rather than clinical, pooling faintly in the scallops so the rim reads as sculptural even from across a room. The undersides are cleanly finished and impressed \u003cstrong\u003eCALIF USA L-48\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCalifornia was the center of American ceramics for four decades. Cheap clay, cheap fuel, year-round kilns, and the postwar building boom made Southern California the country's pottery capital between roughly 1930 and 1970, and the state's potteries turned out dinnerware, art pottery, and serving ware in staggering volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe sectioned relish set belongs squarely to that moment. Midcentury entertaining ran on the buffet and the cocktail hour, and the divided server — olives here, pickles there, nuts and cheese in the last two — was the piece that made a spread look composed instead of scattered. Sets like this were produced in enormous numbers, mounted on wooden or brass lazy susans and given as wedding and housewarming gifts across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eCALIF USA\u003c\/strong\u003e stamp with a letter-and-number shape code is the signature of that trade. Many California potteries marked their ware with origin and mold number alone, leaving the firm's name off because the pieces sold through wholesalers rather than under a brand. The \u003cstrong\u003eL-48\u003c\/strong\u003e here is that mold code, placing this set within a numbered production series even without a named maker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full pl-[var(--msg-block-inset,0.5rem)] pr-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eSectioned relish dishes, set of four\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCalifornia, United States\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eGlazed earthenware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eUndecorated white gloss glaze; molded scalloped rim with raised teardrop bosses\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eQuarter-circle wedges assembling to a round server\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003ec. 1945–1965\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eImpressed to underside: \"CALIF USA L-48\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eVery good. All pieces solid with no chips, cracks, or crazing observed — including to the scalloped rims, the most vulnerable element on this form. Glaze bright and even; light scattered kiln grit to the unglazed contact points, original to the making. Sold as a set. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Set Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA sectioned server is one of those pieces that quietly makes entertaining easier. Ring them around a lazy susan or a cake stand for olives, cornichons, nuts, and cheese; use them separately as small salad or dessert plates; or fill two with dip and set them at either end of a board. They stack neatly, so they store in the space of a single dish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhite is what makes them useful. Against a wood board, a linen runner, or a dark table they read as crisp and considered, and they let the food supply all the color. They also group beautifully with other white pottery on an open shelf — the scalloped rim gives a plain white stack real texture, and this is the kind of set that looks far better out than put away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47922591989865,"sku":"VE-1315","price":116.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/wedge_relish_dishes_scalloped_white_glaze_california_pottery_marked_calif_usa_l-48_c._19451965941947332208936223919030377.jpg?v=1787623002"},{"product_id":"hand-built-studio-pottery-vase-ochre-crackle-glaze-artist-signed-c-1950-1970","title":"Hand-Built Studio Pottery Vase, Ochre Crackle Glaze, Artist Signed, c. 1950-1970","description":"\u003cdiv role=\"article\" class=\"rounded-lg focus-visible:shadow-focus focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group group\/message-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group relative relative pb-[var(--msg-assistant-pb,0.75rem)]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"font-claude-response relative leading-[1.65rem] [\u0026amp;_pre\u0026gt;div]:bg-bg-000\/50 [\u0026amp;_pre\u0026gt;div]:border-0.5 [\u0026amp;_pre\u0026gt;div]:border-border-400 [\u0026amp;_.ignore-pre-bg\u0026gt;div]:bg-transparent [\u0026amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-[var(--msg-text-inset,0.5rem)] [\u0026amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8 [\u0026amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-[var(--msg-text-inset,0.5rem)] [\u0026amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid grid-rows-[auto_auto] min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row-start-2 col-start-1 relative grid grid-rows-[auto_auto] isolate min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row-start-1 col-start-1 relative z-[2] min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3 [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*:last-child]:mb-0 print:block print:[\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_:where(:not(:first-child))]:mt-3 standard-markdown\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA tall, commanding studio vase built entirely by hand. The walls rise from a narrow foot in a gently swelling column, drawing in slightly at the shoulder before flaring to a softly irregular rim — and nothing about the profile is mechanically true. The surface undulates where the maker's fingers pressed and smoothed the clay, the wall thickness varies, and the rim rises and falls around its circumference. This was never on a wheel, and the piece is honest about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe glaze is a deep saturated ochre — mustard, with real gold in it under light — laid on thick and gloss, pooling in the hollows and running thinner over the high points so the color shifts continuously across the body. A fine allover crazing has developed through the surface, a spiderweb of hairlines that catches light and gives the glaze visible depth. The interior is glazed to match, right down over the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe underside carries the artist's \u003cstrong\u003ehand-painted signature in black\u003c\/strong\u003e, brushed in a flowing cursive with a flourish beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStudio pottery is the deliberate opposite of factory ware. Where the commercial potteries of the twentieth century built their business on moulds, consistency, and repeatable shape numbers, the studio movement — following Bernard Leach in England and Shoji Hamada in Japan, and taking root across American university ceramics programs after the Second World War — insisted that the evidence of the hand was the point, not a defect to be engineered away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEverything here belongs to that tradition. The vessel is hand-built rather than thrown, so the walls carry the maker's touch directly. The glaze was applied by hand and allowed to behave in the kiln rather than being controlled to a uniform finish. The crazing was not designed but developed. And the piece is \u003cstrong\u003esigned\u003c\/strong\u003e, in the studio potter's manner, because a single object made by one person is authored in a way a mould-numbered planter never is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe signature is presently unidentified. It is brushed clearly and completely, and it is the kind of mark that resolves the moment it reaches the right reference or the right collector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full pl-[var(--msg-block-inset,0.5rem)] pr-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 266px;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eVase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eStudio pottery, maker unidentified\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eHand-built glazed stoneware or earthenware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 38px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 38px;\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 38px;\"\u003eOchre gloss glaze with allover crazing; undulating hand-formed surface and irregular rim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eTall swelling column, hand-built, with flared irregular rim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003ec. 1950-1970s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eArtist's signature hand-painted in black to underside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 76px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 76px;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 76px;\"\u003eVery good. Structurally sound with no chips, cracks, or losses to rim, body, or foot. Allover fine crazing throughout, characteristic of the glaze and stable. A small raised glaze nib to the inner rim and light dark residue within the interior, both original to the making and firing. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 12.190727%; height: 19px;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\" style=\"width: 85.0554%; height: 19px;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a floor-and-console piece, not a shelf piece. At this height it holds a corner, an entry table, or the end of a long sideboard on its own, and it wants tall, sculptural material — pampas, curly willow, eucalyptus, bare branches, a single stem of anything architectural. Left empty it works just as well, because the irregular rim and shifting glaze give it enough to look at without a thing in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe ochre is the reason to want it. It's a warm, earthy, slightly antique yellow that reads as sunlight rather than as a color choice, and it sits beautifully against walnut, oak, plaster, linen, terracotta, and the deep greens and blues that always want a warm note somewhere in the room. Being one of a kind, it will never look like something the buyer has seen in a catalog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47923123159145,"sku":"VE-1319","price":139.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/hand-built_studio_pottery_vase_ochre_crackle_glaze_artist_signed_c._1950-1970941963732592936225194492009.jpg?v=1787622977"},{"product_id":"antique-blended-glaze-wash-basin-amber-shaded-semi-porcelain-embossed-panel-rim-american-c-1900-1920","title":"Amber Blended-Glaze Basin Bowl, Washstand Form, Scalloped Gadroon Rim, American, c. 1950–1965","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAmber pools at the rim and drains away toward the center, leaving the well the color of unbleached linen. The gradient is airbrushed — laid down in a single pass while the bowl turned, so the color deepens and thins in soft vertical striations you can read across the interior wall. Twelve molded panels rise from the base, each capped by a lobed arch, and the rim breaks into a scalloped, gadrooned edge with the glaze thinning pale over every high point. The amber stops dead on the underside of the rim in a line as clean as a tide mark; below it the exterior is bare cream, glazed to a wet gloss and webbed with fine crazing gone the color of weak tea. A flat recessed foot. No maker's mark — only two hand-drawn tally strokes on the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a mid-century bowl in a Victorian shape. After the Second World War, American decorating went looking for its grandmothers — the colonial and Early American revival filled homes with spinning wheels, dry sinks, and washstand sets that hadn't held wash water in fifty years. Potteries obliged with pieces like this one: the old toilet-basin form, slip-cast at scale, finished with an airbrushed blended glaze in the warm golds the era loved. The shape is a memory of the 1890s; the color is pure 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt carries no backstamp, which was typical of decorative ware sold through variety stores, gift shops, and furniture showrooms, where a paper label did the work and washed off with the first rinse. The tally marks on the base are a workroom count, nothing more. We list it as what it is — a revival piece, honestly made and now old enough to have earned its own crazing — not as the antique it was built to resemble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBasin bowl in the Victorian washstand form\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnattributed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone. Two hand-drawn tally strokes in tan pigment to the base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColonial Revival \/ Early American revival\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCast ceramic, clear gloss glaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTechnique\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSlip-cast from a paneled mold; amber ground airbrushed to the interior and rim edge, terminating in a hard spray line on the flange underside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCircular well with twelve molded arched panels; broad everted flange rim, scalloped and gadrooned; flat recessed foot ring\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmerican\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1950–1965\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e[PENDING — measure before publishing]\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSound and complete. Fine allover crazing with light amber staining, consistent with age. No chips, cracks, or restoration observed. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA bowl this size earns its keep in the open. Fill it with lemons or quince on a kitchen island and the amber rim does the work a vase of flowers usually has to do; leave it empty on a dining table and the paneling catches low light and throws real shadow. It holds a season of pinecones, the mail, a stack of folded napkins. The color is the argument — a true warm amber that sits as easily against walnut as against white plaster, and a shade this saturated is genuinely hard to find without going gilt. And because it's a revival piece rather than a hundred-and-twenty-year-old survivor, you can actually use it without holding your breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47941564760169,"sku":"VE-1333","price":172.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/amber_blended-glaze_basin_bowl_washstand_form_scalloped_gadroon_rim_american_c._19501965942148750551336240425877609.jpg?v=1787622875"},{"product_id":"vintage-free-form-white-craquelure-bowl-twisted-rope-handles-mediterranean-modern-c-1950-1965","title":"Vintage Free-Form White Craquelure Bowl, Twisted Rope Handles, Mediterranean Modern, c. 1950–1965","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe rim refuses to sit still. It rises, folds, and dips around an asymmetric kidney of a bowl — a shape pinched into being rather than turned — and at each end a twisted rope of clay grips the wall like a knot cinched by hand. The glaze is the point: a warm white craquelure that nets the entire surface, fine as an eggshell's map, deepening to soft tea-colored veining where age has settled in. Light moves across it the way it moves across old ice. The bowl gathers to a small round foot that seems almost too modest for the flare above it, which is exactly the game the form is playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is the language of the postwar Mediterranean potteries — the free-form, hand-worked, deliberately imperfect ceramics that came out of southern France and Italy in the fifteen years after the war, when Vallauris in particular became the center of the movement after Picasso set up at the Madoura works in the late 1940s. The vocabulary is unmistakable: organic silhouettes that reject the wheel's symmetry, sculptural rope and braid details, and craquelé white glazes that let the form do the talking. Ateliers across the region — and their Italian counterparts around Vietri and Florence — produced serving pieces and vide-poches in this manner through the early 1960s, many unsigned or marked only with a washed-off paper label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe bowl carries the idiom fluently, and the crackle has aged genuinely — the veining is earned, not applied. We have not attributed it to a specific atelier and won't without a mark to point at. It is offered as what it demonstrably is: a fine period piece in the manner that made Vallauris famous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFree-form serving or center bowl\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnattributed, Mediterranean atelier\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone observed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMid-Century Mediterranean Modern\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEarthenware, white craquelé glaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTechnique\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-shaped free-form with applied twisted-rope handles; crackle glaze with age-toned veining\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAsymmetric pinched bowl, undulating folded rim, rope-twist handles at each end, raised round foot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFrench or Italian\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1950–1965\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 11″ across the handles × 8″ deep × 5½″ high\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGood vintage condition. Allover craquelure with warm toning, most pronounced at the well and near the handles — the intended character of the glaze, matured by age. No cracks or restoration observed. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFree-form pieces earn a room's best real estate because they never repeat themselves — turn this bowl thirty degrees and it's a different object. On a coffee table it holds nothing and needs to hold nothing; the rim's rise and fall is the event. Filled with clementines or green apples, the white crackle turns any color loud. It's a natural for a marble console, a rough farm table, a stack of art books — anywhere the contrast between its soft geometry and a hard straight edge can register. And the rope handles mean it moves: kitchen to table to shelf, one hand each end, the way it was built to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47941692981353,"sku":"VE-1337","price":217.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/vintage_free-form_white_craquelure_bowl_twisted_rope_handles_mediterranean_modern_c._19501965942150788720936240612425833.jpg?v=1787622854"},{"product_id":"chinese-export-peony-porcelain-miniature-cachepot-c-1970s-1980s","title":"Chinese Export Peony Porcelain Miniature Cachepot, c. 1970s–1980s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmall in scale but remarkably decorative, this vintage porcelain vessel combines a softly rounded form with one of the most enduring motifs in Chinese decorative arts: the flowering peony.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe body is shaped as a compact miniature cachepot or jardinière, swelling outward from a narrow foot before returning toward a thick, gently flared white rim. A pale celadon-green ground wraps around the vessel, providing a quiet backdrop for oversized pink peonies outlined in cobalt blue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe decoration is particularly effective at this scale. Large blush-pink blossoms dominate the composition, their layered petals defined with loose blue linework. Blue-green leaves, stems, and smaller flower buds continue around the circumference so that the pattern changes as the vessel is turned. Narrow cobalt bands encircle both the upper and lower portions of the body, visually framing the floral decoration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than attempting naturalistic botanical painting, the flowers are stylized through strong outlines and broad fields of color, borrowing from the vocabulary of traditional Chinese famille rose and export porcelain while reflecting the softer palettes favored in twentieth-century decorative ceramics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe interior is finished in a pale blue-white glaze and remains open without a drainage hole, allowing the piece to function equally well as a miniature cachepot, brush washer, small vessel, or purely decorative porcelain accent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the underside is a small cobalt-blue painted mark. The mark appears to be a workshop, decorator, or production mark rather than a traditional imperial reign mark. Its exact manufacturer has not been conclusively identified and has therefore been preserved as part of the piece without speculative attribution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the middle and latter decades of the twentieth century, Chinese porcelain workshops produced a broad range of decorative ceramics for both domestic use and the international export market.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany of these pieces deliberately revisited visual traditions developed centuries earlier during the Ming and Qing dynasties: cobalt-blue outlines, peonies, chrysanthemums, scrolling foliage, celadon-colored grounds, famille rose enamels, and classical vessel forms were reinterpreted for a new generation of interiors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe peony was a particularly natural choice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong associated in Chinese art with prosperity, honor, beauty, abundance, and elevated social standing, the peony became one of the most frequently represented flowers in Chinese textiles, lacquer, painting, and porcelain. Its large layered blossom translated especially well to ceramic decoration, where saturated pink enamels could be set against blue, white, or green grounds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis vessel follows that tradition while simplifying it for the decorative export market. The powdery green field, blush-pink flowers, cobalt outlines, compact rounded form, and restrained blue banding are characteristic of the chinoiserie porcelain that became particularly popular in Western interiors during the 1970s and 1980s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe underside retains a small blue painted mark, although research has not established a definitive workshop association. In the absence of a documented maker, the piece is most responsibly described as vintage Chinese or East Asian export porcelain rather than assigned to a specific kiln.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Field \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                \u003c\/span\u003e|Detail\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Object\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                \u003c\/span\u003e|Miniature porcelain cachepot \/ jardinière \/ decorative vessel \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Motif \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                \u003c\/span\u003e|Peonies and flowering foliage \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Maker \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                \u003c\/span\u003e|Unidentified\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Marks \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                \u003c\/span\u003e|Small cobalt-blue painted workshop or decorator mark to underside; exact mark presently unidentified\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Style \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                \u003c\/span\u003e|Chinese Export \/ Chinoiserie \/ Famille Rose–Inspired\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Materials \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e|Glazed porcelain with cobalt-blue and polychrome decoration \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Technique \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e|Molded or wheel-formed porcelain with glazed ground, cobalt line decoration, and colored floral enameling \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Decoration\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e|Large blush-pink peonies with cobalt-blue outlines, blue-green foliage, pale celadon-green ground, and double blue border bands \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Form\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                  \u003c\/span\u003e|Small rounded cachepot with narrowed foot, swelling body, open interior, and thick flared white rim \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Colors\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                \u003c\/span\u003e|Celadon green, blush pink, cobalt blue, blue-green, and porcelain white \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Origin\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                \u003c\/span\u003e|China \/ East Asian export, attributed; exact workshop unconfirmed \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Era \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                  \u003c\/span\u003e|c. 1970s–1980s\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Dimensions\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e|Approx. 3½″ H × 4″ W; measurements to be confirmed\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Condition \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e|Good vintage condition with age-appropriate surface wear. Porcelain retains a glossy glaze with scattered light marks, minor variations within the painted and glazed decoration, and expected surface wear from previous handling and display. The underside and foot show accumulated discoloration and shelf wear consistent with age. A small painted blue mark remains visible on the base. No major chips, cracks, or structural damage are visible in the provided photographs.|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e|Availability\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e|One of a Kind — 1 Available \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is one of those pieces whose usefulness is almost beside the point.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt only a few inches across, it carries the visual language of a much larger Chinese jardinière: the rounded body, pale green ground, cobalt borders, and enormous pink peonies are all compressed into something small enough to disappear comfortably into a bookshelf or tabletop collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat scale is also precisely what makes it useful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlace it beside old books, use it to hold a tiny plant in a removable nursery pot, fill it with matches beside a candle, collect jewelry on a dressing table, keep paintbrushes or calligraphy brushes nearby, or simply leave it empty among blue-and-white porcelain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pale celadon green keeps the pink from becoming overly sweet, while the blue linework gives the flowers enough structure to work alongside traditional chinoiserie, English country, grandmillennial, cottage, and collected antique interiors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts unidentified blue base mark adds another small layer of history. We may not know the individual workshop that placed it there, but the mark survives as evidence that this was not simply anonymous decoration. Somewhere in its production history, someone considered the vessel complete enough to sign, number, or otherwise identify.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47943271186537,"sku":"VE-1346","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/chinese_export_peony_porcelain_miniature_cachepot_c._1970s1980s942193606666536244185383017.jpg?v=1787622786"},{"product_id":"vintage-pair-of-italian-grape-harvest-crocks-ochre-glaze-ceramica-alfa-made-in-italy-c-1960-1975","title":"Vintage Pair of Italian Grape Harvest Crocks, Ochre Glaze, Ceramica Alfa, Made in Italy, c. 1960–1975","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo small crocks in deep harvest ochre, the glaze pooling honey-dark in the recesses and rubbing to bronze on the high points. Each carries a molded grape cluster with vine leaves and a curling tendril on the front face, framed top and bottom by a crisp dentil band that reads like stitching around the rim and foot. The rolled lips are generous, the walls straight and honest, and the pair matches without being identical — the small variances of a mold-and-hand operation. Both stamped CER. ALFA ITALY to the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCeramica Alfa was one of the small Italian workshops feeding the postwar export trade — the same wave that filled American kitchens with Italian earthenware in the sixties and seventies, when \"Made in Italy\" on the bottom of a crock meant a real pottery, a real glaze dip, and a mold with some sculpture in it. Little cylinder crocks like these did unglamorous work: mustard pots, jam jars, toothpick and match holders on the back of the stove. The grape-and-dentil dressing lifts them past the job description, and the ochre is exactly the gold that era loved — the true, food-warm version of the color, not the avocado-adjacent imitators. Pairs that stayed together for sixty years are the exception; singles are what usually survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePair of small crocks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCeramica Alfa, Italy\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStamped \"CER. ALFA \/ ITALY\" to both bases\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eItalian country kitchen\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMolded earthenware, ochre glaze with rubbed-bronze accents\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTechnique\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMold-cast with applied-relief grape cluster; dentil-banded rim and foot; hand-dipped glaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStraight-sided cylinder, rolled rim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eItaly\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1960–1975\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 3¾″ high × 3¼″ diameter each\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good. Glaze bright with intentional rubbed highlighting to the relief; no chips, cracks, or crazing of concern. Sold as a pair. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Pair Available.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSmall crocks are the workhorses of a good-looking kitchen, and a matched pair doubles the moves: salt and pepper by the stove, one for brushes and one for spoons, a pair of herb pots on the sill, two votives flanking a shelf. The ochre goes with wood, brass, marble, and every white kitchen that needs warming up, and the grape relief gives them just enough story to hold a windowsill on their own. Sixty years old, still ready for the back of the stove — and they've already proven they don't chip easily.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47965374054505,"sku":"VE-1360","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_3185.jpg?v=1788070933"},{"product_id":"robin-carson-city-pottery-ruffled-stoneware-ring-dish-blue-over-celadon-brushwork-nevada-c-1990s","title":"Robin, Carson City Pottery Ruffled Stoneware Ring Dish, Blue-Over-Celadon Brushwork, Nevada, c. 1990s","description":"\u003cdiv role=\"feed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"article\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA shallow wheel-thrown bowl with a hand-ruffled rim, glazed in a soft celadon-grey and brushed with broad cobalt strokes that run from the rim down into the well like weather moving across a valley. The throwing rings are left visible under the glaze — the potter didn't smooth them out, and the piece is better for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo details make it more than a bowl. A tapered cone rises from the center, thrown as one with the body, and the flat shelf of the rim is pierced with pairs of small round holes evenly spaced around the circumference. The cone stacks rings; the holes take earring posts and wires. It's a jeweler's dish in studio pottery form — everything you take off at the end of the day lands in one place and stays visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe foot is broad, unglazed, and cleanly turned, with a single pierced opening at the center. Underneath, incised into the raw clay in the potter's own hand: \u003cstrong\u003eRobin · Carson City Pottery\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a small applied and glazed robin pressed into the foot beside it — the maker's signature device, and a rather charming one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCarson City Pottery is a working studio in Nevada's capital, the kind of small-production shop where pieces are thrown, glazed, and fired under one roof and signed by the hand that made them. Work from studios like it rarely travels far. It's sold locally, given locally, and stays in the drawers and on the dressers of the region it was made in — which is precisely why it is worth collecting close to home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe mark here is a personal one rather than a production stamp: a first name, a studio name, and a modeled robin, all applied by hand before the first firing. No two of these pieces are identical, and this one carries brushwork that will not be repeated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWheel-thrown stoneware ring and earring dish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCarson City, Nevada — Carson City Pottery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShallow bowl with hand-ruffled rim, central ring cone, paired piercings around the rim shelf, broad turned foot with central opening\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStoneware, celadon-grey glaze with cobalt brushwork, unglazed foot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncised \"Robin · Carson City Pottery\" to the foot, with an applied and glazed robin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1995–2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExcellent. No chips, cracks, crazing, or glaze loss; all piercings clean and open; sits flat and stable. Kiln-normal glaze variation and visible throwing rings are original to the making. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEveryone has a place where the rings come off — a windowsill, the edge of a sink, a saucer that was never meant for it. This is the object that ends that. The cone holds a stack of bands, the pierced rim keeps pairs of earrings together and untangled, and the whole thing is handsome enough to leave in plain view on a nightstand or a bathroom counter rather than in a drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe glaze is the reason to want it. That grey-green ground with cobalt drawn across it is the palette of high-desert weather, and it sits beautifully against walnut, brass, unglazed terracotta, and white marble alike. It's also the right scale for a dresser vignette: low, wide, quiet, and finished on every side including the one nobody sees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePractical note: stoneware is durable but not indestructible. Hand-wash if it needs it, and keep it off a stone counter edge where a knock would find the ruffle first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47998687608937,"sku":"VE-1374","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/6E62D93B-69B3-40D7-B707-9E7CA64DC0D6_4_5005_c.jpg?v=1788516113"},{"product_id":"hand-painted-kutahya-cini-footed-bowl-cobalt-and-turquoise-i̇znik-style-tulips-gediz-cini-mark-c-1945-1965","title":"Hand-Painted Kütahya Çini Footed Bowl, Cobalt and Turquoise İznik-Style Tulips, Gediz Çini Mark, c. 1945–1965","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA small footed bowl with a scalloped, foliate rim, hand-painted underglaze in two blues — a deep cobalt and a softer turquoise — on a warm white ground. The interior is a radial composition: a densely saturated cobalt rosette at the center, alternating tulips and stylized saz leaves fanning outward, and beaded turquoise stems filling the intervals between them. A broad sponged cobalt band follows every lobe of the scallop at the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe exterior is painted as well, so the bowl reads from any angle rather than only from directly above — worth knowing before you decide where to put it. The underside is signed by hand in cobalt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou can see the brush in it. The sponged border varies in density from lobe to lobe, the rosette shows the loading and drag of the stroke, and no two tulips are drawn identically. Fine crazing runs through the glaze across the entire surface, softened and settled with age — the crackle that comes from a soft glaze over a harder body, and part of what gives the surface its depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eKütahya, in western Anatolia, is one of the longest continuously producing pottery centers in the world. When the imperial İznik workshops declined in the 17th century, Kütahya inherited the painted tradition and has carried it since. Çini is the Turkish term for the ware: a quartz-and-frit body, slipped white, painted in underglaze color, and finished under a clear glossy glaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe decorative vocabulary here is the İznik one — the tulips, carnations, and arabesques the 16th-century Ottoman potters perfected under palace patronage — rendered in the two-color cobalt-and-turquoise scheme Kütahya ateliers favor for domestic ware. The tulip is the most common motif in the tradition, read as a symbol of divine beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe underside is inscribed by hand, in the painter's own cobalt: \u003cem\u003eGediz Çini \/ Kütahya Türkiye.\u003c\/em\u003e Gediz is a district of Kütahya province, and the mark identifies a small atelier rather than a factory — consistent with the hand-thrown foot, the greyish body visible at the unglazed footring, the wheel rings left inside it, and the freehand painting throughout. That the mark is in Turkish rather than the English \"Made in Turkey\" used on export ware points to domestic production. Dating rests on stylistic and technical evidence rather than documentation: the sponged rim band and the settled crazing place it in mid-century workshop output, before the tighter, more uniform brushwork of later export production. The bowl came to The Eclection through Reno-area sourcing; earlier ownership is undocumented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObject\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-painted çini footed bowl\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKütahya, Türkiye\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWheel-thrown, scalloped foliate rim, raised footring; painted inside and out\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eÇini body, slipped white, hand-painted underglaze cobalt and turquoise beneath a clear glossy glaze; body greyish where exposed at the unglazed footring\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-inscribed underfoot in cobalt: \"Gediz Çini \/ Kütahya Türkiye\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1945–1965 — dated on stylistic and technical evidence; the mark carries no date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eØ [0.00] in. × H [0.00] in. · [0.0 lb]\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStructurally sound and complete. No chips, cracks, hairlines, or restoration. Overall fine glaze crazing across the surface, consistent with this ware and its age — original to the glaze rather than a result of damage, and settled rather than active. A few kiln specks in the glaze, original to firing. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBlue-and-white is the most portable idiom in decorative arts — it sits as comfortably on a Georgian mantel as on a mid-century credenza — and this one arrives with a lobed silhouette and a genuinely hand-drawn surface rather than a transfer-printed one. Because the exterior is painted too, it earns a spot where you see it from the side: a kitchen island, an open shelf at eye level, a round table you walk around. Set on a low coffee table where you only look down into it, half the painting goes to waste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTreat it as a dry vessel rather than a serving bowl. Keys by the door, rings and small change on a nightstand, salt or spices at the table, paper clips on a desk — the crazed glaze is porous, and that's the one real constraint on how it can be used. Against a dark wall or a dark shelf back, alone, the scalloped rim does the work of a small sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCare: hand-wash in warm water with mild soap and dry immediately. The crazed glaze will absorb standing liquid and stain over time, so avoid the dishwasher, skip prolonged soaking, and keep oily foods off it entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48001874100329,"sku":"VE-1376","price":148.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_3375.jpg?v=1788731244"},{"product_id":"two-handled-art-pottery-vase-mottled-blue-semi-matte-glaze-c-1915-1935","title":"Two-Handled Art Pottery Vase, Mottled Blue Semi-Matte Glaze, c. 1915–1935","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA squat, broad-shouldered art pottery vase with a short collar neck and two flat buttress handles that spring from just below the rim and sweep down to meet the belly. Those handles are the whole design argument. They're not loops to lift by — they're architectural, angular where the body is round, and they give a small pot real presence by making it read as built rather than thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze is a soft cornflower blue that shifts as it moves over the form: denser and grayer where it pooled in the hollows, thinning to a pale chalky bloom over the shoulder and the raised edges of the handles, with a faint mottling throughout that looks like weather. It's a semi-matte surface with only a low sheen, the kind of glaze the American art potteries developed deliberately in reaction to Victorian high-gloss, meant to be touched as much as looked at. Fine dark specks are scattered through it and a small fired-over glaze pop sits on the front — the honest signature of a piece that went through a production kiln, not a laboratory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis belongs to the American art pottery movement, the decades roughly between 1900 and the Depression when potteries across Ohio and the Midwest — the Zanesville corridor above all — put Arts and Crafts principles into production at prices ordinary households could meet. The formula was consistent: simple, honest forms; handles and buttresses treated as structure rather than ornament; and above all the matte and semi-matte glazes, developed at real expense, that gave the work its quiet, mineral character. Blue was among the most sought-after of those glazes and among the hardest to fire evenly, which is why surviving examples vary so much from pot to pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one carries no legible maker's mark. Much of the trade's output was marked only with a shape number, a paper label, or nothing at all, and where an impressed mark exists it's frequently filled and softened by the glaze that flowed over it. Attribution aside, the piece speaks for itself: the profile, the buttressed handles, and the glaze chemistry all place it squarely in that period and that tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTwo-handled vase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmerican art pottery; maker unattributed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSquat bulbous body with short collar neck and two flat buttress handles running shoulder to belly; recessed foot ring\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlazed earthenware in a mottled cornflower-blue semi-matte glaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNo legible mark; any impressed mark is obscured beneath the glaze, as is common in the trade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1915–1935\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGood honest condition with the as-fired character typical of period art pottery: a small fired-over glaze pop to the front showing a spot of tan body beneath, scattered dark kiln specks, and faint firing lines in the glaze. No chips or losses to the rim, handles, or foot. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pot like this does more work than its size suggests. The blue is soft enough to sit against warm white, limewash, or unfinished wood without fighting anything, and the handles give it a silhouette that holds a shelf on its own — no flowers required. Put it on a mantel, a stack of books, an open kitchen shelf, or a bathroom counter and it reads as considered. It takes a short arrangement beautifully: dried grasses, a few branches, hydrangea heads, anything with weight rather than height, since the wide body wants a full, low shape rather than long stems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care: dust with a dry soft cloth and wipe only with a barely damp one when needed. Matte and semi-matte glazes hold onto oils and cleaning residue in a way gloss doesn't, so skip soap, and never put it in the dishwasher. If you use it with fresh flowers, set a glass or plastic liner inside — period earthenware is porous, and standing water will eventually work through to the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48003752034409,"sku":"VE-1383","price":188.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/78108182-147F-4CC1-97D6-7F6CA082509B_1_102_o.jpg?v=1788762486"},{"product_id":"crackle-glaze-square-trinket-dish-ivory-with-sponged-amber-border-decorative-ceramicware","title":"Crackle-Glaze Square Trinket Dish, Ivory with Sponged Amber Border, Decorative Ceramicware,","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small square dish with softly canted corners and a low upturned rim, glazed in a warm ivory that runs to a fine web of crackle across the whole face. The crackle is deliberate — a craquelé glaze, formulated to fracture as it cools — and it catches light in a way a flat white never does, giving a piece this size more visual weight than its footprint suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround the edge, amber runs in irregular dashes: a sponged or brushed iron-oxide border laid on by hand, heavier at the corners where the glaze pooled, thinning to almost nothing along the straights. No two edges match, which is the tell that a person did it rather than a machine. The underside is unglazed within a neatly wiped square, ringed in the same amber where the glaze stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt measures roughly four inches square and sits about half an inch tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base carries an impressed marking that dates this piece precisely, and it is worth understanding. It reads\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot for Food Use. May Poison Food.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— one of three warning statements the US Food and Drug Administration requires to be permanently molded or fired into the base of ornamental ceramicware that is not intended to hold food. That requirement took effect on 13 July 1994, which means this dish was made after that date. There is no earlier example of this exact marking, and it is why the era given here starts where it does rather than at a guess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it tells you is straightforward: the maker declared this piece decorative rather than tableware. Lead and cadmium in a glaze produce colours and depth that lead-free formulations struggle to match, and manufacturers who wanted those effects were permitted to keep making them provided the piece was marked and sold as ornament. This is that bargain, in a four-inch square.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form and the glaze both point to East Asian decorative export production, but there is no maker's mark beyond the required warning, and we are not going to assign it one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDecorative trinket dish — ornament only, not for food use\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnattributed. No maker's mark is present; the base carries only the required regulatory warning.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSquare dish with canted corners and low upturned rim, approximately 4 inches square and ½ inch tall; recessed unglazed base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlazed ceramic — ivory craquelé glaze with a hand-sponged amber oxide border\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImpressed to the base:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot for Food Use. May Poison Food.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— the permanent warning required by the US FDA on ornamental ceramicware from 13 July 1994 onward\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1994–2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExcellent. The glaze is bright and unworn, the crackle is original to the formulation rather than damage, and the rim is free of chips, flakes, or losses. A few minute dark specks are present in the glaze from firing. The unglazed base shows light shelf soiling. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall dishes are the quiet workhorses of a well-arranged room. This one lives on a nightstand holding rings and a watch, on a dresser catching cufflinks and collar stays, beside a sink for a bar of soap, or on a desk gathering paper clips and the loose screws you will need in a week. Set on a bookshelf with a small stand, the crackle and the hand-laid amber edge give it enough presence to read as an object rather than a container.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on use, and we want to be plain about it: this dish is marked by its maker as ornamental, and it should never hold food, drink, salt, spices, or anything that will go into a mouth — including a stick of gum or a mint. Keep it dry, wipe it with a soft damp cloth rather than soaking it, and keep it out of the dishwasher, which will attack both the crackle and the painted border. Used as an ornament and a catch-all for hard objects, it will outlast all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48007993589865,"sku":"VE-1407","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/Screenshot2026-09-08at1.07.13AM.png?v=1788854853"},{"product_id":"treasure-craft-southwest-stepped-rim-saucer-matte-peach-with-turquoise-band-made-in-usa-c-1980-1995","title":"Treasure Craft Southwest Stepped-Rim Saucer, Matte Peach with Turquoise Band, Made in USA, c. 1980–1995","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wide shallow saucer glazed in a soft matte peach, with a single band of turquoise running the outer edge. Two colours, no pattern, no ornament. The whole design is carried by the colour pairing and by one structural decision at the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat decision is a stepped notch cut into one section of the edge — three descending stairs worked into the rim profile, glazed in the same turquoise, breaking the circle exactly once. It is a small move and it changes the piece completely: a plain round saucer becomes an object with a front, an orientation, and a point of interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior carries a recessed ring at the centre to seat a cup. The glaze is matte and even across the face with a soft satin depth, and the reverse is finished in the same peach down to an unglazed foot ring. The base is impressed MADE IN USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeach and turquoise, matte glaze, and a stepped geometric edge is one of the most precisely datable combinations in American ceramics. It belongs to the Southwest revival that ran through American design from the early eighties into the mid-nineties — a look drawn from Pueblo architecture, Navajo weaving, and the stepped cloud and terrace motifs of the Southwest, filtered through the desert palette that dominated interiors of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stepped rim is the genuine borrowing. Terraced forms appear throughout Puebloan pottery and architecture, where the stair-step reads as cloud, mountain, and the built terraces of the pueblo itself. American dinnerware manufacturers translated it into moulded edges and applied it across whole ranges, and it remains the single clearest visual shorthand for the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is impressed MADE IN USA along with a maker's name and what appears to be a copyright line, but the impression is shallow and worn and it cannot be read with confidence — not from a photograph, and not in hand. We are recording what is legible and nothing more. American manufacture is certain; the pottery is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSaucer or underplate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnited States. The base is impressed MADE IN USA; the maker's name is present but illegible.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWide shallow saucer with recessed centre cup ring and a stepped notch worked into one section of the rim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlazed ceramic in matte peach with a turquoise rim band\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImpressed to the base: MADE IN USA, with a maker's mark and copyright line too worn to read\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1980–1995\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExcellent. The piece is sound with no chips, cracks, crazing, or restoration, and the stepped rim is crisp and undamaged on every step. The glaze is even and unworn with only faint surface marks from use. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSouthwest is back, and this is the honest version of it rather than the reproduction. The peach reads warmer and greyer than anything currently in production, because eighties glazes were mixed to a different standard, and the turquoise is a true blue-green rather than the harder teal that replaced it. Together they do something specific: they warm a cool room without adding a pattern to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse it as a saucer if you have the cup, but it is more useful without one. A wide shallow dish takes rings and a watch on a dresser, keys and sunglasses on an entry table, olives or almonds on a bar, or a bar of soap beside a sink. Propped on a small stand with the stepped rim facing out, it works as wall or shelf decoration in its own right — that notch is what makes it worth looking at. A note on care: the glaze is matte, which means it marks more readily than gloss and shows metal transfer from cutlery as grey streaks. Wash by hand with mild soap, skip abrasives entirely, and if a grey mark appears, a paste of baking soda and water on a soft cloth will usually lift it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48021632778345,"sku":"VE-1416","price":76.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_3442.jpg?v=1788926268"},{"product_id":"hand-built-studio-pottery-bowl-with-impressed-relief-pierced-openwork-and-painted-roses-in-black-and-crimson-signed-c-1970-2000","title":"Hand-Built Art Pottery Bowl with Impressed Relief, Pierced Openwork and Painted Glasgow Roses, Signed, c. 1900–1930","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shallow bowl built by hand from a single slab of pale clay, and there is no attempt anywhere on it to hide how it was made. The slab was pressed into a textured mould that left a dense relief of roses, scrolls and foliate ornament across the whole surface, then draped into a curve and trimmed. The rim was cut freehand and left ragged, rising and falling around the circumference with two flat tabs projecting from the edge like leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the upper wall the potter cut openings straight through the slab, so one side of the bowl is open fretwork and light passes through it. Around the piercings the clay is thick and rolled where it was pushed aside rather than cleaned up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the cream glaze the decoration was brushed on freely: concentric spiral roses drawn in charcoal black, shadowed and filled with crimson, laid down fast in single loaded strokes. The brush skips and drags where the glaze surface was uneven, and no two roses are the same size or the same weight of line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe underside was not treated as an afterthought. It carries scattered dabs of cobalt blue and crimson across the cream, and a recessed foot area where the clay was pressed flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is hand work, not factory production, and it should be described that way from the start. It is a one-off made by a person at a bench, not a piece from a pottery with a catalogue — the freehand rim, the pushed-through piercings, the variable brushwork and the unrepeated shape all say so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncised into the foot is a signature of four or five letters. It was cut into soft clay with a tool, then partly filled and softened by the glaze that flowed over it in the firing, and we cannot read it with confidence. We are not going to assign a name to a mark we cannot make out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe decoration names its period. The stylised rose here — a flat spiral in a heavy dark outline, with colour laid into the coil rather than shaded naturalistically — is the Glasgow Rose, the device Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald and the designers around them developed in Glasgow from the mid-1890s. It ran through Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau work and carried on into the 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe material settles it. This is low-fired earthenware under a cream glaze, decorated with a brush in a limited palette — and that combination belongs to the art pottery of roughly 1900 to 1930, when hand potters worked in painted earthenware. The studio pottery movement that followed went the other way: from the 1920s Bernard Leach and Hamada Shōji established a high-fired stoneware tradition, and for decades afterwards hand-made pottery meant reduction-fired stoneware in muted browns and celadons, valuing glaze and form over painted ornament. A cream earthenware bowl carrying brushed Glasgow roses does not sit in that later tradition. It sits before it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the physical evidence agrees. The glaze carries fine crazing over the entire piece, inside and out, of the tight even kind that develops across decades rather than years. The slab was pressed over a relief mould and cut freehand, and the whole object — underside included — was decorated by hand, which is Arts and Crafts practice rather than later studio habit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no date, no workshop mark, and no country stamp, so the range below is built from material, technique and motif rather than from documentation. We are giving a window rather than a year, because a window is what the evidence supports.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eHand-built decorative bowl\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eUnattributed art pottery. An incised signature is present to the foot but is not legible enough to attribute.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eSlab-built shallow bowl with mould-impressed relief, freehand-cut irregular rim with two projecting tabs, and cut openwork through the upper wall\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eLow-fired glazed earthenware in cream, with hand-brushed decoration in black, crimson and cobalt blue\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eIncised signature to the foot, illegible\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ec. 1900–1930\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eVery good. The bowl is structurally sound with no cracks, breaks, chips, or repairs, and it sits stable. There is fine overall crazing throughout the glaze, consistent with age in a low-fired body. Scattered pinholes, small glaze bubbles, and dark firing specks are present, along with minor unglazed rough patches where the clay was trimmed and around the piercings. All of this is original to the making. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost decorative bowls are quiet. This one is not, and that is the reason to buy it. Set on a console, a coffee table, or an open shelf, it does the work a piece of art does — it holds the eye, it starts a conversation, and it keeps a room from reading as a showroom. The black and crimson against cream is a hard combination to find in ceramics and an easy one to place, because it picks up dark wood, black metal, and red-toned textiles without matching any of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe openwork is what lifts it. Put it near a lamp or a window and the cut sections throw pattern; the piece reads differently at every hour. Filled with dried botanicals, pinecones, or a coil of beads it looks intentional; empty it looks better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also carries the appeal of the unrepeatable. There is exactly one of these, made in an afternoon by somebody who cut the rim where they felt like cutting it. Nothing on a shelf of manufactured goods has that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA note on use and care, and please read this one. Treat this as a decorative object only. The wall is pierced so it will not hold liquid in any case, and more importantly, decorative earthenware glazes of this period were commonly compounded with lead. This glaze has not been tested. Keep all food and drink away from it — use it for keys, jewellery, dried botanicals and display, and nothing that goes in a mouth. The crazing means the surface is porous at the cracks, so never soak it and never put it in a dishwasher; wipe it with a barely damp cloth and dry it at once. Handle it by the body rather than the rim or the projecting tabs, which are the thinnest points, and keep it out of freezing conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48028625567849,"sku":"VE-1428","price":126.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_3693.jpg?v=1788997758"},{"product_id":"portuguese-blue-and-white-faience-wall-bracket-shell-fluted-with-acanthus-collar-and-cobalt-drop-marked-pedrangol-c-1975-1995","title":"Portuguese Blue and White Faience Wall Bracket, Shell-Fluted with Acanthus Collar and Cobalt Drop, Marked Pedrangol, c. 1975–1995","description":"  \u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA ceramic wall bracket — a small shelf that hangs on the wall to carry something else — hand-painted in cobalt blue on a warm white ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is modelled as a \u003cstrong\u003efluted shell\u003c\/strong\u003e, swelling out from the wall and narrowing to a point, with the flutes running down the underside like the ribs of a scallop. It finishes in a \u003cstrong\u003edeep cobalt teardrop finial\u003c\/strong\u003e, glazed so heavily that the blue pools almost black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbove the shell sits a \u003cstrong\u003eseparate collar\u003c\/strong\u003e, a shallow open well with an outward-rolled rim, painted all round with \u003cstrong\u003erunning acanthus scrollwork\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe main face carries a \u003cstrong\u003espray of flowers\u003c\/strong\u003e in the Portuguese manner: broad open blossoms with radiating stamens, painted in washes of pale blue and then drawn over in a darker line, with feathered leaves trailing away beneath them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe back is flat, glazed white, ribbed across the middle for strength, and pierced with \u003cstrong\u003etwo moulded keyhole slots\u003c\/strong\u003e ready for screws. A printed label reads \u003cstrong\u003ePEDRANGOL — MADE IN PORTUGAL\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePortuguese blue and white is not an imitation of Delft. It is a sibling, and it has the better claim.\u003c\/strong\u003e Portugal's ships were the ones carrying Chinese blue-and-white porcelain back to Europe on the India route, and Portuguese potters were among the first Europeans with the real thing in front of them to copy. By the seventeenth century blue on white had taken over Portuguese ceramics; by the early eighteenth it produced the \u003cem\u003eGolden Age of the Azulejo\u003c\/em\u003e, when demand from Portugal and from Brazil turned tile-making into an industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe technique is tin glaze, and it is unforgiving.\u003c\/strong\u003e An opaque white glaze is laid over the fired body and the cobalt is painted straight onto that raw, powdery surface before the second firing. The glaze drinks the pigment instantly. There is no wiping back, no correction and no second attempt — every stroke is final, which is why the brushwork on good faience has the speed it does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou can see that speed on this piece.\u003c\/strong\u003e The flower petals are laid in as broad washes and then outlined over the top in a darker blue; the stamens are single flicks radiating from the centre; the acanthus on the collar is one continuous running stroke with the loaded brush, thinning as the colour runs out and reloading visibly at intervals. A transfer print has none of that variation — it is even everywhere, and it does not thin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe form is architectural.\u003c\/strong\u003e A wall bracket of this type descends from the carved and gilded console brackets that carried busts, clocks, vases and saints' figures in European interiors, translated here into glazed earthenware. The two-part design does a specific job: the shell is the visible ornament, and the collar above it is the actual seat, with a rolled rim to stop whatever stands in it from walking off the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDated on the label and the finish.\u003c\/strong\u003e The mark is a \u003cstrong\u003emodern printed self-adhesive label\u003c\/strong\u003e in a clean sans-serif — not a gummed paper mark, not a stamped or painted backstamp — and the country-of-origin wording is import marking for an export market. The glaze is bright and unworn and the piece is press-moulded from a clean mould with sharp flutes. Dated on those: \u003cstrong\u003ec. 1975–1995\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cem\u003ePedrangol\u003c\/em\u003e is named on the label; nothing further about the firm is asserted here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCeramic wall bracket — a wall-mounted shelf for a vase, plant, figure, clock or candle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ePortugal. Labelled \u003cem\u003ePEDRANGOL — MADE IN PORTUGAL\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eFluted shell body tapering to a cobalt teardrop finial, beneath a separate shallow collar with an outward-rolled rim; flat glazed back with a moulded strengthening rib and two keyhole hanging slots\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eHand-painted cobalt on a white tin-type glaze — a flower spray with radiating stamens and feathered foliage to the face, running acanthus scrollwork to the collar, blue line borders. Brushwork, not transfer print.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eGlazed earthenware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ePrinted self-adhesive label to the reverse reading \u003cem\u003ePEDRANGOL \/ MADE IN PORTUGAL\u003c\/em\u003e. No painted or impressed backstamp.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ec. 1975–1995. Dated on the modern printed import label, the unworn glaze and the clean press-moulding; the blue-and-white idiom itself is three centuries older and carries no date.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eExcellent. No chips, no cracks, no crazing, no restoration and no repairs; both keyhole slots are clear and undamaged, the rim is complete, the finial is perfect, and the painting is crisp and unfaded throughout. \u003cstrong\u003eExpect the ordinary marks of the kiln rather than of use\u003c\/strong\u003e — slight glaze pooling and a few pinholes in the recesses, minor unevenness along the unglazed edge where the piece met the shelf, and the label showing light handling. It appears to have hung, if at all, only briefly. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wall bracket solves a problem most rooms have, which is a wall with nothing to put anything on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt gives a single object its own stage at eye level — a small vase with one stem in it, a trailing plant, a candle, a clock, a bust, a piece of coral, a favourite cup. Put it in a stair turn, a hallway, a narrow strip of wall between doors, either side of a mirror or a window, or above a console where a lamp would crowd the surface. Two of them flanking something make a doorway out of an ordinary wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour is the easiest in decoration. Cobalt on white goes with brown furniture, painted furniture, brass, copper, natural linen, dark green and almost any timber, and it is as comfortable in a kitchen as in a bedroom or a hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat lifts this above a factory piece is that somebody painted it by hand, at speed, with no second chances — you can follow the brush along the acanthus and watch the blue run out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on hanging, and it matters with ceramics. \u003cstrong\u003eFix it into a stud or use proper wall anchors, and hang it low enough that you can see into the collar.\u003c\/strong\u003e Earthenware is heavy and brittle: the two keyhole slots must both take a screw, the screw heads must sit fully into the slots, and the piece should rest flat against the wall rather than on the screw shanks. Keep the load light — this is display, not shelving — and do not stand anything on it that overhangs the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care. Dust it with a soft dry brush, which gets into the flutes better than a cloth. Wipe it with a barely damp cloth when it needs more and dry it at once. \u003cstrong\u003eNo dishwasher, no bleach, no abrasive pad and no acid descaler\u003c\/strong\u003e, all of which will dull a glaze and eventually get under it. Keep it out of a frost-prone porch, and lift it off the wall with two hands under the body rather than by the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48040938831977,"sku":"VE-0703","price":133.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_2027.jpg?v=1789130867"},{"product_id":"hand-thrown-terracotta-cachepot-in-weathered-green-paint-turned-collar-with-tooled-groove-coarse-grogged-body-c-1900-1925","title":"Hand-Thrown Terracotta Cachepot in Weathered Green Paint, Turned Collar with Tooled Groove, Coarse Grogged Body, c. 1900–1925","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small tapered pot in coarse red clay, wearing the remains of an old green paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body rises from a narrow foot and flares outward to a \u003cstrong\u003eheavy turned collar\u003c\/strong\u003e at the rim, with a \u003cstrong\u003etooled groove\u003c\/strong\u003e cut in just beneath it. \u003cstrong\u003eThrowing rings\u003c\/strong\u003e run round the collar and again round the lower body, where the potter's fingers came up through the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe clay is not refined. It is full of \u003cstrong\u003ewhite and grey inclusions and small hard pebbles\u003c\/strong\u003e, and where the surface has weathered back those inclusions now stand proud of it, so the whole pot reads as gritty rather than smooth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003egreen paint survives in islands\u003c\/strong\u003e — a broad band round the collar, a ring at the foot, patches across the body — and has gone entirely from the exposed curves in between, leaving bare buff-orange clay. It is thickest and best preserved where the form is recessed: in the groove under the collar, and across the whole underside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is \u003cstrong\u003esolid, with no drainage hole\u003c\/strong\u003e. The interior is bare clay, pale and dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hand-thrown flowerpot is not a style. It is a date.\u003c\/strong\u003e Garden pottery was made by men called throwers, paid by the piece, who turned out \u003cstrong\u003e1,200 to 1,400 pots a day\u003c\/strong\u003e to earn a living — roughly four small pots a minute, all day. That was simply how pots were made, and it stayed that way longer than most trades. Mechanisation began creeping into the potteries at the turn of the twentieth century, but the majority of pots were still thrown by hand well past 1900.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThen the machines caught up.\u003c\/strong\u003e Large works with clay-extraction machinery could push out more than \u003cstrong\u003e60,000 pieces a day\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the hand shops could not answer that. Commercial hand-thrown pot production had largely ended by \u003cstrong\u003e1939\u003c\/strong\u003e; a few houses held on — Samuel South \u0026amp; Sons to \u003cstrong\u003e1960\u003c\/strong\u003e — and the industry finished the job in the \u003cstrong\u003e1970s\u003c\/strong\u003e by leaving clay altogether for plastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe clay narrows it further.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand throwing on its own is not conclusive, because Mediterranean workshops never stopped. What is conclusive is the body: coarse, unscreened, carrying angular grit and whole small pebbles. That is clay dug locally and prepared the old way. Both the industrial trade and the modern handmade trade use refined, screened bodies, for the simple reason that a pebble in the wall is where a pot cracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere is no drainage hole, and that is deliberate.\u003c\/strong\u003e This was made as a \u003cem\u003ecachepot\u003c\/em\u003e — an outer pot, to stand a growing pot inside — rather than as a pot to grow in. It is also why any paint survives at all: a cachepot lives on a porch, a step or a sill, not buried to its rim in wet soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreen is the oldest colour in the garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e Painted woodwork, painted iron, painted pots — a soft grey-green was the default finish for anything that stood outdoors, and it was applied to terracotta for the same reason it was applied to a gate: to smarten it and to slow the weather down. The weather won here, slowly, over a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is \u003cstrong\u003eno maker's mark, stamp or impressed number\u003c\/strong\u003e anywhere on the pot, and it is offered \u003cstrong\u003eunattributed\u003c\/strong\u003e. Dated on the hand throwing, the turned collar and tooled groove, the coarse unscreened body, and the depth to which the surface has eroded back around its own inclusions: \u003cstrong\u003ec. 1900–1925\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eTerracotta cachepot — an outer pot with no drainage hole, made to hold a growing pot rather than to plant into. Approx. 7 in high, 7 in across the rim, 5 in across the foot.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eTapered body on a narrow foot rising to a heavy turned collar with a tooled groove beneath it; throwing rings visible at the collar and lower body; solid base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCoarse unglazed red earthenware with visible white and grey inclusions and small pebbles, hand-thrown, with an applied green paint finish over the exterior\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eNone. No stamp, impressed number, label or country-of-origin mark. Offered unattributed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ec. 1900–1925. Dated on the hand throwing, the turned collar and tooled groove, and the coarse unscreened clay body — hand-thrown commercial garden pottery was displaced by machine production from the turn of the century and had largely ended by 1939.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eGood honest weathered condition, sold as a weathered garden antique. The pot is sound and stands level, with no through-crack and no repair or restoration. \u003cstrong\u003eExpect heavy paint loss across the body\u003c\/strong\u003e — that is the character of the piece, not a fault — along with surface erosion that leaves the clay gritty, inclusions standing proud, small chips and soft losses around the rim and foot edges, and a dry mineral bloom inside. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeathered paint over old terracotta is one of the few textures that cannot be bought new, and decorators spend real money chasing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reason is that the colour is doing two things at once. The green has gone soft and chalky; the clay underneath has gone warm and dry; and the two sit against each other in irregular patches that no finisher would think to lay out. It reads instantly as old, from across a room, without a single label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also the easiest kind of planter to live with, because you never have to plant it. Drop a plastic nursery pot straight inside — a fern, a geranium, a rosemary, a small orchid — and lift it out again when it is spent. No repotting, no soil against the clay, no root ball to wrestle with in a year's time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDry, it is just as good. Wooden spoons by a stove, paintbrushes on a work table, kindling and matches by a hearth, cut stems with a jar inside. On a kitchen shelf, a garden bench, a hall console or a bathroom counter it does the same job: it brings one warm rough thing into a room that is probably otherwise smooth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care, and this one is short, because the temptation with an old pot is to improve it. \u003cstrong\u003eDo not scrub it and do not wash it.\u003c\/strong\u003e The paint is loose, it is the entire value of the object, and a stiff brush and water will take a good deal of it off in a minute. Brush loose dust off gently with a soft dry brush and stop there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo not seal it or varnish it.\u003c\/strong\u003e A clear coat over weathered paint turns the matt chalky surface glassy and dark, and the effect is immediate and permanent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo not plant directly into it\u003c\/strong\u003e — there is no drainage hole, so soil in it will stay wet, and a saturated porous body pushes paint off from behind. Use an inner pot with a saucer under it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it out of freezing wet. A porous pot that has taken up water will split when that water turns to ice, and this one has already given a century to the weather.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48044862439529,"sku":"VE-0720","price":122.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_2150.jpg?v=1789190865"},{"product_id":"studio-pottery-mug-with-applied-tea-bag-pocket-crackle-white-glaze-and-hand-painted-orchid-sprays-wheel-thrown-and-altered","title":"Studio Pottery Mug with Applied Tea-Bag Pocket, Crackle White Glaze and Hand-Painted Orchid Sprays, Wheel-Thrown and Altered","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hand-made mug with a \u003cstrong\u003esmall pocket applied to the outside\u003c\/strong\u003e, sized for a used tea bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is thrown as a full round belly on a small foot, then \u003cstrong\u003ealtered while soft\u003c\/strong\u003e — the front wall pressed inward so the profile is squared rather than circular, and the rim left with a gentle lift rather than a level line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003epocket is a separate slab\u003c\/strong\u003e, wrapped onto the side and open at the top, deep enough to take a bag and leave the tag showing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ehandle is a thick rolled loop\u003c\/strong\u003e with a curled terminal, and a small pinched leaf applied at the upper join where a thumb naturally lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze is a soft white with a \u003cstrong\u003efine crackle net over the whole surface\u003c\/strong\u003e. Over it, freehand: \u003cstrong\u003egreen blade-like strokes springing in loose groups\u003c\/strong\u003e, with small red and orange dots scattered among them. The interior is plain white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe pocket exists because of a real and very small problem.\u003c\/strong\u003e A tea bag has to go somewhere between the second and third cup, and the options are a saucer you then have to wash, the sink, or the rim of the mug where it slides off. Putting a pocket on the mug itself is the kind of solution studio potters arrive at and factories almost never do, because it costs a second forming operation for a benefit that does not photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe crackle is intentional, and it is a controlled failure.\u003c\/strong\u003e Glaze and clay body shrink at slightly different rates as the kiln cools; if the glaze shrinks more, it goes into tension and relieves it by opening in a fine net of lines. Potters spent centuries learning to prevent that — a crazed glaze on a working pot was a defect — and then spent centuries more deliberately mismatching the two so it would happen on purpose, because the net is beautiful and because it makes a white glaze read as depth rather than as paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe painting is in a very old brush idiom.\u003c\/strong\u003e Those grouped blades with their small flowering dots are the orchid, one of the \u003cem\u003eFour Gentlemen\u003c\/em\u003e of East Asian brush painting alongside plum, bamboo and chrysanthemum. It is a subject chosen specifically because it cannot be laboured: each leaf is one loaded stroke, laid down and left, and a stroke that goes wrong cannot be gone over. On a mug, the same discipline applies, and the evidence is that \u003cstrong\u003eno two groups here are alike\u003c\/strong\u003e — different lengths, different spring, different numbers of dots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is wheel-thrown and hand-finished throughout.\u003c\/strong\u003e Throwing rings run inside the well, there is the small central dimple a thrower's finger leaves in the floor, the altered wall carries the impression of the push that made it, and the pocket, handle and applied leaf are each attached by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece carries \u003cstrong\u003eno mark, signature, stamp or label\u003c\/strong\u003e anywhere, and is offered \u003cstrong\u003eunattributed\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is described as \u003cstrong\u003econtemporary studio pottery\u003c\/strong\u003e and is \u003cstrong\u003enot represented as vintage or antique\u003c\/strong\u003e. Nothing on it carries a date, and nothing about a well-kept hand-made mug distinguishes five years old from thirty — so no date is claimed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eHand-made studio pottery mug with an applied exterior pocket for a used tea bag. Approx. 3½ in high and 5½ in across including handle and pocket; holds roughly 10–12 oz.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eWheel-thrown round belly on a small foot, altered while soft so the front wall is pressed in square; slab pocket applied to one side; thick rolled handle with a curled terminal and a pinched leaf at the upper join\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eSoft white glaze with a deliberate crackle net over the whole surface, freehand-painted with green orchid sprays and small red and orange dots; interior plain white\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eWhite ceramic body, glazed inside and out, hand-thrown\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eNone. No signature, chop, stamp or label. Offered unattributed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eContemporary. Offered as contemporary studio pottery and not represented as vintage or antique — the piece carries no date and hand-made ware in good order gives no reliable age evidence.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eExcellent. Sound with no chips, no cracks, no repairs and no restoration; the rim is clean all the way round, the handle and the pocket are both firmly set with no stress lines at the joins, and the glaze is bright and unworn. \u003cstrong\u003eThe fine net of lines across the surface is the crackle glaze, not damage\u003c\/strong\u003e — it is the intended finish and it is present over the whole piece. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is the one piece of pottery you handle every single day, which makes it the piece most worth having somebody's hands in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one earns it twice over. The altered wall means it does not feel the same front and back — there is a flat to settle a palm against and a curve for the other side — and the pinched leaf at the top of the handle puts your thumb in the right place without your having to think about it. Those are small things you notice on the fiftieth morning, not the first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pocket is the part people comment on. It takes the bag out of play: no saucer, no dripping across the counter, no fishing it off the rim. It works equally well for a spent bag, a wrapper, a spoon, or a biscuit narrow enough to stand in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisually it is quiet and it goes anywhere. Crackle white with a few strokes of green is about as easy a scheme as pottery offers; it sits as comfortably on an open shelf of plain white china as it does in a cupboard of mismatched colour, and it looks deliberate either way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care, and crackle glaze has one honest quirk worth knowing before the first cup. \u003cstrong\u003eA crazed glaze slowly takes up colour.\u003c\/strong\u003e Tea and coffee work into the network of fine lines over months and years, and the net darkens from invisible to a soft warm tracery. Most people consider this the best thing the mug does; if you would rather it stayed white, rinse it out promptly rather than letting it stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo not leave it soaking,\u003c\/strong\u003e for the same reason. Standing water goes into the crackle and stays there far longer than it does in an uncrazed glaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand wash it, and skip the dishwasher — high heat, harsh detergent and the long hot dry cycle are hard on any crackle glaze and hard on an applied handle. Warm water and a soft cloth, and avoid the temperature shock of very hot liquid straight into a cold mug.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48044862472297,"sku":"VE-0721","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_2157.jpg?v=1789190729"},{"product_id":"blue-satin-glazed-pottery-baby-bootie-vase-moulded-knit-with-tasselled-cord-and-beaded-cuff-inscribed-from-otto-1935-to-the-base-1935","title":"Blue Satin-Glazed Pottery Baby Bootie Vase, Moulded Knit with Tasselled Cord and Beaded Cuff, Inscribed “From Otto 1935” to the Base, 1935","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small pottery baby's bootie, modelled as a soft ankle boot and open at the top to hold flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe modelling is detailed for its size. The upper carries a \u003cstrong\u003eknitted texture\u003c\/strong\u003e — fine vertical ribs running down from the ankle, with a pebbled stitch across the toe. Around the top runs a \u003cstrong\u003erolled cuff\u003c\/strong\u003e edged with a band of small beaded circles, and across the instep a \u003cstrong\u003ecord is tied in a bow with two hanging tassels\u003c\/strong\u003e, each tassel modelled separately and standing clear of the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze is a \u003cstrong\u003esoft satin medium blue\u003c\/strong\u003e — matte rather than glossy, even and quiet, without a shine on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is \u003cstrong\u003eunglazed, flat and dry\u003c\/strong\u003e, and it carries a \u003cstrong\u003ehand-written inscription\u003c\/strong\u003e: a name and a year, \u003cstrong\u003eFrom Otto — 1935\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis piece tells you its own date, which is rare, and worth leading with.\u003c\/strong\u003e The inscription is on the underside, written by hand onto the porous unglazed clay rather than printed or stamped, and it gives both a giver and a year. That is not decoration. That is somebody recording the occasion on the object itself, the way people wrote in the front of a bible or the back of a photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1935 is a pointed year for a baby's shoe to be turned into an ornament, because the idea was brand new.\u003c\/strong\u003e In the early 1930s a woman named \u003cstrong\u003eViolet Shinbach\u003c\/strong\u003e saw a pair of bronzed baby shoes while shopping in Cleveland, Ohio. She had her own bronzed, showed them to friends, understood what she was looking at, and in \u003cstrong\u003e1934\u003c\/strong\u003e founded the Bron-Shoe Company to sell the idea. It worked: the company has since bronzed \u003cstrong\u003emore than fourteen million shoes\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSo the keepsake baby shoe was roughly a year old as a commercial idea when this was given.\u003c\/strong\u003e Before that, a first pair of shoes was handed down, worn out or thrown out. After it, a shoe became a thing you kept on a shelf. A pottery bootie does exactly the same work as a bronzed one, at a fraction of the price, and it holds flowers besides — which is why potteries made them by the thousand for the next thirty years, and why 1935 sits at the front of that run rather than in the middle of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe mould was fresh.\u003c\/strong\u003e The beaded band round the cuff is crisp circle by circle, the knit ribs are sharp all the way to the toe, and the two tassels are fully modelled and undercut rather than softened into the body — all of which goes first as a mould is worked, so this came out of one early in its life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is \u003cstrong\u003eno maker's mark, backstamp, impressed number or country-of-origin stamp\u003c\/strong\u003e on the base, and the piece is offered \u003cstrong\u003eunattributed\u003c\/strong\u003e. Dated at \u003cstrong\u003e1935\u003c\/strong\u003e on the inscription itself, supported by the satin glaze and the unmarked base, both of which are consistent with small-pottery production of that period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ePottery baby bootie vase — a small figural vase or planter modelled as an infant's knitted boot. Approx. 2½ in high, 3½ in long and 2 in wide.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMoulded ankle boot with a rolled cuff edged in beaded circles, ribbed and pebbled knit texture to the upper, and a tied cord with two fully modelled hanging tassels across the instep; open at the top as a vase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMoulded ceramic in a soft satin blue glaze, matte rather than glossy, with an unglazed base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eNo maker's mark, backstamp or country-of-origin stamp. Hand-written inscription to the unglazed base reading \u003cem\u003eFrom Otto\u003c\/em\u003e over \u003cem\u003e1935\u003c\/em\u003e. Offered unattributed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003e1935. Dated on the hand-written inscription carried by the piece itself, supported by the satin glaze and unmarked base.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eGood, with one noted fault. \u003cstrong\u003eThere is a chip to the rim of the opening at the back\u003c\/strong\u003e, roughly ½ in across, through the glaze and into the body, with bare clay showing; it is stable, with no crack running out of it, and it sits out of sight from the front. Otherwise the piece is sound — no other chips, no cracks, no repairs and no restoration; it stands level, the tassels and cuff are complete and undamaged, the modelling is crisp and the glaze is even with only light shelf wear. The inscription is legible. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn object with a date written on it is a different thing from an object without one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost everything on an antique shelf is dated by someone's judgement — by a mark, a method, a glaze, a construction detail. This one was dated by the person who gave it, in pencil, at the time. You are not being asked to take anyone's word for the year. You can turn it over and read it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also a very good small vase, which is the harder thing to find. The opening is narrow enough to hold three or four short stems upright without a frog, and the proportions suit the flowers that come at the right scale anyway: violets, sweet peas, lily of the valley, grape hyacinth, a single rose head, a sprig of herbs off a windowsill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmpty, it works as a catch-all. A ring dish by a sink, paper clips on a desk, stamps, a single pen, matches by a candle. The soft blue is an easy colour against white, cream, wood and brass, and the scale means it can sit on a narrow shelf, a windowsill, a bedside table or the corner of a mantel without asking for room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it gives well. A nursery, a christening, a first birthday, a baby shower, a grandparent — it is a ninety-year-old object about the arrival of a child, with somebody's name on the bottom, and it costs less than a bunch of flowers to give.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care. \u003cstrong\u003eThe base is unglazed and porous\u003c\/strong\u003e, so it will mark a polished surface if it stands there wet. Use it with a small glass or vial inside for fresh flowers, or stand it on a felt pad or a coaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo not put it in a dishwasher\u003c\/strong\u003e, and do not soak it — water goes into the unglazed base and into the chipped area and takes a long time to come back out. Wipe it with a barely damp cloth and dry it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandle it by the body rather than the cuff or the tassels, which are the thinnest and most exposed parts, and set it where it will not get knocked; the existing chip is stable, but a rim that has been broken once is the rim that breaks again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48044862505065,"sku":"VE-0722","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_2165.jpg?v=1789190583"},{"product_id":"studio-stoneware-pot-saucer-amber-iron-glaze-c-1960-1980","title":"Wheel-Thrown Studio Stoneware Pot Saucer, Amber Iron-Glazed Well over an Unglazed Speckled Body, Heavy Rolled Rim, c. 1960–1980","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA low circular saucer in heavy stoneware, made to stand a plant pot on — glazed inside and left raw outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wall rises shallow from a broad flat base and finishes in a \u003cstrong\u003eheavy rolled rim\u003c\/strong\u003e that stands proud of it, turned over on itself so the edge is round and thick rather than cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eoutside is bare clay\u003c\/strong\u003e — a warm toasted buff, dry and faintly sandy under the hand, with small \u003cstrong\u003edark iron specks\u003c\/strong\u003e scattered through it that came up out of the body in the kiln.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ewell is glazed to the rim\u003c\/strong\u003e in a warm tan — a soft yellow-gold that deepens toward amber-brown where the glaze runs thicker. It is glossy, pooling a shade darker where it gathers at the centre and thinning almost to nothing over the rim, with a single deeper iron blush running down one side of the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderneath, the base is unglazed and flat, with \u003cstrong\u003econcentric turning rings\u003c\/strong\u003e and the faint spiral left where the piece came off the wheel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlazed inside and raw outside is a decision, not an omission, and it tells you exactly what this is.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is a pot saucer: a dish built to stand a planted pot on and catch what drains out of it. The glaze seals the well so water sits there instead of going through; the bare stoneware outside grips a surface rather than sliding on it. Commercial dishes are glazed all over because it is cheaper to dip the whole thing, so leaving half of it raw costs an extra step — one taken here because the outside was never meant to hold water and the inside was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe speckles date the firing, not the style.\u003c\/strong\u003e Those dark flecks are iron in the clay body bursting through the surface, and they only happen at stoneware temperature — above roughly 2,200°F. Earthenware never gets there. A speckled high-fired body means a kiln capable of that heat, which through most of ceramic history meant an industrial works, and from the post-war decades onward meant a studio with a proper gas or electric kiln of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe tan is iron, and the colour records how the kiln was run.\u003c\/strong\u003e Iron is the oldest colourant in pottery and the most temperamental: the same iron in the same glaze comes out pale green when the kiln is starved of oxygen, and comes out honey, amber and brown when it is given plenty. This one was fired in oxidation — an open, air-fed atmosphere — which is why it reads yellow-gold browning to amber rather than green, and why the colour deepens wherever the glaze pooled thicker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThat atmosphere is itself part of the date.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reduction needs a fuel-burning kiln that can be choked; oxidation is simply what an electric kiln does. Small electric kilns are what put high-firing within reach of individual potters, studios and teaching programmes in the decades after the war, and warm iron ambers over a speckled buff body are the signature palette of that setup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaw high-fired stoneware used as a deliberate surface is a post-war idea.\u003c\/strong\u003e Through the nineteenth century and the early twentieth, a dish of this kind was either glazed all over or it was plain red garden terracotta. Treating unglazed stoneware as something to look at — and pairing it with a warm oxidation-fired iron glaze — belongs to the studio pottery movement as it spread through workshops and teaching programmes in the decades after the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dish carries \u003cstrong\u003eno mark, signature, chop or label\u003c\/strong\u003e anywhere and is offered \u003cstrong\u003eunattributed\u003c\/strong\u003e. Dated on the wheel work, the high-fired iron-speckled body, the oxidation-fired amber iron glaze and the deliberately raw exterior: \u003cstrong\u003ec. 1960–1980\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eWheel-thrown stoneware pot saucer — a low dish made to stand a planted pot on, glazed in the well and unglazed outside. Approx. 8½ in across and 1½ in high.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eShallow circular well on a flat base, rising to a heavy rolled rim; concentric turning rings and a wheel spiral to the underside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eHigh-fired stoneware in a toasted buff body flecked with iron, wheel-thrown; warm tan to amber iron glaze fired in oxidation, interior only, exterior and base left raw\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eNone. No signature, chop, stamp or label. Offered unattributed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ec. 1960–1980. Dated on the wheel throwing, the iron-speckled high-fired body, the oxidation-fired amber iron glaze and the deliberately unglazed exterior — all studio practice of the post-war period rather than commercial or nineteenth-century production.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eExcellent. Sound with no chips, no cracks, no repairs and no restoration; the rim is clean the whole way round, the dish sits flat, and the glaze is unworn. \u003cstrong\u003eThe dark speckling and the deeper iron blush down one wall are the fired surface, not damage\u003c\/strong\u003e — they are what an iron glaze over a speckled body does in the kiln. A little kiln grit and light shelf wear to the raw base. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost plant saucers are an apology — a plastic disc or a thin terracotta ring bought because the pot needed one, and hidden as well as possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the opposite. It was thrown by hand to do that job, and it is good enough to be the reason you buy the plant. Set a fern, a geranium, a rosemary or a small orchid on it and the saucer stops being a necessity and becomes part of the arrangement: warm tan glaze, rough oatmeal outside, green above it. The glazed well holds what drains out instead of letting it through, and the raw stoneware base grips a shelf rather than sliding on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works just as well under anything else that sweats, drips or gets set down wet — a candle, a teapot, a bar of soap by a sink, a bottle of oil beside a stove.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmpty, it is a landing place. Keys and change by a door, rings by a basin, paper clips on a desk, a stack of matchboxes on a mantel. Things put down in a dish look intentional; the same things put down on a table look lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour does the work. A pool of warm yellow-gold and amber inside a rough oatmeal ring is a quiet combination that sits against wood, stone, plaster and painted furniture without competing with any of them, and it reads as hand-made from across a room — the rolled rim is never quite the same thickness twice, and the turning rings under the base are a record of somebody's fingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care, and the raw clay is the part to think about. \u003cstrong\u003eThe outside and base are unglazed and porous\u003c\/strong\u003e, so they will take up water, oil and anything coloured. Wipe the dish rather than soaking it, dry it properly, and do not leave it standing wet on a polished surface — a felt pad underneath solves that permanently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSkip the dishwasher.\u003c\/strong\u003e A long hot cycle drives water deep into an unglazed body and it takes days to come back out. Warm water and a cloth in the well is all it needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are standing a plant on it, empty the saucer rather than letting the pot sit in standing water — that is hard on the plant, and over years it will leave a permanent ring in the glaze where minerals build up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not put it over direct heat or into an oven. Stoneware is tough, but a dish that has absorbed water can crack when that water turns to steam faster than it can escape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48046683553897,"sku":"VE-0723","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/5A9CB78B-5CEB-4A32-B3F3-C3B39FE5BAFF.jpg?v=1789259738"},{"product_id":"open-sponge-blue-rim-plate-in-cream-earthenware-deeply-aged-crazing-unglazed-base-with-a-painted-decorators-tally-c-1880-1905","title":"Open-Sponge Blue Rim Plate in Cream Earthenware, Deeply Aged Crazing, Unglazed Base with a Painted Decorator's Tally, c. 1880–1905","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA large cream earthenware plate with a soft blue sponged edge and a lifetime of crazing in the glaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form is plain and generous: a wide flat well, and a rim that \u003cstrong\u003eturns up in one continuous soft curve\u003c\/strong\u003e with no moulded edge, no scallop and no relief anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze is a warm cream-white rather than a blue-white, and it is \u003cstrong\u003ecrazed right across the face\u003c\/strong\u003e — a dense, even network over the whole surface. The lines have taken up colour over the years, so the crazing now reads as a fine tan web sitting in the glaze rather than as invisible cracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround the extreme edge runs a band of \u003cstrong\u003eblue sponging\u003c\/strong\u003e: mottled and soft-edged, heavy in some passages and open in others, laid right out to the edge and stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is \u003cstrong\u003eunglazed\u003c\/strong\u003e — dry cream clay, aged and stained — and it carries a small \u003cstrong\u003ehand-painted green double tick\u003c\/strong\u003e. There is no printed mark of any kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSponge decoration existed to put hand-decorated pottery within reach of ordinary households.\u003c\/strong\u003e A painter dressing a plate took minutes; a decorator with a sponge took seconds. That difference is the entire reason the ware exists, and it is why sponged pottery went out of Britain, France, Holland, Scotland, Wales and Germany by the shipload — exported to China, Africa, North and South America through the middle of the nineteenth century, and made in the United States after 1850 at potteries in New Jersey and East Liverpool, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe archaeological record separates the techniques, and it matters here.\u003c\/strong\u003e Free-hand sponging runs roughly \u003cstrong\u003e1820s–1860s\u003c\/strong\u003e. Cut sponge — where a sponge is trimmed to a star, a diamond or a flower and stamped in repeat — comes in from about \u003cstrong\u003e1845\u003c\/strong\u003e and peaks through the 1870s. \u003cstrong\u003eOpen sponge, larger and more spaced, with colour smudging and layering rather than repeating, runs 1860–1935.\u003c\/strong\u003e This plate is open sponge: there is no stamped shape anywhere in the band and no motif that repeats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe raw base is a date in itself.\u003c\/strong\u003e A plate that comes out of the kiln with a bare, unglazed underside was fired standing on its own foot, directly on the shelf. Ware glazed all the way under has been fired on stilts or had a ring wiped clear before firing — the later, more industrial method. This one stood on the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe green tick is a decorator's tally, not a maker's mark.\u003c\/strong\u003e Painted marks of that kind were a workshop's own bookkeeping — which hand did the piece, which batch it belonged to, which pile it went on — applied in the decorating shop rather than printed by the pottery. It tells you the plate came out of a working decorating room, and it tells you nobody expected the underside to be read by a customer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is absent is as informative as what is present.\u003c\/strong\u003e There is no printed backstamp and no country-of-origin mark anywhere on this plate. Printed marks naming a country became the rule for ware crossing into English-speaking markets from 1891, and the fuller “Made in — ” wording became standard in the 1920s. A plate carrying nothing but a painted tally sits outside that marked export system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffered \u003cstrong\u003eunattributed\u003c\/strong\u003e. Dated on the open-sponge technique, the plain unmoulded rim, the unglazed base, the painted decorator's tally in place of any printed mark, and the depth to which the crazing has opened and taken up colour: \u003cstrong\u003ec. 1880–1905\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eLarge sponge-decorated earthenware plate, sold as a decorative and display piece rather than as tableware. Approx. 10¾ in across.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eWide flat well with a plain rim turning up in one unbroken curve; no moulded, scalloped or relief edge; unglazed underside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eA band of open-sponge blue laid round the extreme rim edge — mottled and soft-edged, with no repeating motif and no stamped shape — over a warm cream glaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCream-bodied refined earthenware, glazed to the face and rim, base left raw\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eNo maker's mark, printed backstamp or country-of-origin stamp. A small hand-painted green double tick to the unglazed base — a decorating-shop tally. Offered unattributed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ec. 1880–1905. Dated on the open-sponge technique (in commercial use 1860–1935), the unglazed base of a plate fired on its own foot, the painted tally in place of any printed or country mark, and the aged and stained state of the crazing.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eVery good for its age, sold as a decorative antique. The plate is sound and sits flat, with no chips to the rim, no cracks, no repairs and no restoration. \u003cstrong\u003eThe glaze is crazed across the whole face and the crazing has stained to a fine tan web\u003c\/strong\u003e — that is age in an antique glaze, not damage, and it is a large part of why the plate reads as old. Expect light utensil marking in the well and age staining and soiling to the raw underside. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue on cream is the oldest reliable colour scheme in domestic pottery, and this plate is about as distilled a version of it as exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything is at the edge. The centre is left completely empty, so the eye goes to the rim, comes back to the middle and finds nothing there but warm cream and the fine web of crazing. That emptiness is why a plate like this hangs well — it does not compete with anything around it, and it reads from across a room as a shape and a colour rather than as a picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHang it alone over a door, or put it in a group where it will be the quiet one among patterned plates. Stand it on a dresser or a plate rail. Lay it under a lamp, a stack of books, a bowl of fruit, a pitcher of branches. It is a good tray for a decanter and two glasses, and a very good place to drop keys and post inside a front door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe crazing is the thing most people end up liking best. It took a hundred years to arrive at that colour and no process produces it quickly; a crackle put on deliberately looks like a decision, and this looks like time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care, and the first point is the important one. \u003cstrong\u003eThis plate should not be used for food.\u003c\/strong\u003e A crazed glaze is an open network of fine cracks that holds moisture and bacteria no washing will reach, and glazes of this period can contain lead. Display, dry use and decorative service only — and if you do lay something on it, put paper or a liner between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo not soak it and never put it in a dishwasher.\u003c\/strong\u003e Water travels into the crazing and into the unglazed base and takes a very long time to come out; it also carries staining in with it, which is how a lightly crazed plate becomes a heavily stained one. Wipe with a barely damp cloth and dry it at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHang it with a coated spring-wire plate hanger rather than an adhesive disc, which can pull glaze off an antique plate when it is removed, and keep it out of direct sunlight, which will take the blue down over time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48046683586665,"sku":"VE-0724","price":133.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/5CE602ED-DD19-407B-8294-30A1A2692022.jpg?v=1789258989"},{"product_id":"italian-sponge-decorated-blue-and-white-charger-hand-sponged-across-the-whole-face-impressed-crook-and-star-mark-c-1965-1985","title":"Italian Sponge-Decorated Blue and White Charger, Hand-Sponged Across the Whole Face, Impressed Crook-and-Star Mark, c. 1965–1985","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wide shallow charger, sponged in strong blue over white across its entire face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form is simple and clean: a \u003cstrong\u003erecessed foot ring\u003c\/strong\u003e, a wall that rises in one unbroken curve, and a plain unmoulded rim. It is broad and low — more platter than bowl, with just enough depth to hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decoration covers the whole interior. A \u003cstrong\u003emid-blue laid on with a sponge\u003c\/strong\u003e, dense and reticulated, running right out over the rim, heavier where the sponge was freshly loaded and drier and more open where it was running out. \u003cstrong\u003eNothing repeats anywhere on the piece.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe outside is plain white and glossy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is glazed white, and inside the foot ring sits a mark \u003cstrong\u003emoulded into the body itself\u003c\/strong\u003e: a \u003cstrong\u003eshepherd's crook beside a small star\u003c\/strong\u003e, with \u003cstrong\u003eMADE IN ITALY\u003c\/strong\u003e arched beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSponging is the one decorating technique that cannot be faked into uniformity.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every piece is dressed individually by hand, and the sponge itself changes as it goes — it loads, it gives up colour, it dries, it gets reloaded. Follow the blue around the rim of this charger and you can read the whole circuit: the dense passage where the sponge was wet, the thinning through the middle of each sweep, the point where the decorator went back to the colour. No two pieces off the same bench look alike, and this one has no repeat anywhere in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe mark was cut into the mould, not printed onto the piece.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is a meaningful difference. A printed backstamp is applied to a fired pot as a separate operation; a moulded mark is part of the form itself, pressed into wet clay, and every piece out of that mould carries it identically. It is also distinct from the adhesive foil label that came to dominate later Italian export ware — a label falls off, and a moulded mark cannot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“MADE IN ITALY” is a customs statement, not a signature.\u003c\/strong\u003e The English wording is there because the piece was made to cross a border into an English-speaking market; country-of-origin marking in the importing country's language has been the requirement for export goods since the early twentieth century. It tells you where the charger was made and that it was always intended to be sold abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe crook-and-star device is not identified to a workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e, and no attribution is made here. What the mark does establish, in the body of the piece and beyond argument, is that it was made in Italy for export. It is offered \u003cstrong\u003eunattributed as to maker\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDated on the moulded in-body country mark, the thin high-fired white body, the plain unmoulded rim and the hand sponging: \u003cstrong\u003ec. 1965–1985\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eItalian sponge-decorated charger — a wide shallow serving dish or display plate. Approx. 11½ in across and 2½ in high.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eItaly, marked for export. Maker not identified; offered unattributed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eBroad shallow bowl on a recessed foot ring, wall rising in one unbroken curve to a plain unmoulded rim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eHand-sponged mid-blue over a white ground across the whole interior and out over the rim, with no repeating motif anywhere; exterior plain white\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eWhite ceramic body, glazed inside and out including the base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMoulded into the base: a shepherd's crook beside a small star, with MADE IN ITALY arched beneath. No printed backstamp or paper label.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ec. 1965–1985. Dated on the country mark moulded into the body rather than printed or labelled, the thin high-fired white body, and the individually hand-sponged decoration.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eExcellent. Sound and bright with no chips, no cracks, no crazing, no repairs and no restoration; the rim is clean the whole way round, the charger sits flat, and the blue is strong and unfaded. Expect light shelf wear and some age toning to the foot ring, which is where a piece of this shape rests. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA charger is the most quietly useful large plate there is, because its job is never to hold the food — it is to frame whatever you put on top of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet a white bowl of pasta in the middle of this one and the blue does all the work around it. Stand a cake stand on it, or a tureen, or a pitcher of branches, and the same thing happens: the object in the centre gets a border and suddenly looks arranged. For a table with nothing else going on, one charger in the centre is the whole scheme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsed on its own it is a serving piece with real capacity — a salad for six, roasted vegetables, bread, fruit, a spread of cheese. The low sides mean everything on it stays visible, which is the point of serving from a charger rather than a bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it hangs. Blue and white on a wall is a scheme that has never gone out in three hundred years, and it works over a sideboard, in a kitchen, up a staircase, or leaned on a dresser shelf. Against dark wood it reads bright; against a painted wall it reads calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pattern is the argument for buying this one rather than a new one. A machine-printed blue is regular, and you see the repeat within a few seconds. This is one person's hand going round a plate once, and there is nowhere on it where the pattern doubles back on itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care. \u003cstrong\u003eHand wash it.\u003c\/strong\u003e The piece is glazed inside and out and takes ordinary food use without trouble, but a dishwasher's heat, harsh detergent and long dry cycle are hard on any hand-decorated ware and will dull the blue over time. Warm water, a soft cloth, dried straight away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSkip the microwave, and do not take it from a cold cupboard to a hot oven or the other way round — a wide thin piece takes temperature shock worse than a thick narrow one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you hang it, use a coated spring-wire hanger sized to the plate rather than an adhesive disc, and if you stack other plates on it put felt or paper between them; the glaze is hard but the rim is the part that gets marked.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48046683619433,"sku":"VE-0725","price":126.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/64134ED4-D03C-4D97-AA81-4C7CD81145C9.jpg?v=1789258931"},{"product_id":"bisque-porcelain-scroll-form-bud-vase-with-blue-jasper-cameo-of-a-dancing-maiden-in-a-gilt-rococo-cartouche-attributed-to-schafer-vater-germany-c-1895-1915","title":"Bisque Porcelain Scroll-Form Bud Vase with Blue Jasper Cameo of a Dancing Maiden in a Gilt Rococo Cartouche, Attributed to Schafer \u0026 Vater, Germany, c. 1895–1915","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small three-sided bud vase in unglazed bisque porcelain, modelled as a sheet of paper caught part-way through unrolling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe walls curve into a soft triangle and the \u003cstrong\u003etop edge sweeps up at one corner\u003c\/strong\u003e, so the vase reads as a scroll standing on end rather than as a cylinder. At that raised corner and again at the foot sit \u003cstrong\u003eapplied clusters of relief flowers\u003c\/strong\u003e, moulded separately and pressed on, in the body colour throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is \u003cstrong\u003ematte, dry and faintly chalky\u003c\/strong\u003e, a pale greyish cream, with no glaze anywhere on the outside. The interior is glazed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front carries an applied panel of \u003cstrong\u003ecornflower blue\u003c\/strong\u003e bearing a \u003cstrong\u003ewhite relief figure\u003c\/strong\u003e: a woman mid-dance, arms lifted, drapery falling away from one hip and a long scarf streaming above her head.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround it runs a \u003cstrong\u003eheavy gilt rococo cartouche\u003c\/strong\u003e — asymmetric C-scrolls, acanthus, and a large gilt daisy standing proud at each side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is flat and triangular, \u003cstrong\u003eimpressed 2962\u003c\/strong\u003e with a small \u003cstrong\u003e12\u003c\/strong\u003e, and carries \u003cstrong\u003ethree small blue painted dots\u003c\/strong\u003e in a row. There is no factory mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe blue panel is an imitation of Wedgwood jasperware, and it was never meant to be taken for one.\u003c\/strong\u003e White relief figures on a coloured matte ground were Josiah Wedgwood's invention, and by the end of the nineteenth century they were the most widely copied effect in European ceramics. The fancy-goods factories of Thuringia built a trade on supplying that look at a price an ordinary household could pay — the shape, the colour and the cameo, without the name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSchafer \u0026amp; Vater was founded in 1890\u003c\/strong\u003e by Gustav Schaefer and Gunther Vater at Volkstedt-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, Germany, and in \u003cstrong\u003e1896\u003c\/strong\u003e bought a second works, the List Porcelain Manufactory at Neuhaus. Their business was small bisque porcelain: figural bottles, creamers, match strikers, hatpin holders, planters and bud vases, alongside a jasperware-imitation line in blue, green and pink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003efire destroyed the factory in 1918\u003c\/strong\u003e and it was rebuilt. Production fell away through the 1950s and the firm \u003cstrong\u003eceased trading in 1962\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThen the record itself was destroyed.\u003c\/strong\u003e In \u003cstrong\u003e1973\u003c\/strong\u003e the East German government took over the empty factory and destroyed the company's records and its moulds. That is the reason an impressed number like the \u003cstrong\u003e2962\u003c\/strong\u003e on this base cannot simply be looked up: the ledger it referred to no longer exists, and neither does the mould. What survives of the firm's output survives as objects, not as documentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe firm marked much of its work and not all of it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Marked pieces carry a crown above an R set in a star, frequently with a “Made in Germany” label. A substantial part went out unmarked, or carrying nothing but impressed mould numbers. This piece is of the second kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe attribution rests on the object and is offered as an attribution, not as a marked identification.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unglazed bisque porcelain body; an applied jasper-imitation panel in blue with a white relief figure; a hand-gilt rococo cartouche; applied relief florets in the body colour; a small bud-vase format; and impressed mould and size numbers with no printed factory mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe figure is Art Nouveau, not classical, whatever the jasper dress suggests.\u003c\/strong\u003e A true Wedgwood jasper figure stands still, in classical drapery, composed in profile or three-quarter view. This one is caught in movement — weight off one foot, both arms up, a scarf lifted and floating behind her. That is the dancing maiden of the 1890s and 1900s, the same figure that runs through the posters, lamps and bronzes of the period, and it does not appear before the Art Nouveau decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe gold was laid on by hand, and it has worn like it.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is thin across the crests of the scrolls and the tops of the daisies, where a small object gets picked up and put down, and full and bright down in the recesses where nothing touches it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ethree blue dots\u003c\/strong\u003e on the base are a decorator's tally — a paint-shop mark recording whose hand or which batch, never intended to be read by a buyer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDated \u003cstrong\u003ec. 1895–1915\u003c\/strong\u003e on the firm's 1890 founding, the Art Nouveau dancing figure, the bisque-and-applied-jasper formula of the pre-war German fancy-goods export trade, and the impressed-only marking. No country-of-origin mark survives on the piece; German export novelties of this kind commonly carried an applied paper label, which is the first thing to be lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eSmall bisque porcelain bud vase in a three-sided scroll form, glazed inside to hold water. Approx. 5½ in high and 2¼ in across.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eGermany. Attributed to Schafer \u0026amp; Vater, Volkstedt-Rudolstadt, Thuringia — an attribution on the evidence of body, decoration and mould numbering, not a marked identification.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eThree-sided vase modelled as a partly unrolled scroll, the top edge sweeping up at one corner, with applied relief flower clusters at the raised corner and at the foot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eApplied cornflower-blue panel with a white relief dancing figure in imitation of jasperware, framed by a hand-applied gilt rococo cartouche of C-scrolls, acanthus and daisies\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eUnglazed bisque porcelain with applied relief and over-glaze gilding; glazed interior\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eNo factory mark. Impressed 2962 and a small 12 to the base, with three blue painted decorator's dots.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ec. 1895–1915. Dated on the 1890 founding of the firm it is attributed to, the Art Nouveau dancing figure, the pre-war bisque-and-jasper-panel export formula, and the impressed-only marking.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eVery good for age. The vase is sound and stands level, with no cracks, no repairs and no restoration; the applied flower clusters and the blue cameo panel are complete and firmly set, and the relief is crisp. \u003cstrong\u003eExpect wear to the gilding\u003c\/strong\u003e — thin across the crests of the scrolls and the tops of the daisies, full in the recesses — along with \u003cstrong\u003eminor roughness and small nicks to the edges of the base\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the light overall soiling that unglazed bisque always takes up. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bud vase is the smallest piece of furniture in a house, and the one most likely to get used every week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt takes one stem, or two. A single rose, a sprig of lavender, a bit of rosemary off the windowsill, one branch of something flowering in March. That is a far lower bar than a proper arrangement, which is exactly why small vases earn their shelf space and large ones spend most of the year empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior is glazed, so it holds water properly rather than weeping through the way unglazed ware does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this one worth looking at is the contrast built into it. \u003cstrong\u003eBisque absorbs light.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unglazed porcelain is matte and dry and slightly chalky, and next to anything shiny it reads as stone or plaster rather than china. Against that dead-flat cream, the only two things in the whole object that catch light are the blue cameo and the gold around it — which is precisely the effect the maker was after, and it still works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scale puts it where larger pieces cannot go: a bathroom shelf, a bedside table, a narrow windowsill, the corner of a desk, in front of the books on a shelf. The three-sided form means it also sits into a corner in a way a round vase never quite does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmpty it is a small sculpture, and it holds pens, brushes or a pair of scissors perfectly well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care, and unglazed bisque has one rule that matters more than any other. \u003cstrong\u003eIt is porous, and it does not give anything back.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dirt, oil, tea, ink and soap all go into the surface and stay there, and no amount of later cleaning brings them out. Keep it away from anything that stains and handle it with clean dry hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNever soak it, and never wash it with soap or solvent.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dust it with a soft dry brush — a clean makeup brush or a soft toothbrush gets down into the relief flowers and the cartouche where a cloth cannot. If it needs more than that, a barely damp cotton swab on the glazed interior only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo not scrub the gilding\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is over-glaze and will come off under an abrasive, and keep the piece out of a dishwasher and a microwave entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor fresh flowers, stand a slim glass vial inside. The interior glaze copes with water on its own, but a vial keeps splashes off the bisque at the rim, which is where marks show first.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48046935277673,"sku":"VE-0729","price":94.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/8EAB0FD1-4018-4FF8-BF0A-EB8D3E647B4E.jpg?v=1789273489"},{"product_id":"slab-built-stoneware-wall-pocket-oval-copper-green-glaze-breaking-rust-over-incised-and-rouletted-decoration-c-1970-1995","title":"Slab-Built Stoneware Wall Pocket, Oval, Copper-Green Glaze Breaking Rust over Incised and Rouletted Decoration, c. 1970–1995","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn oval stoneware plaque built to hang on a wall, with a deep \u003cstrong\u003ehalf-pocket applied across the lower front\u003c\/strong\u003e to hold what you put in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is \u003cstrong\u003eslab-built, not thrown\u003c\/strong\u003e — a flat sheet of clay cut to shape, with the pocket formed separately and joined on, and the join left visible as a soft ridge rather than smoothed away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decoration is cut into the clay: \u003cstrong\u003eincised vertical lines\u003c\/strong\u003e running down the face, and a band of \u003cstrong\u003erouletted toothing\u003c\/strong\u003e pressed round the edge of the pocket with a toothed wheel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze is a \u003cstrong\u003ecopper green\u003c\/strong\u003e, mottled and uneven, pooling dark in the incised lines and \u003cstrong\u003ebreaking to rust-brown over every raised edge\u003c\/strong\u003e, so the form is outlined in its own glaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003ehanging hole\u003c\/strong\u003e is pierced through the top. The reverse is unglazed — raw toasted stoneware, with the marks where the piece stood in the kiln.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA wall pocket is a solution to a problem people stopped having, which is why they are worth having again.\u003c\/strong\u003e The form is old — a half-vessel hung flat against a wall, for flowers in a room with no table to spare, for matches beside a stove, for letters beside a door. It puts something at eye level in a house where every horizontal surface is already taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe green-breaking-rust is copper and iron doing what they do.\u003c\/strong\u003e A copper glaze gives green where it lies thick; where it runs thin over a sharp edge, the iron underneath burns through brown. That is why every raised line on this piece is outlined in rust and every cut line is pooled dark — the glaze is reading the form for you. The effect cannot be painted on. It only happens where there is real relief for the glaze to run off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe rouletted border is a tool mark, and a specific one.\u003c\/strong\u003e A roulette is a small toothed wheel rolled across soft clay, and it leaves a band of even impressions that a stamp cannot match and a hand certainly cannot. It is one of the oldest decorating tools there is and it stayed in studio use because it does in one pass what would otherwise take fifty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe unglazed back is deliberate.\u003c\/strong\u003e A piece made to hang flat needs a raw back — glaze against a kiln shelf fuses, and glaze against a wall slips. Leaving it bare is how the maker planned the firing and how they planned the hanging, and the kiln marks on it are the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece carries \u003cstrong\u003eno mark, signature or stamp\u003c\/strong\u003e and is offered \u003cstrong\u003eunattributed\u003c\/strong\u003e. Dated on the slab construction, the rouletted and incised decoration, the high-fired copper glaze breaking over the relief, and the deliberately raw reverse — studio practice rather than commercial moulding: \u003cstrong\u003ec. 1970–1995\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eStoneware wall pocket — an oval wall plaque with an applied pocket, pierced to hang. Approx. 9 in high and 7 in across.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eSlab-built oval back with a separately formed half-pocket joined across the lower front, the join left proud; single hanging hole pierced through the top; reverse left unglazed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eIncised vertical lines to the face with a band of rouletted toothing around the pocket edge, under a mottled copper-green glaze that pools dark in the cuts and breaks rust-brown over every raised edge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eHigh-fired stoneware in a toasted body, hand-built, glazed to the face and pocket only\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eNone. No signature, chop or stamp. Offered unattributed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ec. 1970–1995. Dated on the slab building, the rouletted and incised decoration, the high-fired copper glaze breaking over relief, and the raw unglazed reverse — studio practice rather than commercial production.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eExcellent. Sound with no chips, no cracks, no repairs and no restoration; the pocket join is firm with no stress lines, the hanging hole is clean and unworn, and the glaze is intact throughout. \u003cstrong\u003eThe rust-brown edges and the mottling in the green are the fired glaze, not damage\u003c\/strong\u003e — that is what a copper glaze does over relief. Kiln marks and light shelf wear to the unglazed reverse. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWall space is the cheapest real estate in a house and almost nobody uses it for anything but pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis does two jobs at once. It is a green ceramic relief that reads as an object from across a room, and it holds things: a bunch of dried stems, eucalyptus, a spray of lavender, a handful of pens, mail, keys, matches. Hang it by a back door and it takes the clutter that otherwise lands on the counter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour is the reason to pick it up. Copper green going rust at the edges is the exact palette of weathered bronze and old garden gates, and it sits against plaster, brick, painted board and raw wood without needing anything else in the room to agree with it. Against a white wall it reads almost like patinated metal until you get close enough to see the clay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works indoors and out. On a covered porch, in a garden room, beside a potting bench or under an eave it does the same job it does in a hallway, and the high-fired body takes damp without trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care, starting with the one that matters outdoors. \u003cstrong\u003eBring it in before a hard freeze.\u003c\/strong\u003e The glazed face is sealed but the reverse is raw and porous, and a porous body that has taken up water will split when that water turns to ice. Everything else about it is weatherproof; that one thing is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor fresh flowers, drop a glass jar or a florist's vial into the pocket rather than filling it directly. The pocket is glazed and will hold water, but a liner keeps mineral deposit out of the glaze and keeps water off the raw back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHang it on something that will actually hold it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Stoneware is heavy for its size — use a wall anchor or hit a stud, not a picture pin, and check that the hook seats through the hole rather than bearing on the glaze edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust it with a soft dry brush, which gets into the incising and the rouletting better than a cloth, and keep the unglazed back off wallpaper and off anything it can mark.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48047020605545,"sku":"VE-0731","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/7BE86ED1-6928-44F8-98EC-644997728192.jpg?v=1789273623"}],"url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/collections\/pottery.oembed?page=3","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}