Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces three-drawer cabinet a student of Michael Cardew

a student of Michael Cardew

Or turn it upside down--it sits squarely on the ears and snout--and use it as a vase or even as a planter

This heavy plate with a beautiful aqua green glaze and incised design of three whales circling around a triple spiral at its center was made in a limited edition by the United States Quarry Tile Company in conjunction with the Romany Spartan Ceramics Company in the 1950's

on which there is some loss of lacquer on the backside in one corner

I'd put something very special inside of it

Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces three-drawer cabinet a student of Michael CardewThis hand thrown small plate dish was created by Mary and Edwin Scheier, a fascinating couple at the vanguard of American studio pottery. Largely self taught and consummately curious, the two met working on a WPA project in Virginia, travelled the country for a period as itinerant puppeteers, worked, studied and started making pottery together in East Tennesee, taught for many years in New Hampshire, and later lived in Oaxaca, studying Oaxacan craft