Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of Seven Pieces
An Assortment of Seven Pieces of Studio Pottery - An assortment of seven studio pottery vessels in various forms and glazes. The collection includes a tall stoneware pitcher with a ribbed body, a pulled handle, and a light blue-gray salt or ash-glazed finish. A tall, slender cream-colored vase features a flared rim and hand-painted blue and purple flowers on the body. A whimsical, hand-built animal-form lidded jar, possibly depicting a cat or pig, stands on four legs and has a speckled tan and brown glaze. A smaller stoneware jar with a dark purple and brown glaze on the lower body includes a matching brown matte lid and a wooden spoon. The collection also features a cylindrical stoneware jar decorated with a hand-painted dark blue stylized plant motif, sealed with a natural cork stopper. A bulbous tan stoneware vase with a dark green rim is decorated with faint landscape details. Finally, a small globular vessel with a variegated blue and white glaze features a small ceramic stopper or wick holder at the top. The tall floral vase bears an incised circular mark at the base of the decoration containing the numerals 1 and 2 and an illegible character. No other maker's marks, signatures, or printed labels are visible on the pieces. Height of pitcher: 8 inches Height of tall floral vase: 8 inches Height of bulbous tan vase: 5.5 inches Height of lidded jar with spoon: 4.5 inches Height of animal jar: 5 inches Height of cylindrical jar with cork: 5.5 inches Height of small round vessel: 3.5 inches.