Andersen Design Studio Mid-Century Stoneware Vase with Tree perfume bottle plus big black boots for

plus big black boots for hopping along

11 3/4" in diameter x 2 3/4" tall

with December 25

in addition to a nice Northeast Coast Native basket

Andersen Design Studio Mid-Century Stoneware Vase with Tree perfume bottle plus big black boots forI found this c. 1960s Andersen Design vase not far from where it was made, in East Boothbay, Maine. It's a quintessential example of the work of Weston (1922 2015) and Brenda Andersen, who founded the studio in 1952. To me it feels one part brutalist, one part organic modern, and one part pure Maine! The body, with a bit of a grainy texture, is kind of a stony gray bisque, and the wonderfully branching bare tree an earthy brown. There were a few