Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces three-drawer cabinet vividly colored pattern in red

vividly colored pattern in red

The lid is attached with hinges and opens with ease

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

a student of Michael Cardew

Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces three-drawer cabinet vividly colored pattern in redThis 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