Barn-Shaped Old Handmade Wood and Wire Birdcage studio pottery pitcher This hand-thrown mushroom-shaped ikebana vase

This hand-thrown mushroom-shaped ikebana vase is one of my very favorite objects ever

and sure do love the hand-painted man in tall hat

variegated gray--darker and drippy in a few areas in response to the form of the vessel

and a bit of darkening to the surface of the glass in places

I believe they were intended for children

Barn-Shaped Old Handmade Wood and Wire Birdcage studio pottery pitcher This hand-thrown mushroom-shaped ikebana vaseThis wonderful old barn shaped wood and wire bird cage was clearly made with a lot of love and care, and it is wonderfully wonky, with no right angles to be found! To me it's like a three dimensional drawing, a beautiful interplay of lines in space. My favorite thing about it, though, may be its tension mounted door, which takes a strong pull to open, then closes with a very satisfying thwack! Definitely this could still be used to house a little