Jane Heald Mid-Century Very Fine Gray-Brown Pottery Weed Pot hunting whistle developing glazes using mineral deposits

developing glazes using mineral deposits collected from around the province to get true to life colors for the mushrooms

What I am not certain of is whether there is an intended function for the opening in the front of the body

All were opened long ago and empty

But the pipe cleaner tail remains and he’s structurally it's in solid shape

particularly around the borders

Jane Heald Mid-Century Very Fine Gray-Brown Pottery Weed Pot hunting whistle developing glazes using mineral depositsThere is not a lot out there about Jane Heald, the Pacific Palisades, CA potter (1916 1991) who created this gorgeous lilttle vase, which photos don't do justice, but an interview with Vivika Heino mentions her as being part of a workshop at UCLA, in 1953, taught by Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, and notes that Heald, being the only one in the group with her own high fire kiln, fired pots for everyone in the workshop, including Hamada and Leach.