Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces for vanity hand thrown lidded ceramic canisters

hand thrown lidded ceramic canisters have previously held the ingredients for many

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but fine enough to invite a close look

if not to be used for a shot of something warming

Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces for vanity hand thrown lidded ceramic canistersThis 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