How silly I feel to have formerly bought boring new padlocks when there are such great old ones around
especially for the fact that a few of them
bit no chips or cracks that I can see and overall good condition
a rare and tremendously charming piece with a fantastic presence
some of the details show it significantly paler than it is
Early Bennington Potters Turquoise Glazed Snack Plate & Mug Set, Signed David Gil hand-sculptured How silly I feel toThis is a terrific turquoise glazed Bennington Potters mug and snack plate set, I think never used, which feels to me super 1950s and very contemporary at once. David Gil founded Bennington Potters in Bennington, Vermont, in 1948 with original name of Cooperative Design, which is how the plates are marked, and I know they date to between 1952 54. They are signed by Gil. The "trigger mugs," date just little later I believe; three of the four are also