Sculptural Large Brown Pottery Pitcher with Long Neck Japanese fan while the box shows some

while the box shows some wear around the edges and two thin surface cuts on the top of the box

This vintage brass keyholder has seen some use

though I might balance it on a nail to display it on the wall in order to enjoy it everyday or arrange it on a tray on the coffee table

glossy surface that turns black on exposure to air

It's a great object to hold and use

Sculptural Large Brown Pottery Pitcher with Long Neck Japanese fan while the box shows someI am pretty compelled by this large and heavy studio pottery vessel, which I'd call a pitcher, though certainly an unusual one. I find its form, unfolding across 360 degrees, super evocative, reminding me at once of a horse (and the sculptures of Marino Marini, especially) and a gasoline can! Salt fired I believe (which yielded a few shiny areas), it seems to nod to old salt glazed jugs, and also calls sewer tile sculpture to mind. I think it could