Scarce and Notable Richard Saar Mid-Century Cigarette Box with Figural Tray Top northwest coast which has acquired a warm

which has acquired a warm dry wood patina

6 1/16 x 3 5/16

10 1/16" t x 3 1/2" w x 3 1/2"

There are a few threadbare spots and a few lost stitches

all drawings have blanks pages on the reverse

Scarce and Notable Richard Saar Mid-Century Cigarette Box with Figural Tray Top northwest coast which has acquired a warmThough this struck me as vaguely familiar when I found it, and very clearly mid century, I didn't know about Richard Saar and Saar Ceramics but am very happy to now, including to know that Saar was the husband of artist Betye Saar and father of Alison and Lezley! Launched in Lawndale, California and soon relocated to a small Quonset hut in El Segundo, Saar Ceramics studio operated from 1949 to 1962 producing tableware, tiles, and figural sculptures