Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher hand-painted face which only adds to the

which only adds to the “may the sun—or moon—shine on you wherever you go” feeling of this piece

to which the legs and tail have each been attached by nails (with the nail attached to the tail left loose enough to allow the tail to move from side to side

I've fallen in love with Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) baskets

There are small imperfections to the glazing here and there

I'd guess the deck dates to the 1940s or so

Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher hand-painted face which only adds to theI'm a huge fan of the pitcher as a form (plus a pretty pitcher can always double as a vase), and to my eye this stoneware pitcher is about as lovely as they come. Beautifully thrown, with a perfectly formed slab handle, terrific checkerboard texture around its upper half, and nuanced blue glazing through which the brown clay body shows, it really elevates anything you might put in it, and near it! Nice and weighty, it feels terrific in the hand, too.