Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces for vanity but fine enough to invite

but fine enough to invite a close look

I found her at the estate sale of an architect in Amesbury

with the glazing thick and drippy in areas

I am guessing it dates from the 30s

around the feet

Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces for vanity but fine enough to inviteThis 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