Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher hand-painted face This absolutely stunning hand-wrought hammered

This absolutely stunning hand-wrought hammered aluminum tray/charger features exquisite low relief renderings of all of the signs and names of the zodiac in low relief on its face

where they can be appreciated every day

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

There are small imperfections to the glazing here and there

and one corner of the cardboard on the back loose

Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher hand-painted face This absolutely stunning hand-wrought hammeredI'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.