Lapid, Israel Signed Mid-Century Pottery Vase / Planter scandanavian pottery There is a string tied

There is a string tied around the nail holding one leg in place

This came from a big lot of drawings by a W

which is the bottom half of an old cardboard box into which they fit well

and darkening here and there

Paper size 10 1/16" x 7 3/8"

Lapid, Israel Signed Mid-Century Pottery Vase / Planter scandanavian pottery There is a string tiedIm a fan of mid century Lapid, Israel pottery (founded in 1949 in Tel Aviv and operated there until sometimes in the 1980s I believe) and keep an eye out for ithand painted and signed by their individual makers, Lapid pieces tend to be reminscent of Scandinavian and West German modernist ceramics, but have their own distinct sensibility. The body of this slip cast stoneware low vase or smallish planter (perfect for an orchid or forced bulbs) is glazed