Slab Pottery Plate with Sgraffito Earth Mother and Flowers for the kitchen table worry dolls were traditionally made

worry dolls were traditionally made for children to tell their fears and worries

silver and pinkish molded ceramic vase/planter

With handles on either side

who is Finnish but lives in Germany

now missing

Slab Pottery Plate with Sgraffito Earth Mother and Flowers for the kitchen table worry dolls were traditionally madeOh, how I love this plate! Perhaps it has something to do with being a child of the 70s, but really, I think this is pretty timeless! I assume "Power" is the last name of the artist who made this, but it would also be an apt descriptor for the earth mother depicted, whose fingers seem to be doing double duty as both raindrops and rays of sunlight, coaxing the flowers to grow. The toes of her barefoot seem to have root like properties as well; I'd say