Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher hand-painted face It is difficult to acquire

It is difficult to acquire a sense of rhythm

There are small imperfections to the glazing here and there

evoking planes

The mold is glazed above the wrist and bisque at the bottom

and certainly could be used as such--and I must say it makes a very strong argument for the return of buying blocks of ice and chipping ice by hand

Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher hand-painted face It is difficult to acquireI'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.