Fantastically Beautiful Primitive Footed Metal Sieve or Cooker us embossing co I love the sculptural quality

I love the sculptural quality of this vintage pair of salt and pepper shakers--as  abstract forms

Closer inspection reveals waving flags and tiny firing cannons (with very nice tiny puffs of smoke) positioned along the wall of a fortress the toward the bottom of the engraving

not sticky or shedding

or a tool-maker

Both bowl and lid were hand-thrown

Fantastically Beautiful Primitive Footed Metal Sieve or Cooker us embossing co I love the sculptural qualityAnother stunner of a sculptural (and painterly) object I acquired from the collection of artist Richard Fleischner, and I think perhaps my favorite of all. I believe he found it in Kosovo, which I think lends it added resonance, appearing to having endured quite a lot itself. It seems possible it was used as a sieve for some sort of prospecting, but I believe now, based on a comment from one of you, that it was likely used for cooking a primitive sort