Walter Addison Mid Century Pottery Trivet, Green and Black miraculous Terrific graphics on this old

Terrific graphics on this old Japanese medicine packet

The image itself was created by Rudolf Falb (1838-1903)

This one is certainly that

I have found a few other handled examples with a similar form

with abstracted bird flying overhead

Walter Addison Mid Century Pottery Trivet, Green and Black miraculous Terrific graphics on this oldI haven't found much on the Walter Addison who made this trivet, except for an auction record for a beautiful ceramic lamp from a Rhode Island estate sold at auction that noted his dates as 1914 1982. I found this and one other, listed separately, together in Connecticut, attributed to him by the seller (the backs are signed simple Addison) and just thought they were lovely. Definitely mid century, with a satisfying matte glaze. I love this one for