Hand-Thrown and Sculpted Studio Pottery Hanging Stoneware Planter With Female Face baby gift 75 inches tall

75 inches tall

on which there is some loss of lacquer on the backside in one corner

I am guessing mid 19th century

This striking gold and black round lacquer one

Though largely self taught

Hand-Thrown and Sculpted Studio Pottery Hanging Stoneware Planter With Female Face baby gift 75 inches tallI picture ivy streaming down the sides of this marvelous hand thrown and sculpted stoneware planter as it hangs from a high hook in a plant filled sunroom. Vintage 1970s I would guess, perhaps one should wear a caftan while watering to complete the scene! It certainly puts me in that sort of an earth goddess y mood, which suggests perhaps she is actually better used for growing herbs to complete dishes gleaned from Moosewood or my favorite, the