Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces three-drawer cabinet created more than a hundred

created more than a hundred years prior (in 1898

The lid is attached with hinges and opens with ease

it was purchased from an estate in Littleton

vividly colored pattern in red

Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces three-drawer cabinet created more than a hundredThis hand thrown small plate dish was created by Mary and Edwin Scheier, a fascinating couple at the vanguard of American studio pottery. Largely self taught and consummately curious, the two met working on a WPA project in Virginia, travelled the country for a period as itinerant puppeteers, worked, studied and started making pottery together in East Tennesee, taught for many years in New Hampshire, and later lived in Oaxaca, studying Oaxacan craft