Fabulous Antique Darner with Painted Face mohair teddy bear This is the second large

This is the second large blue and white glazed stoneware pitcher with big

A little paint loss along the left edge in addition to stains along the right edge and over the water

but overall good condition with no notable dings or other issues

I've never forgotten it as an example of just the sort of mid century studio pottery I love

I also really like the  make shift quality of the set up

Fabulous Antique Darner with Painted Face mohair teddy bear This is the second largeI think the face painted long ago on this old darner is just fantastic feeling as if hovering in a sort of liminal zone between person and ghost, male and female, happy and sad, etc. And that marvelous old creamy white paint, with a bit of red on the cheeks, with what looks to be a fingerprint preserved for posterity in the dab at right. To my eye just a fabulous thing in all regards, which made my heart skip a beat when I spotted it an instant sense