Faceted Studio Pottery Vase with Light Blue Animals by Jeffrey Lipton color drawing More popular and of enduring

More popular and of enduring renown in the realm of dolls constructed of walnuts are Loveleigh Novelty dolls made by Itura Rosalein Colley Leigh

though I am uncertain of its age

or it would certainly make for a very elegant way to seal a big bag of potato chips

faintly speckled lower half rather reminds one of a robin's egg

I have not found a signature on it

Faceted Studio Pottery Vase with Light Blue Animals by Jeffrey Lipton color drawing More popular and of enduringSuch a curious vase, and I think quite a charming one, with these highly stylized stacked animals on opposite sides rendered in matte baby blue. Hand thrown then trimmed and I believe salt fired, the stoneware vessel itself feels Japanese, but then this giraffe, pig, bird, and I'm not sure what (!) turn it into something else entirely! I've just learned this piece is a quintessential example of the recent work of Bowdoinham, Maine based ceramicist