Mid 20th Century French Glaze Test Plate, Orange-Brun Spectrum pre-columbian mexican casting the bible as "the

casting the bible as "the guide to happiness"--minus one "s"

The ferrule (the wooden head to which the bristles attach) is stained a very dark brown

echoed by the deeply carved lines of the sheet draped over and around her

I really love when objects accrue added resonance over the course of time as result of all sorts of chance factors

Mid 20th Century French Glaze Test Plate, Orange-Brun Spectrum pre-columbian mexican casting the bible as "theI was thrilled to find a mid century Royal Copenhagen glaze test plate in shades of blue this summer and equally thrilled to find this unmarked French one, in autumnal shades of brown and orange, this week in Maine, feeling just right for the season. I've kept an eye out for these for years, and pretty much never come across them; they are scarce things, made for internal use at the studio or factory, to test and serve as reference for the specific