Beautiful Black Glazed Lidded Stoneware Studio Pottery Vessel pieced pin cushion 5" x 7 3/4" x

5" x 7 3/4" x 3/4"

with one small rough spot along the right lower edge

and then on the last page a woman with black cat at hear feet marking 1876 as a leap year as “A Ray of Hope

and with maximum energy given to carving his heeled boots

Beautiful Black Glazed Lidded Stoneware Studio Pottery Vessel pieced pin cushion 5" x 7 3/4" xJust a beautifully crafted, elegant hand thrown lidded pot, which could be used for cooking and serving, or storing odds and ends, or just for display. I think the combination of charcoal black glaze with soft green around the rim of the vessel and lid and on the lid's center handle is just perfect, and together with the form gives it a bit of an Asian feel, though I believe it is American, signed (incised) PAT on the underside. Very nice. 7 3 8"