1977 Signed Studio Pottery Green Apple (of my eye) Box antique notebook painting both in and of itself

both in and of itself as a stunning photograph

gradually widening handles

with awesome incised Egyptian-inspired drawings

as the carver's abilities--and endurance-increased

Clearly these are coal miners having emerged from the deep in the mine

1977 Signed Studio Pottery Green Apple (of my eye) Box antique notebook painting both in and of itselfSuper lovely. I love an apple in any form, but especially a green one, and even better as a vessel. Surely nodding to old Japanese turned and painted wooden ones, which often held games inside, this one is a studio pottery work, signed on the underside and dated 1977. The green is almost a celadon, with tiny dark flecks just like the on the skin of the fruit, and pure white inside, like the flesh of a crisp one. 3" t x 3 1 4" x 3 1 2" and in very good