Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces shield made for holding a drink

made for holding a drink while mounted on horseback

Photographs do not do justice to this wonderful little bronze rabbit shaped trinket box

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I would be reluctant to actually use these as plates

Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces shield made for holding a drinkThis hand thrown small plate dish was created by Mary and Edwin Scheier, a fascinating couple at the vanguard of American studio pottery. Largely self taught and consummately curious, the two met working on a WPA project in Virginia, travelled the country for a period as itinerant puppeteers, worked, studied and started making pottery together in East Tennesee, taught for many years in New Hampshire, and later lived in Oaxaca, studying Oaxacan craft