Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces shield believed to have been designed

believed to have been designed by Cari Zalloni

with an additional 3 inches of  fringe on either end

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It features an interior lid as well

made for holding a drink while mounted on horseback

Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces shield believed to have been designedThis 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