Sculptural 1975 Signed Stoneware Studio Pottery Box ochre with a little roughness to

with a little roughness to the wood around the left ear and a faint dark line running horizontally along the back

I'd think he dates to the early 20th century

NY--perhaps its maker

whose got a head that cocks 90 degrees to one side too

rather it seems sort of miraculously melded to the metal

Sculptural 1975 Signed Stoneware Studio Pottery Box ochre with a little roughness toThe fit between the top and bottom on this 1975 studio pottery stoneware box is not 100% perfect, but it is pretty close, and I really love how the shape of the lid, with two "arms" of sorts, interlocks with the lower half. I love the glazing too, almost evoking a face, but feeling brutalist, too, and with unglazed triangle across the front aligning top and bottom. Found in Vermont, and signed, but I can't quite discern the signature. 3 3 8" t x 3 1