Scarce and Notable Richard Saar Mid-Century Cigarette Box with Figural Tray Top pale purple 1880s British

1880s British

All blank on reverse

please indicate at checkout which you would like)--though I think they are quite wonderful as a pair

with an embossed frame

And then those great trees and islands in the background

Scarce and Notable Richard Saar Mid-Century Cigarette Box with Figural Tray Top pale purple 1880s BritishThough this struck me as vaguely familiar when I found it, and very clearly mid century, I didn't know about Richard Saar and Saar Ceramics but am very happy to now, including to know that Saar was the husband of artist Betye Saar and father of Alison and Lezley! Launched in Lawndale, California and soon relocated to a small Quonset hut in El Segundo, Saar Ceramics studio operated from 1949 to 1962 producing tableware, tiles, and figural sculptures