Wonderful Signed Studio Pottery Pitcher with Interesting Mottled Glaze woven basket as was the artist

as was the artist

Made it in Africa I believe and probably at least a few decades old

I used a dry q-tip to get most of the dust off

Leaned lightly against something

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Wonderful Signed Studio Pottery Pitcher with Interesting Mottled Glaze woven basket as was the artistI think photos don't quite do justice to this one; it's really a beauty! I love a good pitcher, and this is to my sensibilities a perfect one great form, great weight, a joy to hold and pour from, and with this beautiful, interesting mottled glazing, which makes it feel as if it might have been around forever, but also feels really fresh. Handthrown of stoneware, it is signed (incised) on the bottom with what looks like "Joan", but I haven't been able