Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces for vanity and as much a sculptural

and as much a sculptural object as a functional vessel

but fine enough to invite a close look

My mother is a master estate sale navigator and treasure finder

I found her at the estate sale of an architect in Amesbury

with the glazing thick and drippy in areas

Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces for vanity and as much a sculpturalThis 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