Painted Plaster Ribeye Steak! 1950s liquor bottle Just a terrific hand thrown

Just a terrific hand thrown bud vase--elegant

and I imagine it may indeed have been done as an illustration for a book or publication about sea creatures

just because I thought the lettered cards were great looking

but that might be my guess

and and a large collection of work by Alexander Calder

Painted Plaster Ribeye Steak! 1950s liquor bottle Just a terrific hand thrownI'm not much of a meat eater, but no way could I resist this faux ribeye, I believe made for butcher shop display maybe in the 1950s or 60s. The sprayed on red is almost surreal (making me think they used the same red to paint a faux cherry pie!) and the whole thing is just the right amount of weird to make it a perfect sculpture with infinite interesting possibilities for display and grouping with other things. 8 3 4" l x 6 1 2" t x 3 7 8" d. It