Early Zanesville Matte Blue Glazed Yellow Clay Low Bowl / Bulb Planter German american they have a darker stain

they have a darker stain starting about a third of the way down the handles

one assumes the bottles and the labels are a hundred years old or so

as a character from  the town of Hamelin in Germany

surely causing all doors to open before you

I just picked up six of these brilliantly colorful pattern paintings on lightweight board and think they are just gorgeous

Early Zanesville Matte Blue Glazed Yellow Clay Low Bowl / Bulb Planter German american they have a darker stainThis bowl combines one of my very favorite shapes and a the best matte, slightly mottled cornflower blue glaze, adding up to a pretty perfect thing. The yellow clay bottom points to it being from Ohio, and with a little research I confirmed it is early Zanesville, c. 1910s, and a pretty rare one. Great for filling with favorite rocks, or planting with a few narcissus bulbs for the holidays. So pretty. 6 5 8" in diameter and 2 1 2" tall. There in one