Willis Hutchinson 1883 Pair of Maps of Home Town + Note spotted The lid features a seam

The lid features a seam of three nails at the overlap and 4 large and 2 small nails around the perimeter

This stoneware vase was hand thrown then pressed on four sides to give it a faceted yet still very organic form

10 1/4" x 11 1/8" x 5 3/8" tall

4" tall x 3 1/2" wide x 1 3/4" deep and in good shape

font and fabulous burlap cover

Willis Hutchinson 1883 Pair of Maps of Home Town + Note spotted The lid features a seamThis pair one a map of "the block," the other a note with map of town on the back indicating the location of "our house" should the recipient of the note want to come "surprise us" I found along with a small sketchbook by a Willis Hutchinson, dated 1883 84, filled with drawings of people and houses and animals and ships and all sorts of other little things. Based on the names of streets and their configuration here, I believe our Willis likely lived