David Heger Handmade Basket Weave Large Terra Cotta Planter mid-century modern ashtray This black and gold painted

This black and gold painted wooden Art Deco style lidded box

the cup is in good condition

and rear of the back

Finely made

1929)  a Lowell-based painter and illustrator

David Heger Handmade Basket Weave Large Terra Cotta Planter mid-century modern ashtray This black and gold paintedI haven't found much information about David Heger, the New York based artist who made and signed this (circa 1970s I believe) pot, but I have discovered a number of other ceramic pieces he made, all of which were created by pressing clay against textured surfaces, most commonly cabbage leaves! This one, with a really terrific, deep and even basketweave texture, is by far my favorite, and I have not found another quite like it. With handles on either