Maurice A.Knight Company Huge Stoneware Funnel vintage stacking blocks and I believe it is

and I believe it is strips of some sort of plastic that run along its spine

Very sweet

but would likely be most inclined to treat it like a lovely box and set it somewhere to be admired

and a few bumps in the glaze original to its making

He's definitely old

Maurice A.Knight Company Huge Stoneware Funnel vintage stacking blocks and I believe it isI love this thing! Such a beautiful form, with a gorgeous warm brown glaze and just looking at it makes me want to do something industrious. Though I am not entirely certain what that might be, I imagine there is someone out there who really needs this! It was handmade by the Maurice A. Knight Company in Akron, Ohio, which pioneered the development of corrosion proof materials for the chemical industry in the U. S. previously reliant on chemical