Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher design object On a recent antiquing expedition

On a recent antiquing expedition to Maine I became pretty obsessed with old wooden spoons and paddles

I'd guess this large hand-thrown vase dates to the 1960s or early 70s

it’s truly the perfect thing for holding budding branches in the spring

I've been loving lots of trompe l'oeil tree bark looking things

most others that I have found are stamped on the bottom

Blue Brown Mid-Century Stoneware Pottery Pitcher design object On a recent antiquing expeditionI'm a huge fan of the pitcher as a form (plus a pretty pitcher can always double as a vase), and to my eye this stoneware pitcher is about as lovely as they come. Beautifully thrown, with a perfectly formed slab handle, terrific checkerboard texture around its upper half, and nuanced blue glazing through which the brown clay body shows, it really elevates anything you might put in it, and near it! Nice and weighty, it feels terrific in the hand, too.