Mid-Century Studio Pottery Bowl with Radial Design, Presumed Frank Mann ceramic jar with pipe That key is long gone

That key is long gone

with its original chain attached to boot

Retrospective exhibitions of his work have been presented in Dublin

almost rocky variegated exterior dramatically contrasting with silky smooth

NC-headquartered tobacco company (Chesterfields

Mid-Century Studio Pottery Bowl with Radial Design, Presumed Frank Mann ceramic jar with pipe That key is long goneEverything about this lovely stoneware bowl makes me believe it is a piece by highly collectible mid century studio potter Frank C. Mann of Vermont, 1950s 60s, though it appears to be unsigned. The shape, the super smooth surface, the matte white slip glaze, and the painterly, bold blue black and green star like decoration all of it exactly matches Mann's other work (including another bowl I had in the shop), so I feel pretty confident of the