Large Handthrown Stoneware Jar with Blue and White Glazing vintage African basket This is a gorgeous vintage

This is a gorgeous vintage handmade pine wood box—I believe technically a knife or utensil box

and their pride in their work evident in the initials they carefully carved into the bottom of each one

and he looks like quite a wise man

I imagine used by technicians working for the telephone company

The wooden box shows some loss of veneer along the top edge

Large Handthrown Stoneware Jar with Blue and White Glazing vintage African basket This is a gorgeous vintageI just love how earthy and rustic this large hand thrown stoneware jar is great for holding a big hearty bunch of wildflowers, grasses, or flowering branches. Its shape is that of a ginger jar, and I expected it to be Asian, but turned it upside down to find the name Garland incised on the bottom. It feels pretty old and is wonderfully rough hewn, with irregularities and some unevenness in the crusty white glaze, including a few small patches where