Slab Pottery Plate with Sgraffito Earth Mother and Flowers for the kitchen table silver and pinkish molded ceramic

silver and pinkish molded ceramic vase/planter

With handles on either side

with the popcorn beads ranging from approximately 1 to 1 1/2" in diameter

The leather of the strap closure for the box is somewhat stiff/cracked

Slab Pottery Plate with Sgraffito Earth Mother and Flowers for the kitchen table silver and pinkish molded ceramicOh, how I love this plate! Perhaps it has something to do with being a child of the 70s, but really, I think this is pretty timeless! I assume "Power" is the last name of the artist who made this, but it would also be an apt descriptor for the earth mother depicted, whose fingers seem to be doing double duty as both raindrops and rays of sunlight, coaxing the flowers to grow. The toes of her barefoot seem to have root like properties as well; I'd say