Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces for vanity I am guessing it dates

I am guessing it dates from the 30s

and as much a sculptural object as a functional vessel

but fine enough to invite a close look

is truly extraordinary

Edwin and Mary Scheier Blue Glazed Studio Pottery Dish with Two Faces for vanity I am guessing it datesThis hand thrown small plate dish was created by Mary and Edwin Scheier, a fascinating couple at the vanguard of American studio pottery. Largely self taught and consummately curious, the two met working on a WPA project in Virginia, travelled the country for a period as itinerant puppeteers, worked, studied and started making pottery together in East Tennesee, taught for many years in New Hampshire, and later lived in Oaxaca, studying Oaxacan craft