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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10173699, member: 76316"]My ambient light is poor this time of year; the color in pics 5 & 6 is closest to accurate. It's 5 1/2" high, ~2 1/4 rim diameter, 3 1/2" foot diameter; weight is ~11 1/8 oz. Pic 7 shows some chipping at the foot, adjacent the base of the handle. The leaves are <i>maybe</i> nasturtium, but the lone blossom defies my meager floral understanding. In pic 1, between 2 stems, are what may be a pair of the numeral two...izzit an intentional mark, or simply a flourish? It doesn't appear to be slip-cast...I think it's thrown, mostly based on the interior bottom. The foot-rim has been nicely ground.</p><p>Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]508862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508863[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508864[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508865[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508868[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10173699, member: 76316"]My ambient light is poor this time of year; the color in pics 5 & 6 is closest to accurate. It's 5 1/2" high, ~2 1/4 rim diameter, 3 1/2" foot diameter; weight is ~11 1/8 oz. Pic 7 shows some chipping at the foot, adjacent the base of the handle. The leaves are [I]maybe[/I] nasturtium, but the lone blossom defies my meager floral understanding. In pic 1, between 2 stems, are what may be a pair of the numeral two...izzit an intentional mark, or simply a flourish? It doesn't appear to be slip-cast...I think it's thrown, mostly based on the interior bottom. The foot-rim has been nicely ground. Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]508862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508863[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508864[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508865[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508868[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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