Andersen Design Studio Mid-Century Stoneware Vase with Tree tobacco box 19th century New England/Maine Native

19th century New England/Maine Native American I believe

and it also felt vaguely familiar--and

(The deck's creator

Such a beauty

making them great for sign making

Andersen Design Studio Mid-Century Stoneware Vase with Tree tobacco box 19th century New England/Maine NativeI found this c. 1960s Andersen Design vase not far from where it was made, in East Boothbay, Maine. It's a quintessential example of the work of Weston (1922 2015) and Brenda Andersen, who founded the studio in 1952. To me it feels one part brutalist, one part organic modern, and one part pure Maine! The body, with a bit of a grainy texture, is kind of a stony gray bisque, and the wonderfully branching bare tree an earthy brown. There were a few