Fantastically Beautiful Primitive Footed Metal Sieve or Cooker us embossing co or a tool-maker

or a tool-maker

not sticky or shedding

Both bowl and lid were hand-thrown

and signed C

Fantastically Beautiful Primitive Footed Metal Sieve or Cooker us embossing co or a tool-makerAnother stunner of a sculptural (and painterly) object I acquired from the collection of artist Richard Fleischner, and I think perhaps my favorite of all. I believe he found it in Kosovo, which I think lends it added resonance, appearing to having endured quite a lot itself. It seems possible it was used as a sieve for some sort of prospecting, but I believe now, based on a comment from one of you, that it was likely used for cooking a primitive sort