Lovely Matte Green Glazed Early Zanesville Arts and Crafts Vase heart-shaped box Such a wonderful little curiosity

Such a wonderful little curiosity

but I must say I have fallen in love with it and so with her too

looking fabulous holding down a pile of papers while just waiting to be picked up and held in your hand

The hand-carved stopper turns the winder inside

Lovely Matte Green Glazed Early Zanesville Arts and Crafts Vase heart-shaped box Such a wonderful little curiosityNo matter how many I buy and sell, a matte green glazed Arts and Crafts vessel will always draw me like a magnet, and I'll never resist them if I can afford them (which is, sadly, not that often the case!) This one, with yellow clay exposed on the bottom, is Zanesville, from Ohio, 1910 20, and I believe was called a "Floral Elephant Leg Vase" (#11). Pieces like this were made using molds, which softened eroded with use, so that decorative surface