Rare Rhead Pottery Santa Barbara Small Vessel, c.1913-1917 sailor dolls The idea of a sit

The idea of a sit down dinner party seems a remote notion as a post these during Corona lockdown

in terms of both painted surface and form (plus they're easy to hang

but this wonderful little carved man has a really nice patina

8 1/4” tall standing

5 3/8" l x 2 1/2" d x 1 1/8" w

Rare Rhead Pottery Santa Barbara Small Vessel, c.1913-1917 sailor dolls The idea of a sitI trusted my eye and gut on this beautiful small matte blue gray glazed vessel, the stamp on the bottom of which I could not quite read when I found it, but which felt like a special thing. Indeed, it is a piece by Frederick Rhead, Rhead Pottery, Santa Barbara, c1913 1917. Frederick Hurten Rhead (18801942) was a ceramicist and a major figure in the Arts and Crafts movement. A native of England, he worked as a potter in the United States for most of