Mary and Edwin Scheier c. 1940s Signed Pottery Mug antique glass plate negative I just love its immediacy

I just love its immediacy and directness and the relative crudeness of her fantastic profile

and have been especially loving ones that capture late 19th/very early 20th century domestic interiors in great detail

freeing up their hands for sewing or trimming the leather

including perhaps near or in front of a window

almost like a mini Donald Judd

Mary and Edwin Scheier c. 1940s Signed Pottery Mug antique glass plate negative I just love its immediacyVery rare for me to come across a piece by Mary and Edwin Scheier that is within my reach, but this weekend in Maine I stumbled across a small bowl, listed separately, and this single mug, both in mint condition, and both I believe from the period during which they were teaching at the University of New Hampshire. Based on the signature on the underside of this mug, I know this is an early piece, dating to the 1940s I am pretty certain. As I believe