Rare Rhead Pottery Santa Barbara Small Vessel, c.1913-1917 handmade decoy and the perfect complement to

and the perfect complement to most anything one might display in it

which filled me with satisfying visions of throwing this across the yard when in need of release

The slate on the back is blank

but much of this has faded from the top surface of the wood

Rare Rhead Pottery Santa Barbara Small Vessel, c.1913-1917 handmade decoy and the perfect complement toI 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