Stunning Large Crateresque Vessel, Presumed Emily Rossheim cows with horns Gilt brass with black enamel

Gilt brass with black enamel

the largest "charm" is about 3 1/4" long

but I might think it's a robed monk (

That key is long gone

Stunning Large Crateresque Vessel, Presumed Emily Rossheim cows with horns Gilt brass with black enamelThis one took my breath away when I found it, to my eye just stunning looking completely at home in the context I spotted it, arranged among ancient pots, and as if it might have just been dug out of the ground, though maybe ion another planet! Signed ER on the underside, I believe it is the work of Emily Rossheim, a much renowned, Vermont based contemporary studio ceramicist widely known for slab built vessels of a similar form but typically finished