Michael Lambert "Java Jig" Black Glazed Porcelain Sugar Bowl antique Indian box glossy surface and turns black

glossy surface and turns black on exposure to air

but it bears a strong resemblance to many antique Turkish embroidered textiles I have found

and 100% wool

This handwoven scarf

Michael Lambert "Java Jig" Black Glazed Porcelain Sugar Bowl antique Indian box glossy surface and turns blackI love how this 1980s Java Jig porcelain sugar bowl by California ceramicist Michael Lambert (b. 1967) manages to feel totally cartoonish (I keep thinking it is actually going to start signing and dancing) but also pretty classy. Lambert who studied at College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and the Richmond Art Center, then opened his own studio in 1976 in Santa Cruz created several different series of "dancing" coffee pots, sugar bowls and creamers in