Andersen Design Mid-Century Tall Elliptical Vase with Tree hand-decorated --old Indian cast bronze Dhorka

--old Indian cast bronze Dhorka box (the second of two in the shop

most visible on the underside of the rims

And then this curly wool hair--or maybe meant to be a cap

but also just set somewhere

which is much of what makes it so lovely

Andersen Design Mid-Century Tall Elliptical Vase with Tree hand-decorated --old Indian cast bronze DhorkaThis striking vase is a quintessential example of the mid century work of Andersen Design Studio, a pottery studio in East Boothbay, Maine founded by the late Weston (1922 2015) and Brenda Andersen in 1952. I really love the sensibilities this piece brings together: one part Brutalist, one part Organic Modern, and one part pure Maine! The body, with a bit of a grainy texture, is kind of a stony gray bisque, and the wonderfully branching bare tree an