Funky, Folky 1970s Swirl Clay Planter pink flowers while sharing qualities of post

while sharing qualities of post mortem daguerreotypes

and I think they likely date to the 19th century

and I believe the somewhat shiny black paper ground is original to it

Wonderful much handled antique condition

Great color and detail

Funky, Folky 1970s Swirl Clay Planter pink flowers while sharing qualities of postSuper 1970s but also to my eye rather transcendent; this feels to me as much like a piece of end of day pottery (or slag glass) vessel as it does something made for market, though I believe it was produced by Ron Allen Comanche Pottery (Comanche, Texas, also with production in Oxford, Mississippi and Lumberton, North Carolina.) Since finding this one I've turned up images of a few others the forms, with what look to me like applied ribs (a clever nod