Mid-C Zanesville Ribbed Stoneware Planter bowling pin paperweight or lovely as a vase

or lovely as a vase

and definitely more or less industructible

The pegs I believe are bone

with lush cobalt blue hand-painted ginkgo leaf design over white glaze

Mid-C Zanesville Ribbed Stoneware Planter bowling pin paperweight or lovely as a vaseI've had several of these c. 1940s 50s ribbed Zanesville pieces over time, both tall columnar vases and planters like this one, which I'll never pass one by as I think they're pretty hard to beat. The stoneware form itself is loaded with texture and irregularities, amplified and augmented by the drips and bubbles of the white slip. Earthy, modern, and super useful. Approx 6 1 2" in diameter x 4 5 8" t. Plenty of imperfections native to the piece,