Large Mid-Century Matte Black Italian Ceramic Planter storage container The magazine was best known

The magazine was best known for the hand-tinted fashion plate that appeared at the start of each issue

architect and librarian who worked at the MIT art and architecture library

I think it’s quite a beauty of a jewelry box

who Immigrated to Canada in 1954 and was based in Quebec

Large Mid-Century Matte Black Italian Ceramic Planter storage container The magazine was best knownThis planter has about the most beautiful form I can imagine, with wide bowl rising gracefully from cylindrical body, making for a truly stunning silhouette. Glazed matte black, it bears a strong resemblance to Californian Architectural Pottery pieces from the 1950s and 1960s, and also a fair resemblance to some pieces designed by Ettore Sottsass for Bitossi, but I have not found its exact match. It is signed 683 Italy in yellow orange on the bottom.