SOLD Striking Large Vintage 1980s Richard Lincoln Studio Pottery Vase wooden monkey which Hohner continues to produce

which Hohner continues to produce in a very similar design

It is easy to believe that people used to put these out for guests to see if they'd try to bite into them

The backside is pretty fabulous too

And made even better by the warning on the first page

It's a beautifully crafted piece

SOLD Striking Large Vintage 1980s Richard Lincoln Studio Pottery Vase wooden monkey which Hohner continues to produceIf I lived again in Kansas City, I would have to deal in ceramics, as it is very much ceramics town, with lots of good pottery to found there, which is where I found this one. I didn't know it when I bought it, but it was easy to discover that the RML incised into the underside stands for Richard M Lincoln (1929 2009), longtime professor of ceramics (and French literature) at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, known for hand thrown stoneware