Pottery....

The first 3 pictures are of some beautiful Navajo Pottery I purchased about 11 or more years ago on Ebay.  The shape of the pots, the etched designs, the colors and the obvious skill of the artists drew me enough towards those specific pieces to buy them and want them around.  The taller ones are about 4.5 inches tall.

Every once in a while I stop by Goodwill and Saint Vincent DePaul resale shops in the area to see if there are any interesting lamps or lamps for parts or lamp shades - although I've only found one shade that I liked enough to buy in the past from those stores.  While I am there I usually take a quick look around the rest of the store just to see if anything catches my eye.  At Saint Vincent DePaul about a month ago I saw the small (7 inches tall) - beautiful blue stoneware jug with 6 matching cups - all in perfect condition - pictured above listed for $9.99 and the two Oriental looking cups with bamboo decoration also pictured above - also in perfect condition - for .49 cents each. Like I said they caught my eye and the name on the bottom of the jug seemed familiar - Rudi Stahl.  Got home and did a little hunt and peck on the computer and looks like it is from Rudi Stahl West German Studio Potters and made maybe around 60's or 70's - not sure but looks like worth more than $7.99 - that's right $7.99 - I got 2 bucks off because the color of the price tag was the one discounted that day - so there.  Dang - the price tags on the little Oriental cups weren't on discount - I guess I can live with .98 cents total on those. 

I like the sizes of the pottery - they don't take up a lot of space and are beautiful and interesting in many ways - to me.  Nice to have a little beauty around the eye of the beholder. Or given the size of the jug and cups maybe I'll just take up drinking Sake.