Slab Pottery Plate with Sgraffito Earth Mother and Flowers decorated plate this piece was purchased from

this piece was purchased from an estate in Newton

orange and yellow

as he took great care crafting it into a beautiful piece

which may be a bit of white paint

I know that this set dates between 1914-1918

Slab Pottery Plate with Sgraffito Earth Mother and Flowers decorated plate this piece was purchased fromOh, how I love this plate! Perhaps it has something to do with being a child of the 70s, but really, I think this is pretty timeless! I assume "Power" is the last name of the artist who made this, but it would also be an apt descriptor for the earth mother depicted, whose fingers seem to be doing double duty as both raindrops and rays of sunlight, coaxing the flowers to grow. The toes of her barefoot seem to have root like properties as well; I'd say