Metallic Black Pottery Plate with Painterly Bull, attributed to Marc Hansen 1917 carving Each measures 12 3/8" tall

Each measures 12 3/8" tall x 4" wide x 2" deep without candles

Surely it was made to hold something specific

(I have seen a couple of other examples in this glaze

in black and blue against bright white and covering nearly every inch of it

once on the exterior and once on the interior appears a larger figure on the lower half

Metallic Black Pottery Plate with Painterly Bull, attributed to Marc Hansen 1917 carving Each measures 12 3/8" tallI'm listing this wonderful studio pottery plate just as 2019 comes to an end, which seems exactly right: "bull_" might characterize a lot about our times, but I see this particular bull as a symbol of fortitude and perseverance, charging forward with strength and resilience into the new decade! And what a terrific bull it is, like a watercolor painting rendered in inky shades of mossy green and brown and cream, which pops against the metallic black