Item 11725
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Rare "Rocket Ship" Lidded Jar Signed by the Noted Potter, Everette Busbee.
 
Everette Busbee (1943-2020) was a Renaissance man with degrees in English, zoology, art, and ceramics.  He was most active in making pottery in the mid-to-late 1980's. He is known for wood-fired stoneware and low-fired earthenware.  His pottery is found in both simple earth tones and in brightly colored pieces inspired by Spanish pottery of the Renaissance.  His pottery is found in the New Orleans Museum of Art; Gardiner Museum, Toronto; Scripps College, Claremont, CA; Nora Eccles Harrison Museum  of Art, Logan, UT; San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, TX; and the Kamm Teapot Foundation, Statesville, NC.  
 
For more on his works, see www.themarksproject.org/marks/busbee.  
 
This beauty recently emerged from a very long time in storage.  This jar has a mid-century modern futuristic look.  Bold exagerrated lines.  It is signed on the bottom by the potter.  Stands 11 1/2" tall to the top of the finial. 
 
Excellent Condition. A 1/4" flake on one handle as shown.  Otherwise, as made.  
 
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