Gerson Bahia Brazilian Silver and Rose Quartz Toucan, Signed huge stoneware bowl toddler to 12 yr old

toddler to 12 yr old

and the overall effect it creates of glimpsing into a private world

such that I would likely just find a good place to display it--and turn it around occasionally to get a different view

though I have not found another like it

I believe it dates to the 1940s or so

Gerson Bahia Brazilian Silver and Rose Quartz Toucan, Signed huge stoneware bowl toddler to 12 yr oldQuite a special and precious little bird this is! I have found a number of other examples of vintage pieces made by Gerson, a jewelry designer from Bahia, Brazil, including a few birds of this scale that similarly incorporate stones but none quite as finely detailed as this one. In addition, most others that I have found are stamped on the bottom, rather than signed like this one. As such I think this may be a relative early piece; I have found one