Funky Abstract Hand-painted Ceramic Plate Signed Monk - Larger of Two green frog pitcher Sitting on top of them

Sitting on top of them are a couple of barrel shaped boxes

which read "Patented 1889

I don't think it gets much sweeter than this delicate hand-blown

These two wonderful drinking bowls were made by indigenous Canelos Quichua women in the Oriente (upper Amazonian) region of Ecuador

with a small scratch to the surface of one of one of the lighter swallows

Funky Abstract Hand-painted Ceramic Plate Signed Monk - Larger of Two green frog pitcher Sitting on top of themI don't know much about this huge decorative stoneware plate, which is the larger of two I purchased at a nearby consignment store, but I think it is fabulous. The hand painted design really a drawing on clay reminds me of a map with shape shifting land masses, and I think the polka dot and striped patterns, rendered in purple, peach, and charcoal, are pretty terrific too, The platter measures 15" in diameter and 1 1 4" tall, and is signed Monk on the