Phil Sellers River Hill Pottery Huge Basket Weave Pottery Platter unique qifts hinged box

hinged box

Just a charming little vintage trinket box made of paper mache in the shape of a turtle and lacquered in gold and black

There are some unique attributes to the baskets of each tribe

I believe it was sculpted by hand and is signed on the bottom with what appears to read "THacaring" or similar

I believe a basket like this would have been made for the transport of goods

Phil Sellers River Hill Pottery Huge Basket Weave Pottery Platter unique qifts hinged boxThis huge basketweave pottery bowl or platter is I think the perfect thing to place on a entryway table or on the kitchen counter as a catchall for all sorts of things, but would also come in very handy at a big dinner party piled with chunks of good bread! It was made and signed, 2010, by Phil Sellers, who with his wife Gail own and operate River Hill Pottery, located in an old cotton mill in North Adams, MA. The couple met while attending the Kansas