Early Bennington Potters Turquoise Glazed Snack Plate & Mug Set, Signed David Gil footed bowl historic time capsules

historic time capsules

I found a life-long domino collector deaccessioning some cards so scooped up a few different decks

and I would guess at San Vitale as well

his focus was on the Redwood forests and hills

There are small chips to the surface here and there

Early Bennington Potters Turquoise Glazed Snack Plate & Mug Set, Signed David Gil footed bowl historic time capsulesThis is a terrific turquoise glazed Bennington Potters mug and snack plate set, I think never used, which feels to me super 1950s and very contemporary at once. David Gil founded Bennington Potters in Bennington, Vermont, in 1948 with original name of Cooperative Design, which is how the plates are marked, and I know they date to between 1952 54. They are signed by Gil. The "trigger mugs," date just little later I believe; three of the four are also