David Heger Handmade Basket Weave Large Terra Cotta Planter mid-century modern ashtray This black and gold painted

This black and gold painted wooden Art Deco style lidded box

It measures 13 inches tall with a widest diameter of approximately 5

Produced by Royal Copenhagen as part of its Baca series in the late 60s/early 70s

Finely made

from which I removed a National Geographic type photo of a leopard stapled to the back along with a hook

David Heger Handmade Basket Weave Large Terra Cotta Planter mid-century modern ashtray This black and gold paintedI haven't found much information about David Heger, the New York based artist who made and signed this (circa 1970s I believe) pot, but I have discovered a number of other ceramic pieces he made, all of which were created by pressing clay against textured surfaces, most commonly cabbage leaves! This one, with a really terrific, deep and even basketweave texture, is by far my favorite, and I have not found another quite like it. With handles on either