Beautiful Antique Terra Cotta Vessel with Handle pocket watch hutch and the booklet

and the booklet

composed of thin strips of wood nailed to the face and which appear likely to once have been painted gold

I especially love the double zeros

To my sensibilities

Beautiful Antique Terra Cotta Vessel with Handle pocket watch hutch and the bookletI really don't know much about this pot, which I purchased from artist Richard Fleischner, in whose studio it lived alongside many beautiful old vessels from around the world. I think it is quite an old one, with gorgeous color and surface and utilitarian form, I believe most likely made for cooking. My guess is 19th c. Mediterranean. I'm pricing it just based on its beauty and much under valuing it at that! 9" t x 7 1 2" across at handle x 6 3 8" d;