Edwin and Mary Scheier - Studio Pottery Vase

Edwin and Mary ScheierStudio Pottery Vasec. 1955Glazed Ceramics with SgraffitoAppx. 6” HEdwin and Mary Scheier were one of those rare couples. Not only partners in life, they worked side by side for decades producing some of the most desirable pottery of the mid 20th Century. They were married during the Great Depression in Tennessee and began experimenting with clay, glazes and techniques at night while they kept their daytime teaching jobs. In 1940 they would move to New Hampshire to lead the University of New Hampshire ceramics program. It was here that they matured as professional artists and would develop a style uniquely “Scheier”. With influences ranging from early Tennessee potters to modern painters such as Paul Klee and Pablo Picasso, the Scheiers would win awards in many high profile national juried exhibitions and in 1956 the couple won the coveted Medal of Award from the Society of Art and Crafts of Boston. The work on offer here is a classic example. Mary would often thro