A unique planter for indoor or outdoor plants. Hand-thrown on the wheel. Features three (3) small drain holes in planter.
Planter measures 9"dia. x almost 9.75"h with inside diameter 9" at top of planter.
Floating Basin measures 7"dia x 1.5"h.
Planter height is 8.75" when placed inside basin.
Please Note: What appear to be white spots on the surface are reflections from photo lighting.
Patina Green
The Patina Green Glaze was first developed by Ben III, in the early 1990s while in college at East Carolina, as a glossy forest green made from the pigment copper. When testing the glaze in the wood kilns back home at the family pottery, the results were strikingly different with many variations of color and surface. If fired in the wood kiln with no salt added to the firing, the color will be a darker green with small crystals on the surface. If finished in a wood and salt firing, the salt will brighten the color and create more blue-green hues with random small crystals on the surface.
Ben Owen Pottery Collection
You can find the traditional forms and shapes of Ben Owen Sr. pottery wares in The Ben Owen Pottery Collection. This line highlights shapes and forms made in a traditional Owen style of the early 1900’s folk pottery of North Carolina as well as influences from Asia. This traditional collection has been continued by several potters who have worked at Ben Owen Pottery since the 1960’s.
This piece is stamped "Ben Owen Pottery" with initials hand-signed "SB".