Australian pottery bowl

Australian pottery bowl

This is a very stylish Australian pottery bowl in terracotta with a lid. It has intricate glaze around the lid. The inside has also been glazes in a white glaze. It is thought to be by an artist in the Adelaide Hills but I have been unable to confirm who the maker is.

Ceramic Phrenology head

Ceramic Phrenology head

American brothers Lorenzo Niles Fowler (1811–1896) and Orson Squire Fowler (1809–1887) were leading phrenologists of their time. Orson, with associates Samuel Robert Wells and Nelson Sizer, ran the phrenological publishing house Fowlers & Wells in New York City. Lorenzo in England initiated the famous phrenological publishing house L. N. Fowler & Co. and gained considerable […]