Highly Collectible Scheier Pottery
Early Edwin and Mary Scheier pot, c.1955, glazed stoneware, sgraffito figures and fish, 4 3/4 in. h. by 6 in. dia., $5,313.
Glazed pottery from American husband-and-wife studio pottery pioneers Edwin O. Scheier and Mary Goldsmith Scheier is considered groundbreaking for its decoration and technique. A selection of their stoneware pieces with sgraffito (Italian for “to scratch”) decoration was included in a recent Rago auction in New Jersey. Bidding soared as high as $20,000 for a 22-inch […]