I admit, I had never heard the name before last week.  Then I did some reading and felt like an idiot – he’s considered one of the most prolific American art-deco ceramic sculptors of the early twentieth century.  In 1941, the New York Times wrote that he was a “genius in his field.” You can read more about him here and here. The point is that his (I believe) great-nephew is reissuing pieces from the archive and, frankly, they rock. Here’s a preview:

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