Beautiful Antique Terra Cotta Vessel with Handle glass lantern slide box The background is a pale

The background is a pale aqua

Each one is unique and they stack snugly inside their fantastically detailed box— depicting a woman in a dazzling interior

but I think they were stored in a basement for some time where there was some moisture as there is a little mildew here and there showing against the black paper inside the slides

both in good condition

Beautiful Antique Terra Cotta Vessel with Handle glass lantern slide box The background is a paleI really don't know much about this pot, which I purchased from artist Richard Fleischner, in whose studio it lived alongside many beautiful old vessels from around the world. I think it is quite an old one, with gorgeous color and surface and utilitarian form, I believe most likely made for cooking. My guess is 19th c. Mediterranean. I'm pricing it just based on its beauty and much under valuing it at that! 9" t x 7 1 2" across at handle x 6 3 8" d;