Large Grueby Lotus Tile Bitossi Earthenware pottery with two handles

Earthenware pottery with two handles attached at the collared neck

It comes with a fitted wire hanger to facilitate displaying this on your wall

From the series "Country Life" it shows a woman picking fruit with a young girl while in a fantasy garden where hollyhocks and daffodils bloom at the same time fruit ripens

The corrugated  lower lip would be used as a striker

attributed to Cambridge Tile of Ohio c

Large Grueby Lotus Tile Bitossi Earthenware pottery with two handlesThis large Grueby Pottery tile has a molded image of a lotus flower in ivory white with bands of mustard on the top and bottom. Both are nicely curdled. Measures 9" tall and 8" wide. It is 1" thick and is made from a white faience clay. Mid period production around 1910. Excellent condition