Gerson Bahia Brazilian Silver and Rose Quartz Toucan, Signed huge stoneware bowl substantial

substantial

and the overall effect it creates of glimpsing into a private world

and a super useful one

who had a great collection of mid-century and contemporary art and design objects

though I have not found another like it

Gerson Bahia Brazilian Silver and Rose Quartz Toucan, Signed huge stoneware bowl substantialQuite a special and precious little bird this is! I have found a number of other examples of vintage pieces made by Gerson, a jewelry designer from Bahia, Brazil, including a few birds of this scale that similarly incorporate stones but none quite as finely detailed as this one. In addition, most others that I have found are stamped on the bottom, rather than signed like this one. As such I think this may be a relative early piece; I have found one