Condition: Our photographs reveal the condition best -- please enlarge and zoom in on them, and examine them carefully. Very clean and fresh piece, with no chips, cracks, or crazing. Textured glaze has expected and desirable surface variations intended by the potter. There are rub marks that cannot be felt, and can only be seen at certain angles in direct light, going around the interior of the bowl at the center that are consistent with another bowl's having been set within it, as in the way graduated mixing bowls are stacked. Can't be felt, so they're not scratches, and they don't go all the way around, just in sections, so we can't say for certain what their cause is, or whether they are a maker's flaw, a flaw from use, or even a flaw at all. See photo with arrows highlighting this. Beautiful piece, certain to go up in value as Arnow's works become more collectible and less scarce, and a fine example of her textured glaze work.
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We consider funky odors (cigarette smoke, mildew, etc) to be an important part of a condition report. Corndogcache is a 100% non-smoking environment, and we'll let you know if any of our vintage items smell like it (or anything else) from activities they may have been involved in before they came to us.