Beautiful Old Blue Oil Can cracker Everything about this lovely stoneware

Everything about this lovely stoneware bowl makes me believe it is a piece by highly collectible mid-century studio potter Frank C

Smallest approx 1 7/16" l x 1 1/16" t

which made some good ones

2 1/4" tall x 1 3/4" wide and deep the figure himself measures 1 1/2" tall

I've learned the checkerboard pattern was created using an engine-turning lathe

Beautiful Old Blue Oil Can cracker Everything about this lovely stonewareI've never paid much attention to oil cans, but I have of late been paying a lot of attention to found color, especially on old metal things (I've included a photo of an arrangement of this and a couple of other recent finds that I just love together), and the blue on this just struck me as super beautiful, and it as really quite a lovely sculptural object altogether. 7 1 2" x 3 7 8" x 3" in diameter. Very good condition, lid screws off easily,