FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A VERY BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL GLOSSY GLAZED BOWL BY F. CARLTON BALL (1911 - 1992) AND HIS WIFE MARY ANN BALL IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.  MARY ANN MADE THE BOWL AND MR. BALL CREATED THE DESIGN, GLAZED AND FIRED IT.  AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF A STYLIZED FLOWER AND IS VERY CHEERFUL.  I CAN JUST IMAGINE SOME SAUSAGE AND SCRAMBLED EGGS FOR BREAKFAST IN THIS BOWL.  IT IS A NICE UTILITARIAN SIZE AT 9 1/4 INCHES IN LENGTH BY 1 1/2 INCHES DEEP.  F. C. BALL WAS ONE OF THE POWERHOUSES OF 20TH CENTURY POTTERY AND WORKED WITH MANY OF THE TOP POTTERS FROM THAT TIME PERIOD.  MARY ANN BALL WAS ALSO A WELL RECOGNIZED POTTER IN THE MID 20TH CENTURY.   MR. BALL  ASSISTED MARGUERITE WILDENHAIN IN ESTABLISHING HER SCHOOL OF CERAMIC DESIGN, POND FARM, IN GUERNEVILLE, CALIFORNIA .  HE IS REPRESENTED IN MANY MUSEUMS INCLUDING THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM.  IT IS SIGNED ON THE BASE 'F.C. + MA  BALL' IN INK.  THE LETTERING STYLE SUGGESTS THE 'F.C.' AND 'BALL' WERE DONE BY BALL AND THE 'MA' WAS DONE BY MARY ANN.  AN INTERESTING DETAIL THAT THE SIGNATURE IS ALSO COLLABORATIVE!  THIS PIECE CAME FROM THE SALE OF HIS ESTATE.   (I HAVE INCLUDED SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF OTHER WORK I HAVE LISTED WHICH INCLUDES SOME VERY SPECIAL COLLABORATIVE PIECES WITH AARON BOHROD FROM THE 1950'S. )   (B - 77) (Bowl #3 of 3)