Hand Painted Pottery by Nan Hamilton in Boston MA

Welcome to the West Wing 2005

Below you'll find pots sold at the Mudville Show held May 7, 2006.


Pig Bowl

Pigs Pigs

The pigs inside this quiet beige bowl are hoping you'll notice it's empty. Fill it up and give them something to eat! This stoneware bowl is 5 1/4" wide and 2 1/2" high. This pot sold for $125.


Porcelain Fish Bowl

Fish Fish

This bowl contains an imaginary tropical sea where brilliant color is everywhere and no two fish are alike. This porcelain bowl is 4 3/4" wide and 2 1/4" high. This pot sold for $250.


Pelican Platter

Pelican Pelican

This pelican lives in a zoo in Boston but you can imagine him floating with the others in the waters of a tropical sea. This porcelain platter is 11 1/2" wide and 1 1/2" high. This pot sold for $500.


Onion Platter

Onions Onions

Who could imagine cooking without a selection of onions on the counter? Red or white or yellow, they all make dinner taste good! This porcelain platter is 11 1/4" wide and 1 1/2" high.


Spider Web Vase

Spider Web Spider Web

Two webs and two spiders call this pot home. This vase is made of black clay with the web incised and filled with porcelain. The only glaze on this pot is found on the spiders and the branches. This vase is 5 1/4" wide and 4 1/4" high. This pot sold for $625.


Skeleton Bowl

Skeletons Skeletons

It's a skeleton dance party! Rattling bones are click-clacking their way around this bowl, both inside and out. This stoneware pot is 7 1/4" wide and 3 1/4" high. This pot sold for $250.


Lizard Cookie Jar

Lizards Lizards

This red stoneware cookie jar definitely has a southwestern feel, with pale lizards roaming around the surface. Brightly decorated, it's almost as if the lizards are wearing jewels. The red clay is left unglazed. This jar is 5 1/4" wide and 8 1/4" high. This pot sold for $200.


Hens and Rooster Cookie Jar

Chickens Chickens

Perfect for a country kitchen, this jar has hens on one side and a rooster on the other side. He's there to keep the hens happy and the eggs coming but he promises not to wake you in the morning. This stoneware jar is 6" wide and 8" high. This pot sold for $150.


Shore Birds Porcelain Pot

Shore Birds Shore Birds

This odd assortment of water birds becomes even stranger when the lid is rotated. It's a create-a-crane or egret or heron pot! This porcelain jar is 5 3/4" wide and 3 1/4" high. This pot sold for $400.


Dolphin Porcelain Pot

Dolphins Dolphins

A pod of dolphins frolic in their own lagoon. Biologists say dophins don't smile (it's the shape of their mouth), they seem to radiate a cheery bemusement. This jar is 5" wide and 2 3/4" high. This pot sold for $130.


Scallop Shell Bowl

Scallops Scallops

What could be more subtle or varied than the colors of sea shells? The matte surface of the glaze has the feel of shell. This porcelain bowl is 7 1/2" wide and 3" high. This pot sold for $325.


Seagull Beach Bowl

Seagulls Seagulls

Three seagulls hang suspended over the activity on the beach. This pot brings back memories of summer. This porcelain bowl is 6 1/4" wide and 3 1/4" high. This pot sold for $350.


Painted Turtle Salt Shaker

Turtle Turtle

Eastern Box Turtles have a high carapace and can move inside their shell home, completely closing it up to protect themselves. Good thing, too, because if they stay safe, they can live 50 years and more. This pot is 3 1/4" wide and 3" high. This pot sold for $145.


Goldfinch Salt Shaker

Goldfinch Goldfinch

The American goldfinch is a social little bird, often gathering in flocks with other varieties of birds. Some of the black-capped males on this shaker are singing their hearts out, trying to get the attention of the sole female on the pot. This pot is 3" wide and 3 1/4" high. This pot sold for $100.


Crows in Sunflowers Salt Shaker

Crows Crows

Crows are considered to be the most intelligent bird in North America. Aggressive, bold, and very noisy, they are always on alert. This group has promised to stay quiet if you keep them on the table. This pot is 2 3/4" wide and 3" high. This pot sold for $100.


Ducklings and Chicks Teapot

Ducklings Ducklings

These fluffy ducklings and chicks are exchanging impressions on barnyard life. This pot is 5 1/2" wide (8 1/2 across handle and spout), 5 1/2" high and holds 1 quart. This pot sold for $260.


Colts Teapot

Colts Colts

These frisky colts seem to be giving off sparks of energy as they dash around this teapot. This pot is 5 1/4" wide (9 1/2 across handle and spout), 6" high and holds 1 1/4 quarts. This pot sold for $175.


Iris Jar

Iris Iris

This banded jar contrasts the gentle curves of iris and their leaves with a linear border and black squares. The bands are shiny and the background is semi-matte, adding yet another dimension. A little green frog peeks out. This porcelain jar is 5 1/4" wide and 8 1/2" high. This pot sold for $400.


Dall Lambs Plate

Lambs Lambs

On a perfect summer day, these dall sheep babies frolic through a field of wild poppies. This porcelain plate is 9 3/4" wide and 1 3/4" high. This pot sold for $375.


Brown Bear Pitcher

Grizzlies Grizzlies

For brown bears, fat is beautiful. The bigger the female, the more likely she is to have cubs. The fatter the male, the more likely he is to father a litter. This stoneware pitcher is 6 1/4" wide and 8 1/2" high and holds 2 1/2 quarts. This pot sold for $800.


Dancing Bears Bowl

Dancing Bears Dancing Bears

These bears have emerged from hibernation ready to party! These seven dancing bears are stepping out. This porcelain bowl is 7 3/4" wide and 2 1/2" high. This pot sold for $425.


Sea Otter Cup

Sea Otters Sea Otters

Three contented sea otters chow down while another looks on. This cup begs to filled with water. This porcelain cup is 10 1/2" wide and 3 3/4" high and holds 13 oz. This pot sold for $175.


Hippo Mug

Hippos Hippos

Four hippos and a baby keep their cool, lazing the day away in the pond. It's a happy hippo hang-out to be sure. This stoneware mug is 4" wide and 4" high and holds 16 oz. This pot sold for $225.


Swamp Mug

Swamp Swamp

Whats hiding in the reeds, stalking the ducks? A housecat or a deep swamp feline? As long as the ducks keep swimming, they should be fine. This stoneware mug is 3 1/2" wide and 3 1/2" high and holds 13 oz. This pot sold for $100.

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Countryside Bowl

Countryside Countryside

This bowl is a world unto itself. Grazing animals in the meadow are surrounded by small country farms. This stoneware bowl is 11 1/2" wide and 3 1/4" high. This pot sold for $600.

Vegetable Bowl

Veggies Veggies

Any vegetables you put in this pot will feel right at home. This bright pot is full of earthy color. This stoneware bowl is 10 1/2" wide and 3 3/4" high.



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