Slab Pottery Plate with Sgraffito Earth Mother and Flowers decorated plate wooden game board is covered

wooden game board is covered with a printed green

these signs of age add to the appeal of this piece

The wood shows some spotting but no cracking and has a nice warm patina

makes a bold and striking statement

on a tabletop

Slab Pottery Plate with Sgraffito Earth Mother and Flowers decorated plate wooden game board is coveredOh, how I love this plate! Perhaps it has something to do with being a child of the 70s, but really, I think this is pretty timeless! I assume "Power" is the last name of the artist who made this, but it would also be an apt descriptor for the earth mother depicted, whose fingers seem to be doing double duty as both raindrops and rays of sunlight, coaxing the flowers to grow. The toes of her barefoot seem to have root like properties as well; I'd say