My consternation over the pretty pots is not a display of masculine insecurity, it was merely an observation and puzzlement - I do not have a problem with frilly ceramics for their own sake (though I do not subscribe to their use), nor do I have a fundamental problem with handpainted roses, though I do not necessarily want them on say, my bathroom vanity. I did think that these bowls were just too delicate, I would be afraid to snap off a little loop of gold gilt frill; when I picked the thing up the handle, I wanted to stick my pinky out, and I really was afraid of snapping the handle clean off. Hence my curiosity.

Now did the Roycrofters or Bauhausers make a friggin scuttle?? Just kidding.

K