Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase zip purse made by Empire Brush Works

made by Empire Brush Works of Port Chester

I want to see a whole wall of them

heavy and substantial

including seemingly hundreds of complete first edition sets of various adventure series for young readers

Or perhaps it was used for storing tobacco

Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase zip purse made by Empire Brush WorksQuintessentially mid century Scandinavian, this is a "Pastoraali" pattern large porclain vase designed by Esteri Tomula for Arabia Finland c. 1965. The illustrative surface design, in black and blue against bright white and covering nearly every inch of it, features a young woman with quite a sculptural head of hair (!) and long dress patterned with curlicues surrounded by a dense pattern of flowers, leaves, and birds. I found it at an estate sale