A late 20th Century Michael and Joanna Mosse of Llanbrynmair Pottery, Welsh salt-glazed stoneware lidded pot, slip and sgraffito decorated with a charming depiction of Aesop's Fable "The Tortoise and the Hare", impressed mark, 20 cm, with 1997 roadshow leaflet. [Michael Mosse studied ceramics at Bristol Polytechnic in the 1960s before starting work at Tregaron pottery, Wales. In 1976 he moved to Aldermaston Pottery in Berkshire to work with Alan Caiger-Smith for two years before returning to Wales to work at Cambrian Stoneware. In 1980 Michael and Joanna opened their own pottery M & J Mosse in Llanbrynmair, Wales, where they mainly produced slip and sgraffito-decorated salt-glazed pottery]