I was hoping to post a picture of my dad’s final hoard. Unfortunately, it was comingled with some other pieces. We do, however, have this piece of which we know he was particularly fond.

Dad’s White Whale

This isn’t the most smoothed piece, but it is pretty large piece. Like virtually everything else, this would have been what he referred to as a “floater” (but not how I would use the term) – and a “whale”. Ribbing is visible in this image. a curvature is not. Given the hand of this piece (including thickness and weight, I bet it was a vase).