Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0082 | |
Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
Object Name | Plate | |
Culture | San Ildefonso Pueblo | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
County | Santa Fe | |
Other Geographic Data | San Ildefonso Pueblo | |
Maker's Name | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
Date of Manufacture | 1935 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Clay | |
Description | Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth, coated with a slip and highly burnished; Design band around interior rim is painted in matte black slip to produce large negative 8-petal floral motif in center, with short rectangular line extending out between adjacent petals nearly to rim; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie + Julian" is incised in script on base. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.8, Max Diam = 18.2 |