Plate with Feather Motif
1943–56
Maria Montoya Martinez (Pueblo de San Ildefonso, 1887–1980) Santana Roybal Martinez (San Ildefonso, 1909–2002) San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico
San Ildefonso pottery Maria Martinez accommodated the tastes of the wealthy collectors and tourists in new productions based on traditional methods and forms, but also contemporary in appearance. Her distinctive black pots, which resulted from experiments with firigin and glazes, attracted many collectors, and soon she and her husband, Julian, produced the famous black-on-black ware almost exclusively.
— Revised from J. Barter, Window on the West (2003), pg. 129
Ceramic and pigment