Large Black-on-black San Ildefonso Pueblo Pottery Plates the larger plate or charger has 59 decorated repeating feather designs with 3 lines circling the outer edge of the platter. This beautiful charger measures 14 5/8″ Diameter and 2 1/4″ Height.
The charger is signed on the underside base Maria and Santana, circa 1943-1954.
We are selling this larger charger along with a Matching Black on black Plate that measures 5 1/2″ Diameter and 3/4″ height with 26 decorated feathers. The charger is signed on the underside base Maria and Santana, circa 1943-1954 as well.
Maria Martinez the San Ildefonso potter is considered to be the most famous Pueblo potter. She worked with her husband Julian who was a renowned painter and who invented black on black pottery. After Julian’s death in 1943 she worked with her daughter-in-law Santana Roybal.
