Santa Clara Polychrome 7 Pottery Plate Bowl Lela & Van Gutierrez Vintage 1950s. For your consideration is this beautiful and. Lela and her husband Van were credited with developing a decorative scheme featuring earth colors on a matte background. They taught their children Luther and Margaret the same techniques. This fabulous pottery plate bowl is a classic example of their exquisite pottery creations with hand painted polychrome designs. This is a thick plate that features strong designs with pueblo roots including rain clouds, lightning, four directions as well as kivas and other references, all strongly drawn and colored. The pigments are strong and deeply defined in the designs. Measures approx 7″ in diameter and about 1 5/8″ deep. It is signed in black pigment on the underside, Lela (on line over) Van Santa Clara (with a small foible on the n). The original price is written in pencil, 4.00. In excellent old condition, with very slight wear. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. A beautiful and historic 1950s Santa Clara Polychrome pottery bowl to add to your collection! Tested many ideas in pottery making, but only when they developed a decorative scheme featuring earth colors on a matte background did they achieve one which was an enduring success. Bold curvi-linear designs on neutral tan or beige became the base for a new Santa Clara style. The polychrome wares created by Lela and Van continued to be produced by younger members of the Gutierrez family, most notably their children Margaret and Luther, and Luther’s daughter Pauline. Following the death of his father Van, Luther teamed up with his mom Lela and the two worked for about ten years, from about 1956 to 1966. Lela would create the pottery and Luther would to the hand painting. After the mom passed away in 1966, Luther and his sister Margaret teamed up and worked together until Luther passed away in 1987. Now Margaret works alone. Other descendants also carry on the family. Traditions and polychrome techniques. Thanks for looking and be sure to check out my store for more selections of authentic handmade Native American pottery! If you like our products, add me to your FAVORITES list or p lease consider subscribing to our newsletter for updates on newly listed items, sales and special promotions! If you prefer, subscribe to our RSS feed for da ily updates (found at the bottom of our store home page). Most of our old pawn items are One-of-a-Kind and subject to availability. Some of our new items can be re-produced and therefore may have some slight variances from the pictures. We try to keep our listings up to date, but may occasionally miss one. In some cases, we can have one custom made with a two week lead time. We try our best to present the item as accurately as possible, but due to the effects of photo lighting, camera settings or computer monitor settings, the actual color may vary slightly than pictured. If you should have any issues with your items, please. Thank you and God Bless! Please allow up to 10 days for transit time, depending on your location. The item “Santa Clara Polychrome 7 Pottery Plate Bowl Lela & Van Gutierrez Vintage 1950s” is in sale since Wednesday, April 05, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American\ US\1935-Now\Pottery”. The seller is “pizzazz307″ and is located in Made in USA. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Artisan: Lela & Van Gutierrez
- Origin: Made in USA
- Tribal Affiliation: Santa Clara Indian
- Type: Native American Pottery
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Style: Southwestern