San Ildefonso Pueblo Polychrome Pitcher [SOLD]

Pitchers were made for use in the pueblo and for sale to tourists and to the Santa Fe households.  It was the latter who collected such things in the period 1880 to 1940.  Most probably they were not used but were collected for their interest.

This pitcher appears to have been made in the 1920s.  It has a beautiful very dark red rim and traditional Cochiti rag-wiped slip on the body, on which are painted designs in red and black.

Condition:  in very good condition with a very small amount of slip missing at the lip.

Provenance: from the collection of Katherine H. Rust

Recommended Reading: Collections of Southwestern Pottery: Candlesticks to Canteens, Frogs to Figurines by Allan Hayes