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The earliest signed pottery by Maria Martinez was signed simply Marie.  It was pottery made by Maria and painted by Julian.  It did not have Julian's name on the jar because, in the 1920s, pottery making was considered woman's work.  It was several years before it was rationalized that painting pottery, as was being done by the men, was not the same as making pottery, so by 1925, Maria started adding Julian's name with hers on their joint ventures.  Pottery with the name Marie, was made mostly between 1920 and 1924.

Read more about this jar here.