What kind of pottery was made in the Isleta Pueblo?
Today there are very few artists creating traditional pottery in Isleta Pueblo, and Isleta pottery is one of the most difficult to find of all types of Pueblo pottery. Very little is known about the history of pottery production in Isleta Pueblo.
What kind of pottery did the Nambe Pueblo make?
Nambé Pueblo was historically known for making elegant pottery and valuable cookware, but today it is extremely difficult to find handcrafted pottery from Nambé.
What kind of pottery does the Laguna Pueblo use?
The traditional pottery of Laguna is very similar in color, design and style to that of neighboring Acoma Pueblo. Sometimes the designs painted on Laguna vessels are simpler and more bold, but it can be very hard to distinguish between the styles of the two Pueblos.
What kind of pottery did the Acoma Indians use?
Acoma artists are known for the fineness of their pottery painting, often incorporating hatching patterns that symbolize rain as well as rain parrot designs, an animal that in Acoma legend led people to water. Lightning, clouds, rainbow bands and other elements of weather and nature are also popular designs.
When did the Laguna Pueblo start making pottery?
In the 1970s, Laguna artists re-established the traditional craft of pottery-making with the help of a federally-funded program. These artists began producing polychrome pottery with red, yellow and orange geometric designs.
What kind of pottery did the Navajo Indians make?
Navajo Pottery The Navajo are most known for their artistic traditions of weaving, basketry and jewelry, but they have also been making fine pottery for hundreds of years for ceremonial and utilitarian purposes.
Today there are very few artists creating traditional pottery in Isleta Pueblo, and Isleta pottery is one of the most difficult to find of all types of Pueblo pottery. Very little is known about the history of pottery production in Isleta Pueblo.
Where do you find the name of the Potter on a piece of porcelain?
Hidden within the kanji — the characters — on the bottom of the piece you will typically find the production region, a specific kiln location, a potter’s name, and sometimes a separate decorator’s identity. But, at times only generic terms were recorded, and tracking down more information requires expert advice.
Acoma artists are known for the fineness of their pottery painting, often incorporating hatching patterns that symbolize rain as well as rain parrot designs, an animal that in Acoma legend led people to water. Lightning, clouds, rainbow bands and other elements of weather and nature are also popular designs.
How to determine the value of art pottery?
We have done online appraisals for one piece as well as 150-200 piece art pottery collections. We are often approached by clients who have inherited an estate collection of art pottery such as Roseville, Rookwood and they have limited idea of the value and how to go about selling the collection.
