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TitleUnknown
ArtistUnknown
DateCirca 1930s
MediumGlazed Earthenware
Guadalajara Ware from Mexico
Dimensions8 1/2" in diameter, 5 1/2" high

Catalog NumberUC63
LocationB.D. Owens Library

 

Glazed earthenware vase.  Note in vase "This piece of pottery is of the famous Guadalajara ware.  IT is made and decorated by hand and the coloring is not paint, but natural colored clays, found in southern Mexico.  Each piece is individually designed and no two pieces are exactly alike" T.A. McVicar, exporter and importer, Guadalajara, Mexico - Laredo, TX  Gift of Miss Birdie Besinger in Memory of Olive DeLuce