Native American Pottery

Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5

Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5
Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5
Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5
Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5
Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5
Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5
Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5
Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5
Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5
Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5
Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5
Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5

Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5

SANTA CLARA POTTERY BY TONITA ROYBAL (1892 -1945). One of the finest potters of the twentieth century. This is a large Santa Clara pot that's almost 100 years old by a highly collectible artist & sought after potter. It has beautiful form and balance, great shine and fully intact design. There is some light wear and a small chip on the body and some scratching on one side of the lower body.

It does have a very stable hairline crack or the price would be much much higher for a pot this size and this old. Please examine the pictures closely. It measures approximately 8 1/4" wide x 5" high.

Please examine all pictures very closely as they constitute. The majority of the description.

She was also an aunt to Santana Roybal, who later married Adam Martinez (Maria's son). Among her descendants are JD Roybal (painter) and Margaret Lou Roybal-Gutierrez (potter).

Tonita began making pottery in 1909. Starting in 1917, Juan started to paint some of her pottery, and after 1930 he painted a majority of the pieces. When Tonita made the pottery and did the painting, these pieces were signed, Tonita. " When she made the vessel, and Juan painted it, then they were signed, "Tonita and Juan. " Kenneth Chapman commented in a letter on the quality and value of her work at the time, "Tonita Roybal does equally fine work, and I may be able to get just what you want from her if Maria does not get back to work soon.

Tonita won first prize for her old-fashioned red San Ildefonso ware, with decorations in black (black-on-red pottery). Her husband, Juan Cruz, runs Julian a close second in decorating pottery. It is hard on some of us poor ethnologists who have been encouraging it, but it has made an incredible difference in San Ildefonso life, and we are strong for it. Onita's mother was famous for her "black-on-red" style of pottery, and this was a style that Tonita quickly mastered. After 1920 and the advent of black-on-black pottery, Tonita invented the red-on-red technique with the white outlines.

Both Tonita and Juan were fascinated by pre-historic pottery. Those designs and their influences can often be seen in their work. After 1913 she began, combining the layout of Nampeyo's Sikyatki Revival style with elements from Acoma and elsewhere. By 1925 Tonita was at the peak of her career.

Her early death in 1945 left only a small amount of creative and innovative work that still inspires us with a unique use of varied Native designs from pre-historic to regional influence. Roybal (painter) and Margaret Lou Roybal-Gutierrez (potter). For your convenience, we're providing a snapshot of each carrier's rate changes at this time. If we underestimate, we eat the difference. The discount varies by location, size and weight so there is no way for us to predict it.

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  • Origin: Native American SW Pueblo Indian
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Signed: Tonita
  • Featured Refinements: Santa Clara Pottery
  • Tribal Affiliation: Santa Clara
  • Artisan: TONITA ROYBAL
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Modified Item: No
  • Culture: Native American: US

Vintage 1930's Santa Clara Pottery By TONITA ROYBAL (1892-1945) 8 1/4 x 5