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Lewis, Mary – Plate with Mimbres Frog
4" diameter
Original price was: $ 150.00.$ 110.00Current price is: $ 110.00.
Mary Lewis was a daughter of noted potter Lucy M. Lewis. She was never as prolific as her sisters Emma, Dolores, and Carmel. The plate has a single large Mimbres-inspired frog as the design. The rim of the piece is slipped with red clay. The Mimbres pottery designs of the 1100s began to be used as imagery on Acoma pottery in the 1960s. It is signed on the back, “Mary D. Lewis”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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Mary Lewis was a daughter of noted potter Lucy M. Lewis. She was never as prolific as her sisters Emma, Dolores, and Carmel. The plate has a single large Mimbres-inspired frog as the design. The rim of the piece is slipped with red clay. The Mimbres pottery designs of the 1100s began to be used as imagery on Acoma pottery in the 1960s. It is signed on the back, “Mary D. Lewis”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
The rim of the plate is “corrugated” or impressed with a triangular design and painted with red clay.
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Mary Lewis was a daughter of Lucy M. Lewis and a sister of Dolores, Emma, and Carmel Lewis. Her brothers Ivan and Drew also made pottery. While not as prolific as her sisters, her pieces were often inspired by Mimbres and Chacho pottery designs.
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Lewis, Mary Dolores (1923-2015)
Mary Lewis was a daughter of Lucy M. Lewis and a sister of Dolores, Emma, and Carmel Lewis. Her brothers Ivan and Drew also made pottery. While not as prolific as her sisters, her pieces were often inspired by Mimbres and Chacho pottery designs.