Rose Gonzales is often considered the first at San Ildefonso Pueblo to make carved pottery.  This is a large plate with a very deeply carved bird as the design.  The bird encompasses nearly the entire surface of the plate.  It is highly polished and fired to a near-gunmetal coloration.  The back of the plate is matte.  It is signed, “Rose” in the clay.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  Rose’s legacy an certainly be seen in the work of Tse-Pe, Dora Tse-Pe and Russell Sanchez.