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 edge of the plate has a cloud pattern and the bird is carved in a very modernist manner.  It has been highly fired and as with much of her work there are gunmetal fired areas of coloration.  The back of the plate is also fully polished.  It is signed, “Rose” in the clay.  It is in good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  There are some light surface scratches on both the front and back.  Rose’s legacy an certainly be seen in the work of Tse-Pe, Dora Tse-Pe and Russell Sanchez.