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Melchor, Santana – Wide Bowl with Birds and Flowers (1970’s)
8.25"w x 4.5"h
$ 600.00
Santana Melchor was one of the great potters from Santo Domingo throughout the 1900’s. In 1974, she was part of the Pueblo potters’ delegation, which visited the White House as a guest of first lady Pat Nixon. This bowl is a very classic piece of her pottery. It is fully polished red on the inside and the base. The body is slipped with white clay and then painted with the black wild spinach plant. The design has two different Santo Domingo-style birds, along with plant designs. There are tiny bird tracks along the bottom of the design! Note the firm lines in her painting! There is also a spirit line painted on the rim. The bowl is signed on the bottom, “Santana Melchor”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.
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Santana Melchor was one of the great potters from Santo Domingo throughout the 1900’s. In 1974, she was part of the Pueblo potters’ delegation, which visited the White House as a guest of first lady Pat Nixon. This bowl is a very classic piece of her pottery. It is fully polished red on the inside and the base. The body is slipped with white clay and then painted with the black wild spinach plant. The design has two different Santo Domingo-style birds, along with plant designs. Note the firm lines in her painting! There is also a spirit line painted on the rim. The bowl is signed on the bottom, “Santana Melchor”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.
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Santana Melchor was a daughter of Maria Garcia and the mother noted potter Crucita Melchor and Dolorita Melchor. She learned to make pottery from her mother, Maria Garcia. Throughout most of the 1900's she was one of the most influential Santo Domingo potters. In 1974 she was part of the delegation of Pueblo potters who visited the White House as a guest of first lady Pat Nixon.
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Melchor, Santana (1889-1978)
Santana Melchor was a daughter of Maria Garcia and the mother noted potter Crucita Melchor and Dolorita Melchor. She learned to make pottery from her mother, Maria Garcia. Throughout most of the 1900's she was one of the most influential Santo Domingo potters. In 1974 she was part of the delegation of Pueblo potters who visited the White House as a guest of first lady Pat Nixon.