Tonita Roybal remains one of the great innovative names in San Ildefonso pottery.  This small bowl is coil-built and fully polished on the outside. It is painted with a rain and cloud design around the rim.  It was fired to a silvery, gunmetal coloration.  When Tonita would achieve this color, it was from the intensity of the firing.  The bowl is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair with some wear near the base.  It is signed, “Tonita” in the clay on the bottom.  The signature indicates it is from the mid-1920s.

Early San Ildefonso Pottery Innovators -1920-1940