The story of Evelyn Vigil and her revival of Pecos pottery is a fascinating one. In 1838, the last 38 residents of Pecos Pueblo (north of Santa Fe) moved to Jemez Pueblo. According to the New Mexico Historic Marker (see third to last photo) Evelyn was a descendant of Pecos Pueblo.  Pecos Pueblo was the only pueblo that created actual glazes for their pottery from 1200-1700.  In 1975 Evelyn began volunteering at the Pecos Pueblo site and had access to the original clays, tempers, and firing techniques to revive the glazed pottery.  It took her over five years of experimentation to create the glazes and she made very few of them during her career.  

This water jar is coil built and has glazed designs.  There are clay slipped areas along with the glazed designs. This jar has a brown glaze, which is unusual for her work, as most of the glazes are black.  Ther are clouds, rain, lighting, and bird designs. The jar is signed on the bottom (with glaze!) EMV, Pecos.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration. The last two photos are ones I took at the Pecos Historic Site, of the Pueblo as well as one of the glazed jars.