San Ildefonso Black on Black Feather Pattern Jar [SOLD]

Florence Aguilar Naranjo was a daughter of Rosalie & Joe Aguilar of San Ildefonso Pueblo. She won many awards at Santa Fe Indian Market during 1978 to 1986.  She was an active potter from the 1940s to the 1980s and specialized in making Black-on-black pottery.  There is very little published information on her or her work, however, there is a photograph of her taken by T. Harmon Parkhurst, circa 1935, seated beside her mom on their outdoor horno.  It is published in Schaaf 2000:210.

If one were to judge the work of Florence solely on this jar, then she would receive accolades as it was beautifully crafted, designed and decorated.  Her added touch of the wavy line just below the rim adds a horizontal element to the vertical feather design and makes it different from most feather design jars by other potters.

Condition: very good condition with only minor scratches as would be expected on pottery that is about 40 years old.

Provenance: this San Ildefonso Black on Black Feather Pattern Jar is from the collection of a family from Colorado Springs in the process of downsizing.

Reference: Pueblo Indian Pottery 750 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf