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Lot 32
San Jose Pottery Tile
Estimate: $400 - $500
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San Jose Pottery (directed by Ethel Wilson Harris, San Antonio, Texas), hand-painted and fired ceramic tile depicting Mission San Jose, with inscription on the verso reading "Made in San Jose Mission" with the studio's maguey crafts mark
size: 6 x 6 in.
Provenance: Property from a home in San Antonio, Texas
The San Jose Pottery workshop, comprised of a team of craftsmen and artists, operated downtown on the banks of the San Antonio River from 1931-1941. Its founder, Ethel Wilson Harris, copyrighted a book of designs in 1937 and registered her characteristic logo -- a maguey cactus in full bloom. In 1941 the workshop changed its name to Mission Crafts when it moved to within the walls of Mission San Jose, where gifted artisans created tiles and pottery until 1977.
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