[Mccoypottery-talk] Totally off topic!<G>

[Jerry Reedy]

That is truly a beautiful piece of pottery!
C&J


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Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 9:45 PM
Subject: [Mccoypottery-talk] Totally off topic!<G>


> But since this list is about pottery, I thought some of the members might
> like to see a piece that I picked up recently.  I call these type pieces,
> "learning" pieces because when I buy them I know absolutely nothing about
> them and the unknown intrigues me!
> The piece I'm sending the link to has been identified since I put the page
> up.  It is Black Clay Pottery from Oaxaca, Mexico which is in the 
> mountains
> in the southern most part of Mexico.  The tribes make this pottery without
> tools as we know them, but with tools such as gords, reeds, etc.  I don't
> know the age yet on this pot, but I'm assuming at least 50 - 100 years old
> due to the wear on it.
> The pots are made by the women with the craft being handed down from
> generation to generation.  The pots are fired in a bon fire, not a kiln 
> and
> the clay is indeed black clay.
> Anyway, here's the link:
>  http://ohiopotteryandglassware.com/who_done_it7.htm
>
> Jennifer  & Rodney Smith
> Baltimore, Ohio
> http://www.OhioPotteryandGlassware.com
> http://stores.ebay.com/Ohio-Pottery-and-Glassware_W0QQsspagenameZl2QQtZkm
>
>
>
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