1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Polacca Ware
The pot (circa 1890) is severely cracked (though stabilized) with a classic Polacca crackled white slip. This is the goofiest-designed pot I have ever seen, much less owned. It is not particularly aesthetic in overall design, in part because it is almost random in...
1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Polacca Ware
Hopi Polacca C pot with Zuni Rain-Bird Design, 1860-1890, circa 1870s probably. Wade and McChesney describe this category of bowls: ———- “Class VIII: Form: Squat globular jar with bulbous midbody, diminutive, rounded, shallow bases lacking kickups...