Posted 12 years ago
antiqueOC
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Totorame? Metepec? Olla? These are all words to define various three legged pots relating to Mexican pottery.
This particular redware/ terra cotta Mexican folk art piece came from my grandmother which had been kept in her china cabinet.
I've spent hours researching and still haven't found anything like this online.
Its hand painted design closely resembles 'Amate Art.' It stands approx.
5 1/2" high with a diameter of 4 1/2"- 5".
If anyone has any information about this pottery vessel, please, please, please email me.
Yes, this is the stuff little kids in Mexico who would follow the smell of money around yelling " Veinte pesos por favor, Veinte pesos!" Guilt or the Tequila would usually kick in and almost everyone came home with one (or left it in their hotel room with a tip in it).
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Unfortunately TubeAmp is right, its a decorative souvenir piece that can be found by the millions in Mexican tourist shops. This one probably took inspiration from that gaudy candy-colored Jemez native American pottery.