{"product_id":"22-vintage-tlaquepaque-mexican-pottery-art-deco-grained-platter","title":"22\" Vintage Oval Tlaquepaque Mexican Pottery \"Art Deco\" Grained Platter","description":"\u003cp\u003eTlaquepaque, historically San Pedro Tlaquepaque, is a city and the surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name Tlaquepaque derives from Nahuatl and means \"place above clay land\".  The area is famous for its pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor holiday seekers who ventured into the country of Mexico, there were two major stopping off points. Just outside the second largest City of Mexico at the time, Guadalajara and its neighboring pottery communities of San Pedro Tlaquepaque and Tonalá, you could find an immense thriving artistic center of pottery that had a 400-year tradition in the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pottery trade emerged, solely based on tourist dollars spent buying highly decorative ‘Tlaquepaque’ pottery—twice fired clay that was dipped in a lead oxide bath for its second high firing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the decades progressed and the roads got wider, pottery centers in nearly every state became sought after by the tourists and collectors. Artist families grew and made their livelihood from it and it is these pieces that modern collectors seek out. Though, at the forefront, it is Tlaquepaque and Tonalá that many antique and Mexican Folk Art collectors seek out today. A good number of these pieces bring a hefty dollar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeasures 22.25 inches by 15.75 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScalloped Edge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eca. 1930’s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery good vintage condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eREF: Popular Arts of Mexico 1850 – 1950 page 63, Jonathan Parks Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eREF: Antique Register 2014 article titled \"Tlaquepaque: A Highly Collected Mexican Trade\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFree shipping within the Contintental US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1-2022-585DBAL-WA\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Designs \u0026 Finds by Alice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39743742672978,"sku":"22MexArtDeco","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0054\/6013\/1955\/products\/PhotoRoom-20211229_1327172.png?v=1641580107","url":"https:\/\/designsbyalicelowe.com\/products\/22-vintage-tlaquepaque-mexican-pottery-art-deco-grained-platter","provider":"Designs \u0026 Finds by Alice","version":"1.0","type":"link"}