Ken Edwards, 8" Pasta Soup Bowl, El Palomar Tonala Pottery, Blue Bird, Mexico

• The bowl is signed on the bottom "Mexico X." The "X" attributes this piece to a specific Ken Edwards Stoneware studio artisan.
• Origin is Tonala, Jalisco, Mexico.
• Date unknown, possibly vintage.
• This pattern has beautiful line drawings in black of a bird, leaves, and stems colored in with bright aqua blues with brown and white rimmed in blue.
• Glossy overall with 2 unglazed foot rims on the bottom.
• Holds 16 ounces and measures 8" in diameter and 1 1/4" high.
• Tonala pottery dishes are lead free, microwave, freezer, oven and dishwasher safe, per online research.
• Very good condition with no chips, cracks or crazing. Minor surface wear on the inside and some shelfwear to the unglazed foot rims.

Pottery Artist: Ken Edwards Stoneware, Tonala Pottery - Ken Edwards was born in the USA and studied art in Kansas City, Missouri and then Japan, which accounts for the Asian influence in most of his work. In the 1960s he moved to the village of Tonala, Jalisco, Mexico and founded Ken Edwards Stoneware, sometimes referred to as Tonala or El Palomar pottery. His studio artisans create and glaze his beautiful designs by hand, working by an open window in natural light. No two pieces are ever exactly the same. A chronology of his works, showing the progress of his designs from the 1960s to the present time, appears in two of the main ceramics museums in Tonala, Mexico. From the Ken Edwards website: "This lead free, high temperature stoneware is microwave safe, freezer safe, oven safe, dishwasher safe, and a pleasure to use at the dining table. Each piece is hand glazed by an apprentice of Mr. Edwards...." Source: Online research.

Condition:  See specifics above. Most of our items are estate finds and are in good to excellent used condition. Vintage, pre-owned items will not usually be in mint condition, but may show signs of age, use, or wear from being pre-owned and loved for many years. We try to describe any and all condition issues but may miss some. A defect not noted does not constitute an item "not as described."

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