Platter (platón), detail
Tonalá, Jalisco
Collected by George M. Foster, 1959
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Tonalá, Jalisco
Tonalá is an important pottery center in Jalisco; most of the town's population are potters. Like many Mexican craft villages, it has experienced periodic declines and revivals over the 20th century. Most Tonalá pottery is made in press molds, so the main appeal is in the floral and animal surface designs. There are two main decorative styles: the unglazed bruñido (burnished) and the glazed petatillo (cross-hatched, like a palm mat). The burnished aromatic ware, produced for over three centuries, uses soft pastel paints.
Platters are a shape produced for the folk art trade; traditionally, food in Mexico is served in small individual dishes, or presented directly in the pots in which it was cooked.
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