Clay and Glaze
Pátzcuaro
5.5" x 6" diameter

I have admired this type of pottery for years and often looked for it in New York but did not have any luck in finding it. I think I first spotted this type of cup in a still from the Eames' film "Day of the Dead", the villagers were all drinking atole from them. To me they were so uncommonly basic I really wanted to have a set, this was during the hey-day of Pottery Barn and I was yearning for something different. When I started researching Mexico I remembered this type of ceramic, this lead me to Michocan, a region known for its ceramic production in this style and then to a ceramic market in the village of Patscardo. Even though the tourist market was relatively tourist free the goods were very geared to the tourist indstry (more on Michocan later), I found one woman who's family made these cups and the other ones available here, at the market they were sold on a piece of rope for easy transportation home. Please note they are not damaged but do have an ocassion chip or mark, they work well on the piece!