Santa Ana Polychrome Canteen 1850 - Wade Collection

Santa Ana Polychrome Canteen 1850 - Wade CollectionSanta Ana Polychrome Canteen c. 1850 Dr Wade Comments Among the rarest of historic Pueblo ceramics is Santa Ana Polychrome ( c. 1750 1890 ) and within that tradition the rarest ceramic form is decorative canteens and the rarest decorative style is figurative. All of which characterize this vessel. In other words, the canteen pictured above is the rarest of the rare of the rare. Quite impressive. Visually the slip, painting, and sculptural form appears

Made Circa 2000 - New - Stored in a vault all these years

The gemstones you see are all gem quality

along with Zuni dealer CG Wallace gathered a team of amazing artists that ushered in the modern Southwest era

Bisbee is a very old Arizona mine that

The Maiden's heart is a sky blue

tiny particles of silver are fused to the bottom layer

That is not unusual for Native American jewelry made during this period

and will delicately and lightly fill the palm of your hand

It is an early

Water Bird or Peyote Bird

Silver beads are sometimes referred to as Navajo Pearls

Ernie even uses an old tree stump to hammer and form the silver just as the old Navajo silversmiths did