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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 5545, member: 45&quot;]The box just doesn&#039;t show the craftsmanship and attention to detail associated with Maria&#039;s work.&nbsp; She was noted for her exceptional &quot;gun-metal&quot; polishing, which virtually no other potters could duplicate.&nbsp; The handle on this box also looks a little thick and heavy and not like her work.&nbsp; While there are several published photos of boxes that she made, I would say that this one isn&#039;t hers.&nbsp; Just an observation based on handling a lot of Maria pots over the year. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the signature on the private sale box in the link provided, is not an authentic Maria Martinez signature.&nbsp; There were other potters named Maria, and also some who would sign as &quot;Maria,&quot; since it tended to increase the price a pot could receive.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Maria was also known to sign pots she didn&#039;t make herself.&nbsp; It&#039;s a rather controversial issue, but the general consensus is that she felt if she could help fellow San Ildefonso potters by signing her name, she would, with the idea that she didn&#039;t &quot;own&quot; the San Ildefonso pottery style and didn&#039;t want to appear to be taking credit for it.&nbsp; What this all means is that the signature on any given pot has less to do with authenticating it, than the style and craftsmanship of the work itself does.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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