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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Potteryplease, post: 6465188, member: 16407&quot;]It looks like Santa Clara to me too. Pueblo pottery is not glazed-- it&#039;s polished. Before the clay is entirely dry, when it&#039;s still a little leathery and can be made smooth, it&#039;s polished using a stone or similar tool. That makes the shiny finish after it&#039;s fired.</p><p><br /></p><p>After polishing, but before firing, designs can be painted on the polished surface. Then while firing, if the fire is smothered and the kiln fills with smoke and carbonizes the pottery, that paint will become the duller matte finish, and the underlying polished finish will show through around it. As you note [USER=76316]@wlwhittier[/USER], that&#039;s the famous black on black Santa Clara and San Ildefonso (and other) pottery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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