Talavera

I picked out his piece of Talavera back in March at the CT Flower show & my friend Jenny bought it for me for my birthday--and she kept it til last week!  My birthday isn't for a few more weeks but she was coming out to see the baby bison......

Photos don't do it justice--it's an unusual piece with all the cutouts

You can put a candle in the center--Jen said she tried it with a battery operated candle ( like you get at Xmas time) and I think that's what I'll do...will take a photo when I get one!

talavera!

Over the weekend I went to the warehouse sale at Mayan Dreams here in CT.  They import Talavera & other Mexican pottery, glassware & tin items.  The merchandise is sold  through garden centers and catalogs like the National Geographic.  A few times a year the owner , Gregg has a warehouse sale!
( now we won't have to pay the admission fee to the CT Flower show to get more!)

I have been bringing home a few pieces from every trip to Mexico for awhile, but this way I can get some bigger pieces that wouldn't fit in my suitcase!
before I went I asked Alan how it would be if I brought home a Talavera sink--he nixed that idea & I didn't think there would be any anyway.  Lo & behold almost the 1st thing I saw was a sink!
This is a photo of some of what I got--I bought the tin ornament of the luchador for Alan!