6” Vintage Green Glaze Frankoma Round Butterfly Trivet. GREAT GIFT

Description

Frankoma Pottery 1907 46th State Oklahoma Plate White Sand- signed John Frank
Perfect Condition Frankoma Pottery Signed John Frank, Oklahoma 1907 Commemorative State Plate.  Face Reads: Tulsa Church Home Of Red Man - Sooner State - Cattle  - Will Rogers - State Capital about the rim.  The center of the plate features the outline of the state with the State Seal of Oklahoma within.  Also featured is the Pioneer Woman a Land of Lakes sailing boat, Oil Tanks, Will Rogers, a Conestoga Wagon and the profile of an Indian Chief. There is so much going on with this plate.  History & art abound, & signed by John Frank.  The reverse reads, “OKLAHOMA 46TH STATE - 1907 - CAPITAL - OKLAHOMA CITY STATE FLOWER - MISTLETOE STATE TREE - REDBUD STATE BIRD SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER.”  An arrow above the signature of John Frank & below all is the Frankoma Mark.  The place can hang.
Dimensions:  8 3/8”. Diameter x 1” deep
Frankoma used this clay from 1933 until 1954. Collectors refer to it as
Ada Clay
. Frank discovered this deposit while teaching at the University of Oklahoma, which he used for his art classes. This clay had to be extracted from the ground similar to digging trenches. Over the years the quality of this clay declined past an acceptable level. Tree branches and other trash built up, which had to be cleared before more clay was extracted. Then, the clay had to be hauled 150 miles by truck to Sapulpa.