Talavera Hand-Painted Mexican Ceramic Bottle Caddy with Cobalt Handle View Watchlist >
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Lot # F1068
System ID # 29804870
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Talavera Hand-Painted Mexican Ceramic Bottle Caddy with Cobalt Handle
A hand-painted Mexican Talavera-style caddy formed as a basket with a high arched cobalt-blue handle spanning three open wells — sized to hold bottles or kitchen utensils. The earthenware body is left in warm terracotta tone as the field, with hand-applied raised glaze in classic Talavera palette: red, orange, blue, green, and yellow blossoms outlined in dark manganese, fan-form daisies, and dense cobalt lattice with white dot accents. The base is impressed HECHO EN MEXICO, confirming Mexican manufacture.
The piece reads as a decorative serving caddy or organizer — equally at home holding wine and olive oil on a counter or brushes and tools on a desk. The unglazed terracotta ground and bold polychrome floral work are hallmarks of the Talavera tradition centered in Puebla, where the technique traces back to Spanish colonial tin-glaze potters who blended Old World majolica with Mexican color sensibility.
CONDITION
Very Good with no remarkable damage. Glaze and hand-painted decoration are bright and intact; the terracotta base shows light handling soil consistent with use.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Overall: 9" H × 8" W × 6" D
- Material: Terracotta / glazed ceramic
- Marked: HECHO EN MEXICO (impressed, base)
- Campbell's Soup Can (4" H) Shown for Scale — Not Included
