Mary Jane Colter Letter Opener - Bronze & Ceramic | Mimbreno

Name: Mary Jane Colter Letter Opener - Bronze & Ceramic | Mimbreno
Brand: HF Coors
SKU: W/S LOMM Letter Opener MM
Price: 192.10 USD
Availability: InStock

SKU: W/S LOMM Letter Opener MM

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$192.10

$226.00

Lead Free and Food Safe

Microwave Safe

Dishwasher Safe

Oven and Broiler Safe

Tags: Gifts & Collectibles Made in USA Mimbreño Mimbreño Pattern Dinnerware NEW Ornaments

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A pattern with a thousand years of history. The Mimbreno designs are drawn from the pottery of the ancient Mimbres people, who lived in the river valleys of southwestern New Mexico from roughly 1000 to 1130 CE. Their black-on-white ceramic art is among the most celebrated in the prehistoric American Southwest.
Designed by Mary Colter for the Fred Harvey Company. In 1937, architect and designer Mary Colter commissioned the Mimbreno pattern for the dining cars of the Santa Fe Railway's Super Chief, the luxury passenger train between Chicago and Los Angeles. The pattern ran on that train for 34 years.
The black and white colorway. HF Coors introduced this colorway as a contemporary expression of the Mimbres graphic tradition. Bold, high-contrast, and graphic, it brings the ancient designs into a modern visual register while staying true to the original motifs.
Handcrafted in Tucson, Arizona. HF Coors is the authorized manufacturer of Mimbreno reproductions. Every piece is made in Tucson from American clay by craftspeople who have been doing this since 1925. Start to finish, in the USA.
Restaurant-grade durability. Vitrified ceramic construction resists chips, fading, and staining. Lead-free, dishwasher safe, microwave safe, oven and broiler safe, and freezer safe.

The Mary Jane Colter letter opener is a bronze and ceramic piece that honors the designer who brought the Mimbreno pattern to the American table. Mary Colter was the architect and designer responsible for some of the most significant buildings in the American Southwest, including the Hopi House and Hermit's Rest at the Grand Canyon. In 1937, she commissioned the Mimbreno pattern for the Fred Harvey Company's Super Chief dining cars, adapting the ancient Mimbres ceramic tradition for the most celebrated train in American history. This letter opener carries her name and the Mimbreno ceramic tradition in a single object. Bronze construction with a Mimbreno ceramic handle, handcrafted in Tucson by HF Coors.

Cast-molded, kiln-fired, and artisan crafted at our Tucson, Arizona facility.

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1 Mary Jane Colter letter opener
Bronze construction with Mimbreno ceramic handle
Handcrafted in Tucson, Arizona

Mary Jane Colter Letter Opener - Bronze & Ceramic | Mimbreno

$192.10

$226.00

Lead Free Food Safe

Microwave Safe

Dishwasher Safe

Oven Broiler Safe

Freezer Safe

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