San Jose Art Pottery, Maguey Triptych tiles (set of 3), glazed ceramic, signed, 8 x 8 in. each

As noted by scholar Susan Toomey Frost, Fernando Ramos designed the maguey tiles and the handwriting on the back is that of the principal decorator, Lucile Carmona. "San Jose" is used to include several makers of similar-looking art pottery and tiles made in San Antonio, Texas. The premier workshop was Mexican Arts and Crafts, which operated downtown on the banks of the San Antonio River from 1931-1941. Its founder, Ethel Wilson Harris, copyrighted a book of designs in 1937 and registered her characteristic "logo" -- a maguey cactus in full bloom. In 1941 the workshop changed its name to Mission Crafts when it moved to within the walls of Mission San Jose, where gifted artisans created tiles and pottery until 1977.

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