Yard Sale pot

[SnakemanBill]

Found this pot at a yard sale a few months back. Not sure of its age or authenticity. I liked it so I bought it. What do you all think?

 

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[dejapooh]

Easy test, tap the rim with a metal pen. If it TINGS or TINKS, it's modern. If it TUNKS, it's likely real.
Real pots were fired in fire pits, not kilns. They do not reach the temperature necessary to fuse the clay completely.
Be sure you are gentle with the tapping. You wouldn't want to chip it...

Not sure if this is 100% accurate, but its a good starting point.

 

[joshuaream]

Google Acoma pottery. That's a start. It might be Acoma, it could be something older or something from a different Pueblo, but it certainly looks like a tourist trade piece from New Mexico. A lot of that material was made and sold to tourists along the highway by the potters, that stuff can be very valuable. Later stuff was made and sold in boutique stores around the US, usually not as valuable.

If you can post a picture with the complete design that might help, as some groups made different animals or patterns a particular way.

Easy test, tap the rim with a metal pen. If it TINGS or TINKS, it's modern. If it TUNKS, it's likely real.
Real pots were fired in fire pits, not kilns. They do not reach the temperature necessary to fuse the clay completely.
Be sure you are gentle with the tapping. You wouldn't want to chip it...

Not sure if this is 100% accurate, but its a good starting point.

That's an old school trick, and one that works pretty well. The only issue is that hairline cracks in a newer piece can give it the classic tunk sound.