FRANKOMA POTTERY MAYAN DISHWARE

Frankoma Pottery Mayan Dishware


If you have a flare for the southwest and enjoy natural earth tone colors, you would love Frankoma Pottery Mayan dishware to grace your dinner table and enhance any meal. Frankoma Pottery Mayan dishware is a southwestern line of dinnerware that was founded by John Nathaniel Frank. John Frank opened a pottery store in Norman Oklahoma and combined his name and the state he lived in to form Frankoma Pottery in the early 1930’s. It was an art teacher’s life long dream to have his pottery in every home. He moved his family and business to Sapulpa Oklahoma. After a fire that burnt his business to the ground he had to start all over again. His business really started to boom when he introduced Frankoma Pottery Mayan dishware in 1947. Frankoma pottery Mayan dinnerware has many lovely pieces for the whole world to enjoy.

What makes Frankoma Pottery Mayan dishware unique from other Frankoma lines of pottery is its Mayan-Aztec design and wonderful colors. The colors used by Frankoma Pottery Mayan dishware include wonderful earth tones such as Prairie Green, White Sand, Desert Gold, and Onyx Black. The colors that inspired many of his pottery line are the colors found in nature. A little bit of Oklahoma is in each and every piece of pottery. The vintage pieces can be identified by the Mayan Sequence around the edges of the pottery and by its trademark of random brushstrokes. It has the look and the design of the Aztec from a time long ago.

The most valuable Frankoma Pottery, the Pot & Puma, was made 50 years ago and can be identified by an “O” on the bottom of the pottery. The Pot & Puma is a trademark to represent both the artistic and also the sculptures of his craft. In order to find out the age of the pottery, look at the unglazed bottom of the pieces of his pottery. A light tan color, or Ada clay, is an indicator of pre-1955 pottery. A brick red or reddish color, know as Sapulpa clay, is post 1955 pottery. An easy way to identify if your pottery piece is a Frankoma Pottery Mayan dishware is by the stock number on the bottom (Only for pieces made after 1955). The stock numbers begin with a number, which identifies the different style of Frankoma pottery, followed by one or two letters. If the stock number begins with a 94, the piece is the Wagon Wheel pattern; if it begins with a 4, the piece is Lazybones pattern; if it begins with 5 it is Plainsman; if it begins with a 6 it is the Westwind pattern; and 7 is the Frankoma pottery Mayan-Aztec pattern.

To find your own Frankoma Pottery Mayan dishware, you have many choices. The vintage pieces are available on many auction sites that have antiques or collectibles. Many other pottery replacement websites also carry an inventory of Frankoma pottery Mayan dishware. For new pottery, Frankoma Pottery has a website where orders can be placed and pottery can even be custom designed. The new pottery pieces are all dishwasher safe, microwave save and oven proof. It is even used by celebrities like Food Network’s Paula Deen.

The earth has many beautiful secrets hidden within it. Thanks to John Frank and his Frankoma Pottery Mayan dishware, we now have the ability to bring some of this beauty into our homes. If you like to enjoy the natural beauty of the earth, especially the warm tones of the southwest, you must have Frankoma Pottery Mayan style dishware gracing your table. The unique style and colors will brighten any kitchen and add some visual spice to any meal!