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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 10385713, member: 45&quot;]It appears that you have a possible problem here.&nbsp; First, that there is no potter listed with the surname &quot;Leute,&quot; in either the Hayes book, or in <u>Gregory Schaaf&#039;s</u> <u>Southern Pueblo Pottery, 2000 Artist Biographies</u>.&nbsp; It appears to be &quot;Lente,&quot; instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a &quot;Marquis Lente&quot; pictured in <u>Southwestern Pottery, Anasazi to Zuni</u>, but he&#039;s contemporary, and with the wrong first name.</p><p>In the late 19th century, a number of Laguna potters moved to Isleta, taking their pottery techniques with them.&nbsp; Schaff lists 5 potters, with that last name, including a &quot;Joe Lente,&quot; but unfortunately no further information.&nbsp; However, they would all be signed &quot;Isleta,&quot; or at least be made with the distinctive style that they were known for, which ended during the Depression.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since this pot is signed, and potter&#039;s individual signatures at Acoma first were done in the 1950s, and it is the style associated with Acoma pottery, I would think that a buyer probably added the &quot;signature&quot; later.&nbsp; Which could only be determined by &quot;hands on&quot; examination to determine if the signature is made with the same pigment used to decorate the pot.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Tourism, and the resulting &quot;tourist pots,&quot; date to the coming of the railroad near Acoma in the 1880s-1890s.&nbsp; By the 1920s making pottery was the leading source of income, and keeping the practice alive.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/native-american-pottery-acoma.50844/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/native-american-pottery-acoma.50844/"> </a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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