JEAN GOODWIN AMES - One of a Kind Platter 12"dia.

Orchid Djini Hand Painted Ceramic Pottery Plate 12" Diameter By Jean Goodwin Ames (1903-1986) Beautiful and whimsical studio pottery plate or wall hanging titled "Orchid Djini", is an excellent example of a Jean Goodwin Ames studio pottery plate or wall hanging. The plate is colorfully decorated on a creamy crackled white glaze background.  Plate is very large, and measures 12" Diameter and is in Excellent/Perfect original condition and has no chips, cracks, damage or repairs. The surface of the plate is very clean and does not have any scratches. It has two small holes on the back that were done in the making for hanging on the wall. It is marked Orchid Djini Jean Ames Claremont Calif. It is also signed Jean on the front.  

djinni - (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.

Jean Goodwin Ames’ (1903-1986) preferred medium was enamel, but she was also a painter and ceramicist. Ames, who taught at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School from 1940 to 1962, described her oeuvre as being filled with “enchanted birds and beasts.” Her commitment to enamel contributed to the recognition of the medium as an art form in the years following World War II.