VTG 1950's HELEN MOTNEY COWBOY & COWGIRL ROPERS CREAM & SUGAR MCM CALIF POTTERY

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THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE LOT OF TWO (2) SET OF RARE VINTAGE 1950's HELEN MOTNEY ROPING COWBOY AND COWGIRL CERAMIC CREAM AND SUGAR SET.  HELEN IS WELL KNOWN FOR HER MID CENTURY MODERN CALIFORNIA POTTERY WORK IN THE 1940's AND 1950's WITH MOTIFS OF ROOSTERS AND IVIES BUT THIS PAIR OF WESTERN FOLK ROPING IN THE DESERT WITH CACTI IN THE BACKGROUND IS TRULY HARD TO FIND ... AND SO WONDERFUL!  THE FAMILY OF THESE ESTATE PIECES SHARED THAT THEIR PARENTS HAD LIVED IN APPLE VALLEY AND WERE DEAR FRIENDS OF ROY ROGERS AND DALE EVANS SO THIS SET REMINDED THEM OF THEIR FRIENDS!
THE COWGIRL CREAMER MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 4"w w/HANDLE x 2-3/4"h x 3-1/4"d WHILE THE COWBOY SUGAR MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 2-1/8"h x 3-1/4"d.
THIS SET IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH VERY MINIMAL TO NO SIGNS OF USE OR WEAR ... NO CHIPS, CRACKS, HAIRLINES, SCRATCHES, FADING, STAINS, DISCOLORATIONS, OR REPAIRS WITH ONLY VERY MINOR CRAZING AS DENOTES THEIR AGE :)
TRULY WONDERFUL!