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Manufacturer: Louise Evans, California
This Mid-century enamel item was created by a woman named Louise Evans, who lived in California. Now deceased, she created this item in the early 1960s. I purchased this from her daughter Lee in late 2007. In her e-mails, the daughter stated that her mother had taken enameling classes in the early 1960s in southern California. Perhaps she worked with Annemarie Davidson or Mary Sharp or Elizabeth Madley or the great Curtis Tann. The daughter didn't know the name of the teacher.

What is very clear is that she mastered the enameling process as her works compare favorably with some of the best made in California at the time.

This plate measures 6 7/84 inches long x 3 1/4 inches wide and stands 7/8 inches high. It is a classic biomorphic teardrop shape. The background is done in a technique pioneered by Edward Winter and used extensively by Harold Tischler. It has lines in pinkish gold with some hints of green at the rim. The jewels on the top surface make me think of gumdrops and are done in tones of cobalt blue, light blue, chartreuse, yellow and clear! The back is nicely counter-enameled in a greenish gold color. She signed this piece with her initials LE It is likely this piece came from the year 1968 as her other dated pieces I own did which were purchased at the same time.