- Joniece Frank
- Frankhoma Pottery Limited Edition Bison, 1996
- Pottery
Vintage Frankoma white buffalo (bison) statue. Terracotta figure has a glossy white glaze. Base is impressed with Frankoma mark and Joniece Frank signature. Stamped with an edition number of 140.
Frankoma Pottery is an American pottery company originally based in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The company is known for its sculptures and dinnerware, although it also produced many other products, including figurines, trivets, and vases. All Frankoma pottery is made in the US from locally excavated clay.
Frankoma was founded in 1933 in Norman, Oklahoma, by John Frank, who was a professor of ceramics at the University of Oklahoma from 1927 to 1936. The name Frankoma was derived from "Frank" plus the last three letters of "Oklahoma". Frank moved the company to Sapulpa in 1938.
Frankoma used light-hued local Ada clay in its early products which was replaced by a Sapulpa OK based brick-red local clay in 1953. John Frank operated the pottery with his wife, Grace Lee Frank, until his death in 1973. Grace designed a second line, called Gracetone for the firm. The factory was rebuilt in 1984 after a fire in September 1983 destroyed most of the facility. The Frank's daughter, Joniece, ran the pottery until 1991
- Subject Matter: Bison
- Collections: Thomas Hill Bison Figurine Collection