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THE COMMEMORATIVE 2001

 Limited Edition of 400

ORDER FORM  Orders will not ship until October 2001

Bronze Green Glaze	Back of Wallpocket
The Boot/Horseshoe Wall Pocket 5-1/4" Tall, 4-1/2" Wide Designed by Joniece Frank Exclusively for FFCA © FFCA

Terra Turquoise Glaze	Old Ivory Glaze	Gunmetal Glaze

It was 1942.  Joniece was four years old.  She had worn her little cowboy boots almost every day for more than a year, and she was fast outgrowing them.  In addition to now being too small for her feet, she had also worn them completely out.  The heels were run down, the tops wrinkled and worn and scuffed.  Her mother, being a sentimental creature, could not bear to throw them away.  Instead, she put them in a little box and stored them away in a closet. 

1951.  Her daddy was hard at work in the plant, designing new items to produce and sell.  One of them was a cowboy boot that he had begun to model, but he was becoming discouraged, failing to make it look “authentic” and “worn.”

His wife walked in, saw his dilemma, and suggested he use the real McCoy.  But he didn’t wear cowboy boots, and he didn’t know where to find a worn out, rundown old boot to use as a model.  Grace Lee had the answer.  She went to the closet and took down the little box that contained Joniece’s old boots.  They were the perfect size, and all her daddy had to do was make plaster molds of the real things.  During the years that followed, the originals were reduced to make several sizes of the same boots that would become bookends, a vase, and a wall pocket.  The original boots were destroyed in the 1983 fire.

This year, we sentimentally present as the FFCA Commemorative 2001 yet another incarnation of Joniece’s beloved little boots, framed with a horseshoe, ends turned upward for good luck.  The boot itself becomes the wall pocket.

The price for one in your choice of color is $40, three for $100 (a $120 value), or $130 for all four (a $160 value).  

Frankoma Industries has cast these items, and Joniece and Donna have finished them by meticulously trimming, hand glazing and firing each piece in their FRANK X 2 studio. In the spirit and tradition of John and Grace Lee Frank, they have handled each piece with loving care, and that special frequency will never leave them. As long as you own these commemoratives, they will speak to you.