Niloak Pottery
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Niloak (kaolin, the main ingredient of porcelain.
In 1909,
kaolin
spelled backwards.
The company was in business from 1909 to 1946. The salient feature of Niloak was its "Mission Swirl," developed by Hyten. The swirl is a multi-colored pattern using different clays and resembling
marbled paper
. Niloak's Mission Swirl was usually of red, tan, blue and brown in a counter-clockwise direction.
During the Depression years, Eagle manufactured a line of Niloak called "Hywood".
See also
- Charles "Bullet" Dean Hyten House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Arts and Crafts Movement
References
- ^ Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. "Vase (USA), ca. 1900". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Roy Dudley Estate Sales: Niloak Pottery found in local estates". YouTube. October 16, 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
External links
Further reading
Author: David Edwin Gifford Collector's Encyclopedia of Niloak: A Reference and Value Guide, 2nd Edition 2000 Publisher: Collector Books
ISBN 1-57432-190-0
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