Niloak Pottery Mission ware 4.25 brown blue gray swirl vase arts & crafts

  

Here is a very nice Niloak Pottery "mission ware" swirl vase with a baluster form and flared lip. It has blue, brick red, gray brown, and white clay colors with excellent contrast. The interior is glazed with a milky clear gloss. Marked with the firms die-stamped art letters.

It measures 41/4 inches in tall and 3 inches in diameter. It is in great condition with no chips, cracks, repairs, or firing flaws. In 1909 or 1910, in Benton Arkansas, Charles Hyten developed this swirled hand thrown artware in which the clay colors were mixed and carefully planned in relationship to each other. Some of the other swirl potteries are Ouachita, Ozark, and Evans. A good piece of southern swirl pottery.