Mid Century Handmade Hand Painted Nemadji Pottery Vase

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This vase bears the stamp Nemadji Pottery U.S.A., the Moose Lake, Minnesota, company that began producing swirled pottery, in Nemadji … Read more This vase bears the stamp Nemadji Pottery U.S.A., the Moose Lake, Minnesota, company that began producing swirled pottery, in Nemadji Pottery. "The name 'Nemadj' is an Ojibwe word meaning 'left-handed', but was easily misunderstood to be the name of a tribe. In the information sheet that accompanied their pots, Nemadji stressed that their wares were made with the same clays and shapes used by Native Americans. The connection of this marbled style of decoration with Native American production was more assumption than fact, but Nemadji was happy to encourage the idea. In reality, Eric Hellman, a Nemadji employee and Danish immigrant, came up with the idea to decorate the vases using simple house paint." The vase has a lovely profile, as well as a beautiful swirl of earthy browns and rusts over the buff-sand colored background. See less