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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 2852418, member: 45&quot;]It doesn&#039;t appear, to me, to be any of those.&nbsp; Not Nemadji, because the different swirling colors produced by that factory were the result of pots being dipped in water vats with Pittsburgh Paint floating on the surface.&nbsp; All except the very first pots were made from molds.</p><p><br /></p><p>While both Desert Sands and Niloak actually colored their clay with oxides, and then would throw it on a potter&#039;s wheel, they, especially Niloak made what is now considered Art Pottery.&nbsp; Although Niloak (a much larger enterprise than Desert Sands) later produced animal figures and items more in the &quot;souvenir/gift shop&quot; classification, their animals looked far more &quot;refined,&quot; and nothing like this.&#039;&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>There were many factories that tried to copy what Niloak was doing, and the process of working with mixed clay like this is hardly a secret...many hobby potters have tried it, as have small studio potters who produce for the souvenir/gift market.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe someone who specializes more in this type of pottery will be able to identify who made it, but, at least with my rather limited experience with Art Pottery, I think you can eliminate those three possibilities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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