Post #336626 by whitenviro on Fri, Oct 5, 2007 10:44 AM

I haven't seen this design before, but I know quite a bit about Totem Pottery from Port Orchard. The company was (is) owned by a guy named Hinton Blaisdell who made things with a Northwest Coast Indian motif for a long time. Some of the stuff will be marked Blaisdell Pottery; same maker, same factory/studio. I have a good sized collection of about 35 pieces of his stuff. It was sold at tourist junk shops in the Seattle area from the early 1960s to mid 1980s. It is all brown glaze on red clay, with glazed on faces that come from historical totem poles and indian art. The cups are typically stackable, to make a totem pole. He made a lot of different things like plates, platters, masks, teapots, shakers, all with weird indian designs.

As far as I know, he is still alive and living in Spokane Washington. He is over 90 years old and in the more recent years has been making tikis. So this piece is probably not too old, but is pretty cool!