Nonconnah Pottery
The Nonconnah Pottery, an Indian term translating as “Long Stream”, started in 1901 in Memphis, Tennessee where it operated until 1910. It relocated to Skyline, North Carolina in 1913 where it produced pottery from 1913 to 1916.
The pottery was operated by Walter B. Stephen and Nellie Randall Stephen (died 1913), a mother/son team of potters producing molded or wheel thrown pieces. Walter left the pottery for the construction business circa 1916, although he continued to experiment with pottery until 1926 when he founded the Pisgah Forest Pottery.
Nonconnah pottery is marked with hand-printed block letters in paste or slip.