Honiton Pottery (Devon)

Hi all - this is a flea market found and i think a nice piece - i like the form and the glaze...
but i have no idea of the age or any further information the the maker - i think "Honiton"
I this for sweets or flowers? what means the "JH3" - is this a form-no. or a postal code?

please help me...



THX Kev2 :ch3:

Hi Kev2 nice piece and I found this in the web:

http://www.cix.co.uk/~moshpit/hpcs/home_frame.htm

OooouuuuutcH! my EYES !!! - do you want to hurt me?

thank you very much for the link! - but i can´t find my bowl or even the form-no., mine is so differnet with its signing "JH3"...

question to the experts: is "Honiton" the same like "Crown Devon"???

Thx again - Kev2

No Honiton and Crown Devon are not the same. Can't help you with your bowl but it looks very 50s/60s

Kev, for your information Honiton is a small town in Devon (England) most famous for lace-making. They have great clay seams in Devon and so this is the reason so many potteries are based in the locale. Click the link below for some info on Honiton Pottery.

http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=6

Cool- thx Pip, and thx Christine! It looks 50s/60s to me too... a nice shape! this is my second english piece - i had an very old Crown Devon music box and sold it to malta (irish man).

bye and nice easter - Kev2

Hi, I live quite near Honiton but know nothing about the pottery (shame on me) but JH3 is not a postcode, Honiton is EX, I see lots Honiton pottery about, mainly cups and saucers etc

Hi there. Don't know if this 'thread' is still active but I can tell you that the most notable Honiton pottery was set up in the early 1900s (1918 I think) by Charles Collard who had previously owned the Crown Dorset pottery in Poole (not Crown Devon). Collard sold the pottery in 1947 but, in general, his wares were decorated white slipwares, not the heavier brown pieces shown above. Collard sold out to Norman Hull and Harry Barrett who, in turn, sold the company to Dartmouth Pottery in 1997. It's possible that the piece was produced by Hull & Barrett but I have no details of their pots at all. Sorry.