John Beusmans, Carn Pottery (Cornwall)

It feels well made..but then what do I know...your advice please

Carn.
All the Carn pottery I've seen has been unsigned.

Yes deffo Carn. Most Carn has an ink stamp and you can find some of the larger pieces are signed by John Buesman

Just spotted a very faint stamp on one of my pieces, but the other 3 don't have it -

The inks stamps do fade over time and much quicker in sunlight so many that no longer have stamps probably did have them originally.

Thank you all

I seem to have added Carn to my collecting habits. Wish I could find an affordable copy of the book.

Is the un stamped one Carn...I think so

Yes it is, the marks can rub off, or are sometimes very faint.

Thanks....not bad for £10...

It seems that some people expect Carn pieces to command extremely high prices. I recently purchased a couple of pieces of Carn for £20-40 and then found the same pieces advertised on the net for £100+ each. Today I noticed a pair of owls on an internet auction site selling for £50 each. I did a bit of searching on the web as I hadn't come across the designs before. I found similar pieces attributed to John Beusmans on a number of websites.

Does anyone know anything about these owls? Are they very early examples of John's work or are they totally unrelated to the Carn Pottery?

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Image of Owl type can be found here:

http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/pp.cgi?item=6535

...and on Naomi's reply below.

Yes, the Owls are by Carn Pottery

http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/pp.cgi?item=4935


http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/pp.cgi?item=4936

Best not to post links to eBay listings, though, because the images are usually deleted after 90 days . If you have Pinterest then post them via that instead.

Thanks for putting me straight, Naomi. I'll have to keep an eye out for one of these little owls for my collection.

Fish scale bud vase

Bulb-like bud vase

Hi I know John quite well I see him at some of the auction houses around the Penzance area . He once told me that he only signs a piece if he is asked to do so when it is purchased from his studio so most pieces are unsigned .
He offered to sign some pieces for me but I refused as in my eyes the piece IS the signature .

I'm sure I should know this but can't remember. Unmarked.

Briglin?

Big hole in the base pic Naomi. And not sure it's briglin though,
with those sunken eyes.

denbydump wrote:Big hole in the base pic Naomi.

Sorry, Denby, was that a question? Slip cast by the looks of it. Cinque Ports, Rye, after Parkinson, maybe?

I am so pleased to be able to contribute to this thread. I know when I bought mine it was described as Carn or Celtic. Unfortunately I have not got the owl to hand to check what it looks like on the underside.

Not Briglin deff,,, Clara either you were in an earthquake when taking those photos or I need new glasses!

Cheers, Clara. Definitely the same owl :)

You're right, it's Carn :) Cheers Clara


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5 inch vase, no stamp
4 panels of decoration and each one different