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Kersey Pottery/Robert Tarling
by koobideh on Fri May 15, 2009 1:53 am
Can anyone tell me more about this shallow dish I found recently? It’s just over an inch high and is 9 inches diameter. The barely-there paper label reads Robert Tarling of Kersey Pottery and there is an impressed logo on the side. I love the pattern; it has a 60s-70s feel to it.
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Re: Kersey Pottery/Robert Tarling
by Pip on Fri May 15, 2009 7:52 am
Very nice piece!
It's actually a little more recent than you might think though - the Kersey Pottery, in Suffolk, was in operation from 1982 to 1989 and was run by Dorothy Gorst and Fred Bramham. I haven't been able to find out any info on Robert Tarling and wonder if he was a 'guest' potter at some point during that period - the impressed mark I suspect is his mark, rather than anything to do with Kersey.
It's actually a little more recent than you might think though - the Kersey Pottery, in Suffolk, was in operation from 1982 to 1989 and was run by Dorothy Gorst and Fred Bramham. I haven't been able to find out any info on Robert Tarling and wonder if he was a 'guest' potter at some point during that period - the impressed mark I suspect is his mark, rather than anything to do with Kersey.
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Re: Kersey Pottery/Robert Tarling
by gareth-h on Sat May 16, 2009 10:08 pm
Pip
I think you're right, there was a Robert Tarling at Newport Pottery in Barnstaple using this mark.
I don't have any dates or further info but a bit of googling found this (mark at bottom right)
http://www.theoxfordteaparty.com/go/view.php?image=images/large/P1010236.JPG
I think you're right, there was a Robert Tarling at Newport Pottery in Barnstaple using this mark.
I don't have any dates or further info but a bit of googling found this (mark at bottom right)
http://www.theoxfordteaparty.com/go/view.php?image=images/large/P1010236.JPG
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Re: Kersey Pottery/Robert Tarling
by dantheman on Thu May 21, 2009 8:50 pm
a very evokative design Gareth and very Cornish in style,I like it
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Re: Kersey Pottery/Robert Tarling
by Pip on Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:01 pm
An update on this thread: I've been contacted by Robert Tarling's son, Rob, who has joined the forum. My posting about the Kersey Pottery, gleaned from what little information there was online, is completely innaccurate - my sincere apologies to the Tarling family for this.
Robert Tarling (who sadly passed away in Nov 2005 at the age of 70) was far from being a 'guest potter', he actually established Kersey Pottery in 1969 and ran it until 1982 when it was then taken over by the Bramhams.
I will leave it to his son Rob to post here the rest of the very interesting background about his father's life and work before, during and after Kersey Pottery.
Robert Tarling (who sadly passed away in Nov 2005 at the age of 70) was far from being a 'guest potter', he actually established Kersey Pottery in 1969 and ran it until 1982 when it was then taken over by the Bramhams.
I will leave it to his son Rob to post here the rest of the very interesting background about his father's life and work before, during and after Kersey Pottery.
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Re: Kersey Pottery/Robert Tarling
by DIANE on Tue May 31, 2011 4:06 pm
I've been trying to identify two goblets with a impressed T with three dots above and each side and just found out they are by Robert Tarling. His son Rob had identified the mark on another forum. Its lovely when you have had a piece for a long time and at last can put a name to it.
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Re: Kersey Pottery/Robert Tarling
by dantheman on Tue May 31, 2011 5:33 pm
the stems on those goblets are perfection 
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Re: Kersey Pottery/Robert Tarling
by NikkiA on Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:45 pm
I also have some goblets like those but also a very lovely jug with a 'Russian Doll' feel to it, it's a roundish lady with her hands folded in front of her. I'll try to post a picture, if I can work it out, if anyone is interested. In fact, I came across this site trying to find out more information on Robert Tarling, as I have just bought these pieces and identified the mark!
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Re: Kersey Pottery/Robert Tarling
by skay on Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:48 pm
Welcome Nikki 
Yes, we'd be interested
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Re: Kersey Pottery/Robert Tarling
by NikkiA on Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:01 am
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