Poole Pottery 1980 to present day

Yes, Barbara Linley Adams 1985-86. It is a Teal decoy duck. Originally produced as a stoneware model in 1982.

ah yes Barbera Furstenhoffer ,I still have all four somewhere

It is meant to be a vole on a strawberry but it looks as if the mould is rather worn out as the definition is quite poor. It should be like the decoy duck above with gold eyes and the 'bone china' backstamp but yours has a std poole mark. I can only guess that it was produced as a cheaper version maybe later in the 1980's or even early 90's. It is easy to forget that there was a recession for much of this period that affected companies like Poole who made for the leisure market.

NaomiM wrote:Cheers. I initially thought it was porcelain like the duck but now I'm thinking its glazed earthenware

You are right Naomi. The porcelain animals have a gold backstamp and gold eyes. White glazed earthenware models don't.

Also, for some reason the porcelain figures were based on the stoneware range whereas white glazed seem to have been based on the blue glaze range. This figure is a vole with a strawberry and was produced in 1989.

27 cm pedestal dish designed by Janice Tchalenco in 1996 following the re launch of the Poole Studio section in 1995

I'm aware this is a modern mark, but I've been unable to find the pattern anywhere. Interested in any info . Thanks


Thanks

I think the backstamp is mark no. 90 which was used 1993 - 1999. Looking in my Poole book ( p. 200 ) it looks to be 'Bamboo' pattern which was made exclusively for John Lewis, designed by Anita Harris.

Unless you have a buyer, probably Lindy.

The top Poole tableware patterns in demand to look out for are:
Dorset fruit
Fresco
Vineyard

Its easy to forget that tableware has always been 95% ( my uncorroborated guess ) of Poole's production. There seem to have been loads of different designs in the 80's and 90's but then there was little other giftware etc. being produced. Consider how much twintone from the 50's and 60's is still around. It is generally of good quality and wears well.

So sorry PP but Poole tableware is such poor quality, ranks along with Portmeirion.
Soft clay, it cracks. chips, crazes, gets destroyed in a dishwasher, but nice designs,
and people still want replacements, thats what I do.

If you know more about it than me then I bow to your superior knowledge, it was a bit of a 'throwaway' remark.

Can find the name of this style of Poole - is it Atlantis?

I think it's from the Corinthian range 1987.

That looks right - not much of it online.

The miniatures are around 5-8yrs old (approx.) but the patterns are mainly based on 1950's patterns, a couple are 1930's patterns i.e. the deer design.

the coaster is Tradpots Mark Baker