Frank Smith, FS mark
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Frank Smith, FS mark
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It could be by Frank Smith, who was really responsible for me becoming interested in studio pottery. I visited his studio in Peasmarsh, Kent after seeing a sign saying "Pottery Open" and that was it.
He was a member of the CPA and died in 1994. This looks like one of the marks he used - I'll try and check, as the glaze doesn't look familiar but certainly not out of the question.
He was a member of the CPA and died in 1994. This looks like one of the marks he used - I'll try and check, as the glaze doesn't look familiar but certainly not out of the question.
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By coincidence I looked up Frank Smith but the mark didn't match. But if he used different marks pver the years that could account for it.
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Mark looks spot on to me
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Potty- Number of posts : 3667
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THat's great.
Do you have an example? I found one on ebay that looked very different, so I'm assuming they got their Id wrong..
Do you have an example? I found one on ebay that looked very different, so I'm assuming they got their Id wrong..
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I'm only going by the mark in the CPA published "Potters", 2 marks are listed and this looks like a match to the first, the 2nd being more a stylised version.
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Potty- Number of posts : 3667
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studio-pots wrote:It could be by Frank Smith, who was really responsible for me becoming interested in studio pottery. I visited his studio in Peasmarsh, Kent after seeing a sign saying "Pottery Open" and that was it.
He was a member of the CPA and died in 1994. This looks like one of the marks he used - I'll try and check, as the glaze doesn't look familiar but certainly not out of the question.
I've seen references to a Frank Smith being Colin Pearson's assistant, and a Frank Smith of Rye Pottery, father or Tim Smith. Are they the same person?
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Frank had nothing to do with the Rye Pottery but was a member of the Rye Society of Artists. He did work with Colin Pearson in Aylesford and later was assisted at his own pottery by his son, Tim, for two years.
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Here is the Frank Smith bowl that I mentioned above. The first piece of studio pottery that I ever bought.
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is it marked?
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It is but it is under the glaze so difficult to photograph.
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thanks SP
when did you buy it?
when did you buy it?
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1988. I was on my way back from a day out in Rye and saw this sign "Pottery Open". I didn't realise at the time how significant stopping rather than carrying on would be.
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The first items of studio pottery that I ever bought were from Frank Smith!!!
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