Ray Finch

The slipware glazes used at Winchcombe were, as there name suggests, made up primarily of slip i.e. earthenware clay mixed with water. They also contained a little flint and ground galena, which is a naturally occurring lead ore.

The usual brown glaze was made up of a mixture of white ball clay and locally dug red clay and it was the iron in the red clay that gives the final brown colour.

The white galena glaze (a creamy white) didn't have any red clay and the green glaze, as above, was the white galena glaze with the addition of copper oxide.

So it's the copper that makes it green.

Large cider flagon, possibly Ray Finch but do not recognise mark

rhiwfield wrote:Large cider flagon, possibly Ray Finch but do not recognise mark

Looks like a Ray Finch mark according to my book

Any info on this one please?

It's a large tankard, holding upto 2 1/4 pints  

Some nice sgraffito decoration through the tenmoku glaze, but for some reason it's hard to see in the picture.

Salt glaze teapot.

A simpler style

Love the colours on this one. The three teapots were on show at the Estate sale of Harry Horlock Stringers's wife.

Pair of Pork and Beef Dripping pots by Ray Finch

Re-reading this thread - What are the single letter marks (impressed/inscribed) that seem to be on later pots by Ray? This mark sits alongside the personal seal ad seems to change - many letters used - but always a single letter

We think the 'B' is so that it could be matched with the lid (which also has an incesed 'B') after the firing. - on Studiopottery

Others have said it's a glaze ID mark? Would this have been to confirm the glaze and kiln temperature?

Seen N, O, B, C  

Any other theories?

Coffee pot by Ray Finch, Winchcombe Pottery

Charger.

Well I was not impressed with the other 'snow' photos as I thought they added little to the narrative.

But this looks lie a friendly neighbour returning a borrowed charger by the front door.

Or frisbee-ed it over the hedge

22 Crawford St. wrote:Well I was not impressed with the other 'snow' photos as I thought they added little to the narrative.

But this looks lie a friendly neighbour returning a borrowed charger by the front door.

Easy phortos tho.

What is a 'narrative'?   An e-book with every pot?

Superb mug by Ray Finch

Salt glazed.

Superb indeed. One of the very best studio potters of the 2oth century. Producing work of amazing quality and consistency. Yet he because he was sooooo prolific, his work just does not get the attention it deserves.
Michael Cardew is lionised and lauded. Yet his whole body of work is quite patchy.

Little cream jug with Ray Finch’s mark

Nice is that a new find?

....no, no no non no no no no non no bahh no no no no.......
.....oohhh....no broken.....no.no.nonon no non no no

*Now that is interesting!*
*Dont look too eager*
*picks up piece next to interesting jug first*
*how much for the funny looking grey jug?*
*......wait a while.......*
*£2....OK*


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