Re: Ray Finch

by **philpot** Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:04 am

Ray Finch of course did have his off-days. This plate was not quite up to his best.

by **Roobarb** Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:16 am

Hello, does anyone recognise this makers mark, please? Thank you...

by cuthbertleys Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:51 am

It looks like Winchcombe Pottery

by **denbydump** Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:14 am

Ray Finch saltglaze, most unusual

by **Roobarb** Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:00 am

Thank you both :) It is the glaze that's unusual?

by **philpot** Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:47 am

Its Salt Glaze with some extra decorative effects. You can tell Ray Finch pieces by the little dot, as on this one. Sometimes they can be hard to see.

by **Roobarb** Fri Nov 25, 2022 7:51 am

Thanks philpot, yes the glaze has a slight iridescence too

by **studio-pots** Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:37 am

it would have been made towards the end of his life.

by **denbydump** Sun Jan 22, 2023 8:07 pm

A 5 in terracotta bowl. Some damage, but only £1 in local centre!

by **22 Crawford St.** Sun Jan 22, 2023 11:16 pm

Lovely! Nice mark, Jumping For Joy

bet you were happy when you turned that one over. Pottery collecting is a bit like a treasure hunt on a massive scale, where someone has hidden the treasures all across the country in charity shops and it's our job to hunt them down.

So good to know they are still there...was getting a bit depressed about nice things being posted.

by **philpot** Sun Jan 22, 2023 11:21 pm

Nice early pre-war mark as well. These sort of pieces are quite in demand now. That is a Very Good Buy!

by **denbydump** Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:16 am

This early Winchcombe Terracotta, same as the Tustin pieces, seems very soft,
and damages very easily.

by **studio-pots** Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:55 am

philpot wrote:Nice early pre-war mark as well. These sort of pieces are quite in demand now. That is a Very Good Buy!

The mark is most likely to have been used by Ray between 1949 and 1952 so I think that you meant to write "early post-war", philpot?

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