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Post by Redware February 2nd 2014, 6:09 pm

I am not 100% sure this vase in by Alan, but it looks right. Here is the only painted mark I've seen: http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/pp.cgi?item=6380
He signed his pieces with a stamp signature in most cases. Unless this is by someone else?
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Post by studio-pots February 2nd 2014, 9:06 pm

It doesn't look like any pot of Alan Brough's that I have seen and all of the ones that I have seen have had an impressed seal. It could be though but I would need more convincing.

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Post by ClaraIreland2 February 3rd 2014, 11:40 am

Amazing coincidence I say this piece and realised a similar mark on one of my pots. Mine looks like the one on the studio pottery site, it has a kick under the "B" but remarkably similar, hope this helps

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Post by NaomiM February 3rd 2014, 11:59 am

I've seen several pots on ebay with a written AB mark attributed to Alan Brough. I know we should take ebay attributions with a pinch of salt, but it does look very similar to the monogram on the tile on StudioPottery

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Post by Redware February 3rd 2014, 1:42 pm

Yes, the mark from the StudioPottery site is really similar, that's what made me think it's Alan's pot. However as studio-pots mentioned the seal mark would be more convincing. Great stuff Clara, it looks like we all can find something useful on this forum  Happy
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Post by Potty February 3rd 2014, 3:56 pm

studiopottery.com is not always a reliable source of information either, there are errors on the site (I'm not saying this is one, I don't know), if you contact them about incorrect information you do not get any reply.

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Post by NaomiM February 3rd 2014, 5:04 pm

I'm wondering if it's AW - maybe a variation of Alan Ward's mark

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Post by Redware February 3rd 2014, 5:43 pm

Potty wrote:studiopottery.com is not always a reliable source of information either, there are errors on the site (I'm not saying this is one, I don't know), if you contact them about incorrect information you do not get any reply.

They are not the only ones  Happy  I have recently contacted Mark Hill about one mistake in his book, he never bothered to write back, oh well it's good it's 21st century and we can all share information.

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Post by Redware February 3rd 2014, 5:45 pm

NaomiM wrote:I'm wondering if it's AW - maybe a variation of Alan Ward's mark

Interesting lead Naomi, I have found some items on ebay with AW's mark. They do look similar.
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Post by studio-pots August 13th 2014, 8:37 pm

James Hazlewood, who is working on the revised edition has contacted this site and I for one have pointed out a few things that need changing to him.

Unfortunately, it is an endless task trying to up date everything and at some point it needs to be published so there are always going to be mistakes or additions not made.

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Post by Marcusborra September 22nd 2015, 9:29 pm

I'm sure I've seen this mark before but it eludes me at the moment. Looks like AM but could be AW

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Post by studio-pots September 23rd 2015, 10:49 am

It's a shame that Alan Brough is no longer around to ask about this mark but I am very doubtful that it is by him.

The marks book does say that he used a painted or inscibed mark that was an AB signature but the indications are that this was pre-Leach Pottery when he worked in London i.e. in the 1950s and 60s pre 1968. I know that for some of this period at least he worked in red earthenware and that work didn't look like this with brush decoration. In fact brush decoration isn't something I associate with Alan Brough.

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Post by NaomiM September 23rd 2015, 11:38 am

His son Adrian is still potting. Worth asking him. He's on Facebook.

Edited to add, Adrian was shown a similar written one and said it wasn't his father's mark. Probably Alan Beastow

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Post by bishbosh May 2nd 2016, 1:28 pm

Hi

Sorry if I've put this in the wrong section as I've seen a discussion somewhere on the site about a similar mark and whether or not it could be attributed to Alan Brough.  Not sure whether it was ever resolved.

This is a tall stoneware jug which is mostly glazed in what I think could be referred to as 'tenmoku' glaze.  Very small section at the bottom which has been left unglazed.

The mark to the base is handwritten in black and looks to be AB with a dot to show the correct way up perhaps.

Is it possibly attributable to Alan Brough or does anyone have any other ideas?

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Post by NaomiM May 2nd 2016, 2:25 pm

Alan Brough had a number of marks; both stamps and hand written and inscribed.


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Post by studio-pots May 2nd 2016, 8:17 pm

I don't have any real idea but it looks like the kind of thing that he would/could have made.

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Post by NaomiM March 23rd 2021, 4:17 pm

I've split these from the Alan Brough thread because it's not certain they are by Brough.
Adrian Brough was recently asked about this mark (example below) and said it wasn't his father's, but it has a dot unlike the ones above.
Most likely by Alan Beastow

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Post by NaomiM March 23rd 2021, 4:23 pm

This mark has been attributed to Alan Beastow, and is dated '68 when Brough was at St Ives, so unlikely to be by him; Brough occasionally used a written mark much later in his career, c.1990s-2000s.

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Post by NaomiM March 23rd 2021, 4:41 pm

Adrian Brough said this isn't his father's mark. Alan Beastow is looking more likely.

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