Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
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Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
Admin wrote:Finally identified as Susan Mills, West Green Pottery, Crawley in Sussex, who has been potting since 1976
Via her etsy page:
Trained at Croydon College of Art way back in the 70's, set up West Green Pottery on graduating and been potting ever since. My love of nature and the countryside is reflected in the designs on my stoneware pots, which show butterflies,birds, mice, owls,hares, and the green man.
Seems an Oak Leaf mark not a clam this time. Any thoughts, a few pieces floating around the net but potter unknown.
RVsaid- Number of posts : 1470
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
Might it be Wendy Fowler's work from the period 1982 to 1994?
It isn't something that I'm familiar with so can't be sure.
It isn't something that I'm familiar with so can't be sure.
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
RV, this ones had me stumped too for the last couple of months or so
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
Nice, I like yours more than mine
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
That's so funny RV, I said to my friend yesterday I liked yours more than mine , lets hope we solve the mystery
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
Yes, Angela Tain
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
Thank you Naomi, much appreciated
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Oak leaf mark probably Angela Tain (cf Susan Enderby )
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imajica- Number of posts : 75
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
By Angela Tain. She makes a lot of pieces decorated with birds and mice etc
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Grumpy Grandad- Number of posts : 867
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
Angela Tain’s leaf mark. I’m guessing the VI is a date number, maybe
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
Could well be a date, but a bit vague if it is. No telling if it's day, month or year. Is it something you've seen before on Tain pieces?
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
It’s a very plain piece compared to the ones she adds mice and birds, etc, to. Maybe it’s an early piece or a set of vases of different sizes
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
Bloody artists and their mysterious symbols! Worse than the bloody Masons.
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
Not quite right for Angela Tain. Seems a closer match for Susan Enderby
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PotteryLover123- Number of posts : 342
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
The mark could be Penny Simpson, Moretonhampstead, but I’ve not seen her do mouse pots before.
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
There are a number of similar leaf marks. My candidate would be Wendy Fowler who worked at various potteries in the 80's. The Mouse idea is slightly twee and is probably more likely made for a tourist or quick sale market.
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
I think it’s by Angela Tain. Somewhere I have a pair of candlesticks with her mice on them
Edited to add, I've merged these posts as they're all by the same potter, but the ID is based solely on the mark in the Marks book and Susan Enderby has a similar mark. Not found one with a label yet so they may be by a different potter entirely.
Edited to add, I've merged these posts as they're all by the same potter, but the ID is based solely on the mark in the Marks book and Susan Enderby has a similar mark. Not found one with a label yet so they may be by a different potter entirely.
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Re: Susan Mills West Green Pottery leaf mark (not Angela Tain or Susan Enderby)
Finally identified as Susan Mills, West Green Pottery, at Crawley in Sussex. She set up West Green Pottery in 1976.
There is a pot with the same mouse on her instagram page, and a pot with the same leaf mark on her etsy page so that's pretty conclusive
There is a pot with the same mouse on her instagram page, and a pot with the same leaf mark on her etsy page so that's pretty conclusive
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