Stoneware flaired studio bowl- Mary Gibson Horrocks ?

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Stoneware flaired studio bowl- Mary Gibson Horrocks ?

Post by benwilliams on February 19th 2019, 2:11 pm

Bowl 4.5” across, decorated blue, ochre, gold, coarse clay body, signed incised base Hill or maybe other way up is Mick



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Post by NaomiM on March 5th 2019, 2:56 pm

It might be MGH - Mary Gibson Horrocks?

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Post by benwilliams on March 5th 2019, 7:00 pm

Not quite seeing it and she seems to paint her initials. But it may not be Mick or Hill! Thanks
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Post by philpot on March 5th 2019, 7:20 pm

MGH and Mary Gibson Horrocks was the first thing that occurred to me as well. She is mainly associated with Buckfast Abbey Pottery. But she worked all over the place, including Bulmer's Brick Yard Sudbury 1942-44, Leach St Ives 1944-47, Michael Cardew Wenford Bridge 1949....So she would have worked in many different styles.
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Post by NaomiM on March 5th 2019, 8:29 pm



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Post by benwilliams on March 5th 2019, 9:36 pm

Oh maybe you’re right! They do look similar. Does it look like the kind of pot she made?
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Post by philpot on March 6th 2019, 8:10 am

Errrr ummm.
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Post by NaomiM on March 6th 2019, 11:34 am

Difficult to say; she had a long and varied potting career, but it does seem to be the right palette. Maybe not while at Buckfast, though.

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Post by benwilliams on March 6th 2019, 2:45 pm

Well done - I’ll keep looking out for other examples of her work but it seems like it could well be her. Thank you Naomi and Philpot!
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