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Post by NaomiM April 23rd 2014, 8:50 am

Pen or brush holder in the oriental style.
Decoration is reminiscent of Dartington Pottery, so by one of their ex-artists, maybe?
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Post by cookiepops April 23rd 2014, 1:54 pm

think it's a posy brick vase
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Post by studio-pots April 23rd 2014, 6:14 pm

Might it be a modern Chinese export piece?

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Post by NaomiM April 24th 2014, 1:11 am

Found a similar one, listed as Studio Pottery Ceramic Flower Brick by Francis Ceramics. Checked out Francis Ceramics and it's a husband and wife team (Mike & Carol Francis) who make reproduction delft, etc, tiles for high end interior design. They used to make stoneware.
I don't think its a Japanese/Chinese import because the glaze is crazed and their flower bricks are  of a much better quality.

https://www.francisceramics.co.uk/index.php/home/?k=:1::


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Post by NaomiM November 17th 2017, 12:22 am

Potpourri vase by The Francis Pottery, Sawtry, Cambridgeshire
3 marks, the last being a saw, sawing a log
The Francis Pottery, 32 Church Street - found an old postcard on google.

By Mike & Carol Francis

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Post by imajica May 1st 2019, 6:42 pm

This is the only mark I have ever had like this, and I haven't the foggiest idea where it could be from.  Googling my vague interpretations is getting me absolutely nowhere!  Thank you for looking 🙂

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Post by NaomiM May 1st 2019, 6:55 pm

Very strange mark. It almost looks like a shopping cart with a couple of people inside. Probably using all the letters of their name, if you can decipher it. Not a mark I’ve come across before

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Post by touchdry May 1st 2019, 9:15 pm

It reminds me of Ingleton Pottery ... the one handed potter up in Lancashire. Big Shock


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Post by imajica May 1st 2019, 9:24 pm

There is no section for shopping trolleys in the marks book  Shrugs  Happy 
I got it in Guildford.
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Post by olipayton May 2nd 2019, 3:15 pm

touchdry wrote:It reminds me of Ingleton Pottery ... the one handed potter up in Lancashire. Big Shock
Really - that is one amazing talent!
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Post by abstract toad August 10th 2019, 3:56 pm

Little vase with a clear impressed mark, looks like a W with two lines within a square.
Any help identifying this appreciated, thank you.

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Post by NaomiM August 10th 2019, 5:09 pm

By Michael Francis

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Post by abstract toad August 10th 2019, 7:04 pm

Thank you again Naomi, I am really grateful for your help.
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Post by benwilliams September 26th 2020, 4:00 pm

Very small flower brick, unmarked.
Dragonfly design.
Colours quite like some Dartington pieces.
One in different colours sold on eBay v recently
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Post by philpot September 27th 2020, 10:00 am

I think you have got it already Ben. A strongly Dart, Janice Tchalenko inluenced piece. Without a mark that is about all you can say. Still its a good enough moniker to catch the right Ebay searches!
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Post by benwilliams September 28th 2020, 9:20 am

Thank you, well done. It certainly is reminiscent of Dartington. I think I prefer their Delft type pieces.
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Post by NaomiM January 27th 2021, 2:08 pm

I think it's a handwritten mark for Michael and Carol Francis, Llanfyrnach, Crymych, Pembrokeshire (They are both upside down. It's MF for Michael Francis)

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Post by imajica January 27th 2021, 9:25 pm

My goodness. How do you store all these unidentified marks in your brain, and then manage to find the thread almost 2 years later!? I saw a ID request a few weeks ago with a plate that matches a cheese dome I have and I can't even find that now 🤷‍�
Thank you for this 😊
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Post by NaomiM January 27th 2021, 10:20 pm

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