Alan Brough, Newlyn Pottery

Excellent, thank you Martyn. I can see now that the mark is tilted 45 degrees to the left, the A becomes a bit more apparent when you straighten it up.

Here's a link I just found http://www.cornishceramics.com/palanbrough.htm

Little lidded mustard pot signed AB

Would I be right in assuming this is the same Alan Brough who was throwing for Maggi at Celtic Pottery for a while ? That link makes no mention of it.

Nicely made porcelain goblet, the mark is glazed over, but is clearly AB, not BB back-to-back.

Thanks Potty, Had a look at some marks on studiopottery.com and there are a couple
the same. He used so many variations of AB in squares etc.
I'd given up on that one, as that mark is not in the book, or that he worked in porcelain,
which is what I feel it is.
cheers.

I think that he only used porcelain towards the end of his life but the decoration is really the give away.

Because of the way that the images on the site are behaving at the moment, I haven't been able to see the seal but the glaze splash "shouts" Alan Brough.

As good as will get Dan, underglaze

Here is another of my seemingly endless amount of pottery mysteries. Been going through the reference books and not been able to pin it down. Stands about 7 inches tall and is marked with what I think is an AB? Clues anyone?

Thanks

I think your right. The mark is the same. It's just an unusual item from him.

5” stoneware bowl, red iron oxide glaze ( is that right.?) inside and splashes outside. Mark looks very similar to pieces I can see online. Is it his do you think?

I picked these up in a charity shop this week for a couple of quid for the pair - they look much better in my cabinet, labelled up! Made after his stint at Leach, at his Newlyn studio, I think these are from his Newlyn Coffeeware set. I don't see much about him or many of his pottery examples online - any collectors out there?

His work steadily appears in auction, especially around West Cornwall. This is a link to the Saleroom auction site which lists some of his work to appear at auction.
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/price-guide?pgSearchTerm=alan+brough

philpot wrote:His work steadily appears in auction, especially around West Cornwall. This is a link to the Saleroom auction site which lists some of his work to appear at auction.

Thats great, thank you!

LOOKS LIKE AA OR A CROSS IN A BOX ANY IDEAS

Nice studio cup/ mug looks quite modern

Thank you Naomi
very helpful

Here’s another it just feels so nice!

Nice little jug, simplistic decoration on one side only.
The mark is one I've seen on other pieces, but I cannot pin it down. Possibly eb.
Any help welcomed.