Farnham Pottery (Surrey)

This little fellow appeared today out of the early morning mist. His mournful countenance belies the glint in his eye when the light catches ( the small pool of glaze refracts/flects blues and reds, giving him a soul almost). I bought him thinking he was a Brannam piece but was delighted to find that he was by a pottery I had never come across and worth more to hoot, sorry, boot. I am sorry to say that some Susie Cooper is going to be looking for a new home while me and the owl get to know a bit more of each others foibles.

Never seen the stuff with the ivy leaves. So like the Cadborough, Sussex rustic ware.
The popular Denby Owl jugs were done in 2 sizes, one only slightly bigger than
the other, in the "Electric blue" glaze during the 20s/30s, but in stoneware, and almost
always well marked.

One of the most endearing things about these little pieces is when, early in the morning at the boot sale, you come across an item in a crumpled sheet of newspaper at the bottom of a box which nobody else has touched yet. You unwrap just a corner and there is this little owly face looking up at you, almost grateful that someone has come to rescue and to cuddle it, and they are cuddly and I swear all three of these looked grateful.

I  put these two down side-by-side to photograph them and as soon as I looked at them I felt guilty about ..... something, I don't know what, but the two of them looking into my soul stripped it bare, so whoever it was and whatever I did, I'M SORRY.

Ed will love it, as I do, but not 20thC, Present youself to SP for admonishment!

And besides which, it has spent the vast majority of its existence in the 20c