Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
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Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
Hello to all you learned Potty people,
i have recently developed an interest in pottery and have a few peices that im stumped with ID ing.
Any ideas or advice on there origins greatly appreciated.
Many thanks from Scott, verygreennkeen
This Unusual Angular Studio pot caught my eye at a local bootfair, has a speckled greenish blue glaze, almost looks like an old salt glaze method.
possibly inscribed "Bob 135" ?
![Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated Pot001](https://2img.net/h/i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/pcthing/pot001.jpg)
![Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated Pot002](https://2img.net/h/i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/pcthing/pot002.jpg)
![Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated Pot003](https://2img.net/h/i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/pcthing/pot003.jpg)
i have recently developed an interest in pottery and have a few peices that im stumped with ID ing.
Any ideas or advice on there origins greatly appreciated.
Many thanks from Scott, verygreennkeen
This Unusual Angular Studio pot caught my eye at a local bootfair, has a speckled greenish blue glaze, almost looks like an old salt glaze method.
possibly inscribed "Bob 135" ?
![Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated Pot001](https://2img.net/h/i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/pcthing/pot001.jpg)
![Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated Pot002](https://2img.net/h/i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/pcthing/pot002.jpg)
![Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated Pot003](https://2img.net/h/i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/pcthing/pot003.jpg)
VeryGreennkeen- Number of posts : 146
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Re: Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
Hi Scott,
what you think is the B for Bob may be the potter's mark and the rest would be just a record of other info? I think a clearer pic of the B may help with the id
what you think is the B for Bob may be the potter's mark and the rest would be just a record of other info? I think a clearer pic of the B may help with the id
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Re: Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
Hi Dan, You may well be right, hope this image helps somone tag it for me.
![Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated B005](https://2img.net/h/i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/pcthing/b005.jpg)
![Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated B005](https://2img.net/h/i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/pcthing/b005.jpg)
VeryGreennkeen- Number of posts : 146
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Re: Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
I'm non the wiser but it looks like crank clay
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Is there a particular country likely to use crank clay, ive suspected this was American for no particular reason other than a gut feel
VeryGreennkeen- Number of posts : 146
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Re: Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
no it's used for sculptural pieces as it stays firm while you work it and doesn't shrink much but it isn't a pointer to any particular country.
The 135 was stamped into the base in a very un-British manner though
The 135 was stamped into the base in a very un-British manner though
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Well that makes sense as it has more of a sculptural feel rather than standard vase. I wonder if it may be a recognisable sculptors mark ?? ever the optomist !!
VeryGreennkeen- Number of posts : 146
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I know exactly what u mean dan, its been bugging me for almost a couple of years now. Its so distinctive that i thought someone would have had an idea.
I guess its probably just another one lost in the passing of time.
I guess its probably just another one lost in the passing of time.
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dantheman wrote:I feel the key to progressing with the search is in the style of lettering which looks to be continental (do people still say that)
My thought is continental too, but not a pot or markings I've come across before.
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Re: Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
Think I've seen pots by Bob Parks marked just with the name Bob. He has potted over a long period in many different styles, but even if this isn't by him, it might be worth emailing him just in case he knows who else puts Bob on their pots.
He was formerly at Culloden Pottery but google says he is now at Appleby-in-Westmoreland, Cumbria.
He was formerly at Culloden Pottery but google says he is now at Appleby-in-Westmoreland, Cumbria.
Re: Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
Looks like "B 03 135" to me, so I would be inclined to think it was made in 2003, seems to fit with the sort of age I would expect this to be.
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Re: Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
The B looks like a combination of JB
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Re: Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
Just for a moment i saw one of these in a book and got all excited...
![Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated 6a00d834516a8f69e20120a5bec37d970c-popup](http://www.artpotteryblog.com/.a/6a00d834516a8f69e20120a5bec37d970c-popup)
though perhaps it could have been that i had found the prototype
but seems the range was designed by Frank Ferrell around 1928 so couldnt tie it in to the BoB monogram at all.... oh well .. back to the drawing board.
though perhaps it could have been that i had found the prototype
but seems the range was designed by Frank Ferrell around 1928 so couldnt tie it in to the BoB monogram at all.... oh well .. back to the drawing board.
VeryGreennkeen- Number of posts : 146
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Hi gys that B looks very much like the french ceramicist Belet, I think there is a question above this one with his signature B on, thoughts? e
eshearm- Number of posts : 176
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Re: Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
well, thought i would throw this one up again as its 9 years on and still no ID
I think its lurking around here still.... somewhere
How about Richard Batterham .... R B ??
seen some of his work with similar clay and angular shapes ?? probably not ???
I think its lurking around here still.... somewhere
How about Richard Batterham .... R B ??
seen some of his work with similar clay and angular shapes ?? probably not ???
VeryGreennkeen- Number of posts : 146
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Re: Unusual studio Pottery Vase, help with ID appreciated
NaomiM wrote:The B looks like a combination of JB
I think it looks like 2 letters combined, too. If I tilt it a bit left I'm seeing a 'h'. JH or even TH rather than a B.
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