Winchcombe Pottery

THREE Ray Finch tea bowls

One from SP

TWO Winchcombe Beakers (CT/ST)

Hi everyone, I picked these up cups and saucers at a very nice price with out really looking at the backstamp - the stamp looks like Winchcombe but not having handled much Winchombe before I am not really sure of what they should look like, any advice much appreciated.

Yes, you're right.
If it had the dot in the lower right quadrant it would be by Ray Finch himself but looks like it's just the PW for standardware. Very nice, though :)

Thank you very much Naomi. I think I was rather lucky with these three cups and saucers. We have an end of the line charity shop near to us where items go very cheap, as they have been in another charity shop for weeks without being sold, almost like a last chance before I guess being binned!

Lol! I had the same thing with a set of Upchurch Pottery. Rescued just in time :)

Showing off two large Ray Finch vases just acquired.  The taller one is 14.5 inches.  I guess they must have been made in very different periods at Winchcombe.



     

Much prefer the glaze, shape and decoration (in that order) of the first, lovely.

Does the mark have the dot?

No dot in the usual place but it may have been made before Ray started using the dot.

£175 all in was an excellent price. Conratulations!
But if it has not got Ray Finch's mark, one always has that questioning doubt!

Just picked up two large Winchombe items.

First a Ray Finch signed oatmeal charger, then a huge 20 inch Eddie Hopkins Vase also in an Oatmeal glaze. No idea when they got potted but I have an Invoice from 1997 to show the charger cost £38 and the vase £95. think prices have changed in 20 years. No idea of that invoice is from new though as the invoice is from a woman called Pamela not a company/shop. Ideas of age welcome.

Cheers

I think they are dated by impressed mark but hard to see. Photos don't do the lovely pots justice.

No not my best photos (camera phone with a reluctant flash) . May update them when I next get a break from work.

Winchcombe bottle jug with Donald Jones' mark

A small bottle vase to add to the blue one I got a while ago - both by Anne Whittlesey...

8.5 in high stoneware vase with brushwork.

Eddie Hoplins large dish.

Eddie Hopkins and Winchcombe mark on the above piece.

Winchcombe lidded jar. Unmarked but it came with the Ray Finch coffee pot and has the same surface

Eddie Hopkins obituary - he also worked at Appin Pottery; throwing pots in the early 70s that were sometimes decorated by Trudi Finch

http://www.interpretingceramics.com/issue009/articles/eddie_hopkins.htm

Hi just wanted to show this lovely little cream jug of Eddie Hopkins - Winchcombe pottery, he certainly was an excellent craftsman - love the deep colours and the finish




Not seen that many other pieces out there...

Not sure if Eddie Hopkins’ obituary has been posted before, but here’s a link to one -

http://www.interpretingceramics.com/issue009/downloads/Eddie%20Hopkins%20obituary.doc

We found this Winchcombe butter dish - I love as it has a raw textural feel to it

Nice bit of Winchcombe Pottery :) Is there a dot?