Re: Winchcombe Pottery

by **NaomiM** June 25th 2021, 9:28 pm

Not seen a mark with two dots before. It’s standard ware so it wouldn’t normally have a personal stamp unless Ray made it. I suspect it was just a flaw in the stamp or a couple of dry bits of grogg stuck to it

by **RoyJ99** July 28th 2021, 10:22 pm

Picked up this lovely little vase today in the same antique shop as the Abuja tankard I posted earlier, am I correct in thinking that the inclusion of the dot on the mark means this was thrown by Ray Finch? It certainly has a Finchy feel to it.

by **philpot** July 28th 2021, 10:31 pm

Yes, although the dot mark is normally somewhat more prominent and a little further down. But he did lots of slight variations.

by **NaomiM** July 29th 2021, 12:34 am

I think there’s some doubt. Finch’s P extends further above the W, and the dot is clearer. This might just be a bit of clay or glaze on the surface.

by **denbydump** July 29th 2021, 9:05 am

NaomiM wrote:I think there’s some doubt. Finch’s P extends further above the W, and the dot is clearer. This might just be a bit of clay or glaze on the surface.

I tend to agree. The dot is usually more obvious, and further down from the W. Compare with the many examples here:

https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t12595-ray-finch

Notwithstanding, it's still a lovely vase.

by **denbydump** August 19th 2021, 10:34 am

A stoneware covered jar By Eddie Hopkins.

via Phil Oliver's website

Tragically, Eddie Hopkins died from complications after injuries received during the flooding of Winchcombe earlier in 2007. He will be greatly missed.

by **denbydump** August 25th 2021, 1:59 pm

A goblet with an unusual internal sprigged mark.

by **philpot** October 5th 2021, 11:43 am

Edited: made by Neil Alcock,

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by **NaomiM** October 5th 2021, 12:10 pm

Neil Alcock was also at Winchcombe (1985-93) and has a very similar mark to the one often attributed to Nina Davis (who was there in the 70s). I'll email Alcock and see if he can clarify the issue.

by **NaomiM** October 5th 2021, 4:11 pm

Just had a reply back from Neil Alcock to say it's his ND mark on the Winchcombe pots, not Nina Davis. And he's still using the same stamp (which probably accounts for the bit of rounding at the edges of the letters).

by **olipayton** October 17th 2021, 11:51 am

A good well potted vase probably by a talented student

by **NaomiM** October 31st 2021, 9:03 pm

Lovely salt pig

by **NaomiM** November 2nd 2021, 5:41 pm

Winchcombe Pottery at the Oxford Ceramics Fair. Two apprentice made pieces stamped JF. Closest I can find is Joseph Fuller who started at Winchcombe in 2016, but it's not the same JF stamp that he's got on his instagram account.

by **denbydump** November 25th 2021, 1:37 pm

Another one of those casseroles, with a partly obscured mark.

by **NaomiM** January 9th 2022, 7:53 pm

by **denbydump** March 31st 2022, 9:19 am

A large terracotta tankard with wheatears.

by **philpot** March 31st 2022, 9:52 am

A small oil bottle.

by Bildeborg July 10th 2022, 5:21 pm

Here is a gorgeous 8" Winchcombe jug with a super glaze. It only has the Winchcombe mark so who made it is anyone's guess but it so reminds me of a Ray Finch jug which is a full 12" tall and marked with Finch's dot.

Ad here is the Ray Finch jug this so reminds me of....

by **philpot** July 11th 2022, 8:25 am

Nice piece. But then that is exactly the secret of Winchcombe's continuing success over near 100 years. Their remarkable level of very high quality sustained over a long period. Because of that quality it is nice to think that it might be by Ray Finch. But he was a smart business man, and knew the value of his personal imprimatur. The idea that he 'forgot, to sign pieces seem a but tenuous.

by **studio-pots** July 11th 2022, 4:34 pm

The Winchcombe Pottery is and was fundamentally a pottery that by and large produced functional pots in a limited number of patterns for use, this being one of them.

Most of the pots that Ray made during his many years at the pottery would have just had the pottery mark and sold as such.

This might or might not have been made by Ray and no one is ever going to know.

by Bildeborg July 12th 2022, 10:48 am

Thanks for your input Philpot & Studio Pots. Whoever made the 8" jug was clearly heavily influenced by Ray Finch as the similarity in style & pattern to the 12" jug is plain to see.

I appreciate I'm never going to know who actually threw the jug but that does not lessen my appreciation of the piece, I think it's a stunner.

Regards,

Jay.

by **studio-pots** July 14th 2022, 2:40 pm

All the potters at this time would have either trained under Ray or his son, who trained under Ray. They were making standard ranges of wares that were all the same shapes but this a small number of surface decorations. This decoration is one of the glaze/decoration ranges and so there would have been thousands of jugs of this size and with this decoration made over the years, long with all of other function wares with the same pattern.

by Bildeborg July 14th 2022, 3:36 pm

I just picked up these 4 slightly speckled sage green Sidney Tustin cups from a well known auction site.

At only 8cm tall they're a little smaller than I'd prefer but for a matching set of pretty much identical cups, they were quite the bargain I think. Each cup is marked with both the Winchcombe mark and the Sidney Tustin 'S.T' mark. For £36 (including p+p) I think I got a pretty good deal.

From what I can gather, Sidney retired in 1978 (which happens to be the year I left school) but as for when he made them, I wouldn't have a clue.

Regards,

Jay.

by **denbydump** August 5th 2022, 9:54 pm

A Sidney Tustin stoneware lidded pot.

by **philpot** August 9th 2022, 7:30 pm

There is a lot more about Sid Tustin on our Winchcombe thread.
https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t7608-winchcombe-pottery?highlight=TUSTIN

Generally the more popular Sid Tustin stuff are the Earthenware slip decorated pieces.

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