This super Poole shape bowl dates from the mid to late 's and is decorated in the very pretty BF pattern.
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The white clay body dates it no earlier than , the impressed factory backstamp was the one in use from to and there is no paintress mark so I can't identify the decorator. The red clay body dates it no later than , the factory backstamp on the base was the one in use from to and the paintress mark is that of Clarice Heath Drew who was with the pottery from to The red clay body indicates it was made no later than , the factory backstamp on the base was the one in use from to and the paintress mark is that of Marjorie Cryer Evans who was with the pottery from to Pattern TF - ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross.
Lovely early Poole pottery bowl. Marked on base with Carter, Stabler Adams. Initials look like CY but not sure also Glaze I'd grey and is decorated around the rim with geometric design in green and purple. Diameter 26cm height 6cm 10" x 2. A rare early Nursery Ware Bowl - made from the very dark red clay with grey slip. This is a small but wonderful item for a serious collector! Its decorated with painted flowers and foliage in blue mauve yellow green on a white ground. It re-established the studio and began producing new ranges and also hired a number of independent artists and designers to produce one-off and limited edition designs for Poole e.
Poole Pottery is based in the town of Poole in Dorset.
Poole is now back where it belongs, not only producing a wide range of useful tablewares but continuing to be at the cutting edge of art-pottery design in Britain. Indeed, in addition to new, still-in-production decorative items, most of the Poole items that you will see for sale on eBay and in auction houses are tablewares of little value. The best and most collectable tablewares are probably the contemporary designs of the s. Ripple, Ariadne, Constellation and Feather Drift.
Poole Pottery Identification Dates and Marks
All produced by a talented team of artists and designers who have their own individual marks, namely …. Poole Pottery can be an acquired taste. The abstract designs do not appeal to everyone, but dedicated Poole collectors really appreciate them. Home Latest Updates Forum Valuations. Your guide to antique pottery marks, porcelain marks and china marks. The most popular current line is Living Glaze. The Poole range is vast and fleamarket finds can still be made for a few pounds.
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The distinctive Twintone dinner and tea services made right up until or the post-War floral decorated wares, for example, remain very affordable. The Art Deco wares produced in the s and 30s heyday are traditionally the most sought after. Designs are typically identified by the two-letter code that appears to the base alongside the initials of the artist. The standard reference works are a great source of information on both of these.
But collecting taste is changing. CSA's Deco wares still command substantial sums but prices have fallen away. As a number of key buyers leave the market, it is a good piece that now brings four figures at auction.
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The classic retro Contemporary and associated Freeform slip cast wares with their Festival of Britain styling were ground breaking in British industrial ceramics design but they will not break the bank. In fact, after some substantial price hikes a decade ago they have stabilised at affordable levels.
The designs of the 60s and 70s were a complete departure from anything that had gone before. Hidden or discarded in the following decades, a revival of interest in the 90s saw prices rocket. Atlantis was the name given to a range of cutting edge vessels made by Guy Sydenham between and in the twilight of his career at Poole.
Gouged, carved, encrusted, incised and fashioned from stoneware or earthenware, these celebrated red clay in its 'natural' state.
When prices began to fall for Poole's floral-decorated earthenware of the s and 30s, prices for Morris chargers accelerated.