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Pottery => What's my Pottery? => Topic started by: Lustrousstone on March 29, 2008, 03:12:36 PM

Title: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 29, 2008, 03:12:36 PM

Nice little stoneware vase marked IP. - I think. Almost 4.75 inches tall. Anyone have any idea who the mark is please.

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Tigerchips on March 29, 2008, 07:50:48 PM

Looks like MP?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Studio-Pottery-Vase-MP-monogram-poss-Mount-Pleasant (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Studio-Pottery-Vase-MP-monogram-poss-Mount-Pleasant_W0QQitemZ290081989618QQihZ019QQcategoryZ27357QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem)

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: gareth-h on March 29, 2008, 08:40:27 PM

I think it should be HP rather than MP or IP. The crossbar hasn't come out clearly.

That makes it Helen Pincombe, and dates this to somewhere between 1950 and 1978. She has a distinctive monogram with the dot to the right.

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 30, 2008, 11:11:56 AM

Thank you both, but I'm not convinced by either. The letters are cameo and an angular font - I'm fairly sure there's nothing missing. The Mount Pleasant clay is different as well.

Gareth can you direct me to somewhere showing Helen's mark please?

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Anne on March 30, 2008, 06:48:22 PM

I saw one a few days ago on a website somewhere Christine and it was in an oblong not an oval like yours and it didn't look the same - let me see if I can find it again.

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Anne on March 30, 2008, 06:56:29 PM

Ahhh it was an eBay listing, Christine, with a shot of the base mark:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110237845304

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: gareth-h on March 30, 2008, 09:40:59 PM

Hmm, you might be right I think Helen Pincombe's mark is in a rectangle rather than an oval.

The only pic I can find is here http://www.ruffordceramiccentre.org.uk/ceramic/collection/view.asp?mode=all&id=35 (http://www.ruffordceramiccentre.org.uk/ceramic/collection/view.asp?mode=all&id=35), but it's not that clear.

Her mark is an H and P, with the upright on the P being the right-hand upright of the H, and a dot to the right. It looks exactly like this one if there was a crossbar for the H (apart from the oval  8:))

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 31, 2008, 07:34:02 AM

Same stoneware, same sort of glaze though  ???

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Martyn on April 02, 2008, 04:50:36 PM

Sorry it's definately not Pincombe.....

I think it's Mike Powers....see here....

http://www.powerspottery.co.uk/

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 02, 2008, 04:57:57 PM

Thanks Martyn. His clay looks to be reddish though and I'm sure it's IP not MP

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Martyn on April 02, 2008, 05:10:46 PM

It was just a guess, but he works in reduced stoneware so the colour of the clay will be much the same as on yours and the brushwork is similar.

I'm also pretty sure from you photo that a bit of the mark has'nt come out, which is common with impressed seals as they can get clogged with clay from the previous pot. There is definately a different surface to the mark from the top of the 'I' to the middle of the 'P'?

Anyway I can say for certain it's not by Pincombe (although that is'nt a huge help I'm affraid)

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 02, 2008, 07:50:44 PM

Thanks Martyn. What about NP, I might almost go with that? She says clutching at straws...

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Tigerchips on April 02, 2008, 08:26:20 PM

Another possibility, T&A Whalley Haverfordwest Studio Pottery
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260218785253

Title: Re: Autumnal design studio vase IP.
Post by: Tigerchips on April 02, 2008, 09:41:56 PM

Quote from: Tigerchips on April 02, 2008, 08:26:20 PM

Another possibility, T&A Whalley Haverfordwest Studio Pottery
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260218785253

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