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Pottery => Studio Pottery => Topic started by: cookiebella on March 18, 2010, 01:28:22 PM

Title: Handmade fish - Christofer ?
Post by: cookiebella on March 18, 2010, 01:28:22 PM

this piece strikes me as foreign the way the "Christopher" is spelt, namely "christofer", until I read "handmade" on the first line.  There is something on the bottom but can't decifer


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/cookiepops/IMG_4864.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/cookiepops/IMG_4863.jpg

Title: Re: and another
Post by: antiquerose123 on March 18, 2010, 09:42:50 PM

Hi there:
I zoomed in on the computer ....and it sort looks like *L. Cate* or *L. CAYE*.  Try dusting it with a light talc to see if it picks up more letters, or taking a pic right near a very strong light source as sometimes the camera sees more than we do.  Please Re-post the pic here for use to see it then...

Title: Re: and another
Post by: Tigerchips on March 18, 2010, 11:39:17 PM

Tate?

Title: Re: and another
Post by: cookiebella on March 18, 2010, 11:57:47 PM

Well I'll be a sun of a gun, that talc tip never occurred to me.  here is another image but still non the wiser

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/cookiepops/IMG_7817.jpg

Title: Re: and another
Post by: cookiebella on March 18, 2010, 11:58:16 PM

it only looks like a 4 letter word to me

Title: Re: and another
Post by: cookiebella on March 19, 2010, 12:10:37 AM

on closer inspection with my magnifier I am thinking that the C and R of the christian name christofer could also be the first and last letter of the word underneath....starting to look like Cotter to me.  Did a quick google and nothing grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Title: Re: and another
Post by: Tigerchips on March 19, 2010, 12:24:50 AM

G?te, Gate?

Title: Re: and another
Post by: cookiebella on March 19, 2010, 12:28:54 AM

nope, doesn't bring anything up on Google.  Unusual in that Christofer is spelt that way instead of Christopher, Google picks up nothing

Title: Re: and another
Post by: antiquerose123 on March 19, 2010, 01:00:34 AM

Is it my mind playing tricks on me -- but in the very first pic here posted -- when I zoomed it in on the computer -- there looked to be a small circle with something that looked like a simple Ram Head, or a carrot, or the letter Y in a circle.  It is on the right side just over, and down a bit from the word MADE...I really had to ZOOM into the picture.

So not sure IF that is something -- or not....???

ADDED After post (Modified):

Also, I have a little maginify glass that (believe it or not) but when I put it in front of my camera lens -- and even though my camera is already on CLOSE up -- I can still bring things in closer.

I am going to post this example over in another board here, so this here:

http://www.yobunny.com/pottery/index.php?topic=11080.msg31608;topicseen#new

Title: Re: and another
Post by: cookiebella on March 19, 2010, 01:03:29 AM

nope sorry, nothing there

Title: Re: and another
Post by: antiquerose123 on March 19, 2010, 01:36:01 AM

Just look over to the Left side and see the VERY USEFUL TIP thing I just posted here...

Title: Re: and another
Post by: Anne on March 21, 2010, 08:23:34 PM

Handmade
Christofer
Crete

Another example with a clearer mark on eBay here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320470800152

Title: Re: Handmade fish - Christofer ?
Post by: cookiebella on March 21, 2010, 09:01:01 PM

wwwohoooooooooooooooooooooooooo phew sigh of relief, thanks so much xxxxxxxxxxxx

Title: Re: Handmade fish - Christofer ?
Post by: cookiebella on March 21, 2010, 09:02:53 PM

how spooky brings absolutely nothing up on google, which is very surprising

Title: Re: Handmade fish - Christofer ?
Post by: antiquerose123 on March 22, 2010, 12:19:45 AM

Quote from: Anne on March 21, 2010, 08:23:34 PM

Handmade
Christofer
Crete

Another example with a clearer mark on eBay here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320470800152

  :cheerleader: Way to go Anne !!!  :cheerleader:

Title: Re: Handmade fish - Christofer ?
Post by: Tigerchips on April 25, 2010, 06:14:03 PM

So is this from Crete or is there someone called Christofer Crete?

Title: Re: Handmade fish - Christofer ?
Post by: Anne on April 25, 2010, 08:30:44 PM

It's made in Crete, TC.

Title: Re: Handmade fish - Christofer ?
Post by: Tigerchips on April 26, 2010, 12:53:59 PM

Okey Dokey.  :beer:

Title: Re: Handmade fish - Christofer ?
Post by: antiquerose123 on April 29, 2010, 06:23:47 AM

Where is that??

Title: Re: Handmade fish - Christofer ?
Post by: Anne on April 29, 2010, 09:11:15 PM

An island in the Mediterranean Sea, Rose, near to and a part of Greece: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete