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Pottery => Studio Pottery => England => Topic started by: Orpheus on November 23, 2007, 08:47:58 AM

Title: Dish marked SWP - ID = David Eelles of Shepherds Well Pottery
Post by: Orpheus on November 23, 2007, 08:47:58 AM: Bought this beautifull oven dish it is marked with some kind of logo hard to see, but the letters SWP are readable anyway, any more information is welcome!
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Post by: Della on November 23, 2007, 08:58:43 AM: The logo looks like a well to me, Bas, so I presume it would be S......Well Pottery, or something along that line ^-^ ???
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Post by: Orpheus on November 23, 2007, 09:02:07 AM: Hi Della you're right it looks like a well! Well i'll google that and see.... thanks
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Post by: Orpheus on November 23, 2007, 09:07:54 AM: Found the shepperds well pottery and the name David Eeles. Looks like he could be the artist.
http://www.eelespottery.co.uk/pottery%20frameset.htm
Title: Re: Dish
Post by: antiquerose123 on November 23, 2007, 09:16:14 AM: this page say SWP - stands for SOUTH WALES POTTERY ????

http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/s/index.html

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Title: Re: Dish
Post by: Orpheus on November 23, 2007, 09:25:27 AM: Hi Rose, looked at the site, but can't find the logo or something simular to my dish. Will keep looking. Is thereanother good search engine for only english sites i could use other than google?
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Post by: Sue C on November 23, 2007, 09:27:43 AM: Hi Bas, your dish is by David Eelles, Shepherds Well Pottery.
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Post by: antiquerose123 on November 23, 2007, 09:31:16 AM: Shows the mark here...boy was I off on my other posts..... :blush:

http://books.google.com/books?id=8u75iML3HWoC&pg=PA186&lpg=PA186&dq=shepherds+well+pottery&source=web&ots=gJPj32X5cO&sig=oVkNygkcQIPb2YwtfWFwqvdK4F0
Title: Re: Dish
Post by: Orpheus on November 23, 2007, 09:37:44 AM: Thanks, you are great. Feels good to have bought this piece, David Eelles makes nice things as i've seen on the website. Thanks again.