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Pottery => What's my Pottery? => Topic started by: skay on December 12, 2007, 08:32:25 PM

Title: GREAT BIG FRUITY OBELISK THING
Post by: skay on December 12, 2007, 08:32:25 PM

Hello All  :xt:

As usual I insisted that the stark naked Mr Sueskay take this photo but I can't make anything out at all this time - sorry.

This lovely big fruity thing has been a favourite of mine in the kitchen for a while.  Does anyone know anything about it?  It doesn't have any marks that I can see.

Nasty to dust (apparently)

Sueskay
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Title: Re: GREAT BIG FRUITY OBELISK THING
Post by: josordoni on December 13, 2007, 08:37:52 AM

I think a lot of these large fruity things were made in Italy.

Title: Re: GREAT BIG FRUITY OBELISK THING
Post by: Sue C on December 13, 2007, 09:09:21 AM

Lynne, you took the word's out of my mouth, i would say Italy too.

Title: Re: GREAT BIG FRUITY OBELISK THING
Post by: skay on December 13, 2007, 10:04:57 AM

Thanks Lynne.

Does anyone know when-ish this would have been made in Italy?

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Title: Re: GREAT BIG FRUITY OBELISK THING
Post by: josordoni on December 13, 2007, 10:38:53 AM

I reckon they put the work into it in the 70s to 80s Sue - I am sure I was still seeing these in shops in the West End when I was working up there in my early 20s.

Title: Re: GREAT BIG FRUITY OBELISK THING
Post by: skay on December 13, 2007, 10:57:07 AM

Thanks Lynne  :kissy:

Were they relatively cheap things do you recall Lynne?  Its very heavy.

Sueskay
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Title: Re: GREAT BIG FRUITY OBELISK THING
Post by: josordoni on December 13, 2007, 11:12:19 AM

Yes, lots of Italian ceramics there... very popular then, along with Capo di Monte tramps.

as for price then... I think they were much more expensive then than they would be now....

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