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Pottery => What's my Pottery? => Topic started by: skay on December 14, 2007, 08:40:33 PM

Title: Poodle Family - Marked Foreign
Post by: skay on December 14, 2007, 08:40:33 PM
Hi All

If this works then I've finally learned how to re-size - fingers crossed.

Sorry the photo isn't too good, all very experimental.  :hb:

These cutie poodles are stamped FOREIGN on the base of the mother.  They look very French 1950s to me.

Sueskay
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Title: Re: Poodle Family - Marked Foreign
Post by: Anne on December 14, 2007, 08:48:02 PM
Hey hey, well done Sue. :)   Now to the poodles... which has just reminded me that years ago when I was a small child my mother had a set like these, except hers were black poodles. But like yours a big one and two puppies. Sadly I can't recall if they were marked or not. They were one of my favourites of mum's ornaments.
Title: Re: Poodle Family - Marked Foreign
Post by: Lustrousstone on December 14, 2007, 08:53:33 PM
I suspect they might be Japanese French poodles - but I could be wrong. Great that you've cracked resizing but it's just a little too small. If you make one of the dimensions 400 pixels when you're choosing a size that usually works out small enough but big enough, if you see what I mean.
Title: Re: Poodle Family - Marked Foreign
Post by: skay on December 14, 2007, 08:59:47 PM
Thanks Anne

Yes, I too loved these sort of things as a child.  They have that china spaghetti type fur.  I seem to remember similar little glass sets as well.

Christine, thanks - I'll try that now.  I hope I can remember how I did it!

xx

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Title: Re: Poodle Family - Marked Foreign
Post by: skay on December 14, 2007, 09:48:00 PM
I've heard some history about what had Foreign stamped on it but forgotten it as usual.  Is that what makes you and Christine think Japanese?  Or the spaghetti effect?

xx
Title: Re: Poodle Family - Marked Foreign
Post by: Lustrousstone on December 15, 2007, 05:37:17 PM
Yes, that and the eyes. I don't think China was into making this sort of thing in the same way in the 1950/60s as it is now. Trade with Japan was quite big post war.