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Title: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: Lustrousstone on January 12, 2008, 07:36:03 PM

Saw a couple of lovely vases today marked AHS (and possibly made in England) and found out they are Anita Harris Studio and quite modern - I would have thought older from the mark. Anyway here is the website www.anitaharrisstudio.co.uk/index.htm (http://www.anitaharrisstudio.co.uk/index.htm) One of them was Iris Flame - lovely glaze. May have to consider buying it if it's still there next week

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: Tigerchips on January 12, 2008, 09:07:05 PM

Fab! ;D

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: dantheman on January 12, 2008, 09:55:21 PM

Anita also worked for the sister company Cobridge,I collect her Cobridge pots as the glazes are superb.
She was brought in to work at Cobridge so they could produce pottery with a more simplistic style that could be sold at a cheaper price than the more complex patterns that the other Cobridge designers were producing.

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: dantheman on January 12, 2008, 10:04:19 PM

http://www.yobunny.com/pottery/index.php?topic=1227.0

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: dantheman on January 13, 2008, 09:49:35 AM

Here are a couple of vases made at Anitas pottery in Stoke on Trent.

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: Sue C on January 13, 2008, 12:29:12 PM

Did she mark her work differntly for each studio Dan?

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: dantheman on January 13, 2008, 12:55:36 PM

I only have pieces fom Cobridge and her latest studio Sue.
 Anita used the same monogram at both A/H.
I wasn't taken by her work at Poole,she mainly designed ranges for mass production .
Moorcroft is not my kinda thing so i don't know what she got up to there?

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: Sue C on January 13, 2008, 01:05:44 PM

Thanks Dan, could you show some examples of her mark for those of us who havent ssen it?

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: dantheman on January 13, 2008, 05:58:39 PM

This is exactly the same as her Cobridge monogram but is on the base of a pot from her present studio.

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: Sue C on January 13, 2008, 06:42:49 PM

Thanks Dan, i will save it some where  :kissy:

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: Anne on January 14, 2008, 01:50:40 AM

Our new marks Gallery would be a good place, Sue. :)

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: dantheman on January 14, 2008, 02:00:26 PM

I just noticed one piece of Poole signed by Anita.

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: dantheman on January 31, 2008, 04:09:41 PM

A bit of jewelery from Anita's new studio

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: dantheman on January 31, 2008, 04:11:08 PM

a better one

Title: Re: AHS Anita Harris Studio
Post by: chopin-liszt on February 16, 2008, 04:40:08 PM

DROOOOOOL!

I've seen (I'm pretty sure it's Anita Harris) Cobridge work, in beigey background, (a bit like salt glaze) with navy blue, shadowy trees, a bit like the African thing-design on the limited edition bit of the site -
a little similar to the only Moorcroft design I really, really like....
(naturally, it's one of the horribly expensive, rare early ranges)