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Sun, Jan 29, 12 at 17:05
| I've had this for a while & have never been able to come up with a maker. The mark on the bottom is indistinct, several pottery dealers have looked at it & felt it was familiar but not familiar enough to come up with the maker. Thought I'd throw this out there for a puzzler. It's stoneware & the decoration is both incised & glazed & it's about 10" tall. Everyone agrees that it looks english rather than american. Thx for any leads.
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- Posted by javaandjazz (My Page) on Sun, Jan 29, 12 at 17:44
| For some reason it looks religious to me. Is that a Noah's Ark on the front and perhaps the fish has something to do with christ/god? And those look like crosses going around it and in between the crosses looks like ocean waves? Anyway, that's my take? Call me crazy but that's what I see. |
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| Although it looks nothing like Czech pottery I am familiar with.....the mark looks a little like this one....any chance it could say "made in Czechoslovakia"? Linda C |
Here is a link that might be useful: czech mark
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| The mark is impressed, not printed & in the photo looks much more distinct than it is in person. I don't think it's Amphora pottery, we've had too many of those to be confused with it. Thanks to both for your thoughts. Never thought of religious, I think it's an english arts & crafts artist as do a number of other dealers, none of us can quite put our finger on who. Any other ideas?? |
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| Can you do a rubbing of the mark and make it more legible? |
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| Have tried that, nothing other than it is an oval shape & even with that only a portion of it shows on the rubbing. The mark looks way better in the photo than it does in person. |
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| The motif suggests an attempt at an ancient Egyptian or mediterranean theme. The ark isn't thought of as a vessel with oars. Looks like Coptic crosses, and the whole shebang sort of abstract. That particular incised matte glazing technique was popular in the fifties. It's an interesting piece, and I don't pick up any clues whatsoever about country of origin. |
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| that's not "The Ark"...looks like a papyrus boat....that's why I thought Egypt. |
Here is a link that might be useful: papyrus boat
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- Posted by javaandjazz (My Page) on Mon, Jan 30, 12 at 16:39
| Ok Linda, you got me! LOL! |
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| DOn't give up yet, J&J--it's just Exodus and not the ark. We can still be Bible here! :P (No clue, obviously, but it's somehow very appealing, isn't it?) I'm going with a "gone fishin'" theme. |
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| Where the mark is impressed in the piece try pressing a piece of silly putty into it and see if it will show better than making a rubbing. |
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| So some similarity in subject matter is one of the reasons that there is some thought that it's english. I do not believe it is William de Morgan, I'm just pointing out some similarity in designs of english pottery.
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