Poole Pottery 1960-1980 Part One

This 83 seems earlier than the above two as it's carved. The paintress is Christine Tate.

Does anyone know when the carving to vases ceased?

I think this is a later shape 83.

It's hand-thrown, but I have some slip-cast ones that are basically this shape.

It looks like Angela Wyburgh's later mark on the base.

cycladelic wrote:I wonder if there was a transition in the various shapes of the 6" vase 83 or if some shapes were made during the same period.

Quite a few of the Delphis vases came in different forms with the same shape number (15, 31, 83, 84, 85, 93).

There is a postcard from the 1970's showing a batch of Delphis just out of the kiln and you can see 3 different 83 forms and 2 different 85's so they definitely made different forms at the same time as each other. I am not aware of a progression as such but some shapes, like the straight-sided 83/84/85 (which were also sometimes carved like yours) and the "ice cream cone" shape 83, only occur in 1960's glazes.

I have a carved Carol Cutler 84 so they were definitely still carving in 1969.

The last one you posted has early 1970's standardised glazes although I don't think it looks Angela Wyburgh's style.

Thanks, Gareth - I thought Poole must have been producing the various forms of those vases at the same time. Do you have that postcard?

Whose mark do you think that is?... I thought it looked most like Angela's.

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Is it poss' to ask Angela about the dates to check to she was at Poole earlier than 1968?

I believe that shape nos. of delphis vases relate primarily to the height rather than a standardised shape, i.e. shape 83 - 6", 84 - 9", so that there can be many variations in each shape range as most were thrown. Not sure why both shape 15 and 84 were used for 9" high vases but then Poole is full of anomalies that don't really matter in the overall scheme of things. Personally I don't think its worth getting too worried about who might have painted something. The glazes, design etc. will be the final mark of quality although always nice to see a C. Holden or C. Tate mark ( for example )

Can anyone tell me when Thelma Bush worked at Poole?

I believe this 8" Studio plate has her mark and that the transfer is from 1964-1966.

And here's a small Studio bowl with Thelma's mark...

cycladelic wrote:Thanks, Gareth - I thought Poole must have been producing the various forms of those vases at the same time. Do you have that postcard?

Whose mark do you think that is?... I thought it looked most like Angela's.

Yes, I do have the postcard. Not sure I can post it here though due to copyright.

I don 't know who the mark is but I don't think it's Angela Wyburgh.

I have tried to get in contact with Angela via third party but she has apparently moved recently so it is proving more difficult than I thought.

Thelma Bush worked 1966 - 1968 according to Hayward & Atterbury.

gareth-h wrote:

cycladelic wrote:Thanks, Gareth - I thought Poole must have been producing the various forms of those vases at the same time. Do you have that postcard?

Whose mark do you think that is?... I thought it looked most like Angela's.

Yes, I do have the postcard. Not sure I can post it here though due to copyright.

I don 't know who the mark is but I don't think it's Angela Wyburgh.

I have tried to get in contact with Angela via third party but she has apparently moved recently so it is proving more difficult than I thought.

Thelma Bush worked 1966 - 1968 according to Hayward & Atterbury.

Thanks, Gareth.

I thought the Studio pieces above were 1966, but for some reason had got the idea that Thelma was at Poole much earlier.

here are two pieces of Atlantis that i recently picked up in a auction.both in perfect condition and measure approx 6" tall

Tall cylinder vase. Shape no. 84. No artist's mark.
I like that it's wider at the bottom than the top: 11.5cm dia. at the top and 13cm at the base.

I like the hints of red. A shame there aren't more of them.

The inside is quite rough. There doesn't seem to have been any attempt to smooth the inner surface. Would that be evidence it's a trial piece, or just that they were in a bit of a rush for pots to decorate?

no most of my larger vases are like that,I guess they were selling hand made,hand decorated pottery and wanted the customers to see that

I've got my anorak on again....

This 8" Delphis plate has Carolyn Bartlett's mark, with a blue Poole transfer and the smaller footring.

I've read Carolyn worked at Poole from 1962 to 1965.

The blue mark seems to date this to post-May 1966 (to end of 1966?), so I guess Carolyn was at Poole longer than stated.

Can anyone say when Carolyn stopped working at Poole?

dantheman wrote:I would be amazed if anyone remembers..it was the sixties

I wonder if the women who worked at Poole have ever been interviewed in detail about their careers (I have only read a Carol Cutler interview). It seems a shame that more isn't being done to document that period while there's a chance to get first-hand info.

yes we discussed this very thing on the old collector's club forum a few years ago but I got the impression it was only a few collectors who cared,the ex Poole pottery girls couldn't see why it mattered and couldn't remember

Some of the museums have been doing vox-pop recordings, eg, of the war years. It might be an idea to get the ex-Poole people to record their reminiscences of those times on tape. Might be worth suggesting it as a student project for one of the Museums Studies degree courses, run by one of the universities like UCL.

get a few of them together get the Vino flowing i expect you would be more than suprised about what they remember .

here are a couple of pieces i picked up at newmarket at the weekend

l33ham180 wrote:here are a couple of pieces i picked up at newmarket at the weekend

Do either have artists' marks?

I like the 81 dish.

This 9" carved vase sold on ebay recently. It looks like the glazes were sprayed on and I initially thought it was 70s Agean, but the blue mark and lack of a shape number (It's an 84) means it's early Delphis.

The painted mark probably belongs to Geraldine O’Meara, who worked at Poole in 1966.

Has anyone seen any other spray-glazed Delphis?

I have a few spray glazed bowls that were made in the delphis studio

dantheman wrote:I have a few spray glazed bowls that were made in the delphis studio

I'd love to see some pics. Are they the same early period as the above vase?