I know nothing of this....its impossible to read the base..Beswick ??

Bought this its very pretty...is it Beswick ??



It really is that blurry - the base. Not my shaky camera work

Sorry I can't see anything, the finish is not unlike Falcon Ware

I couldnt see any markings on base...apart from a smudged green mark...thanks for your help

Could possibly be Devonmoor, it looks less finished than I would expect Beswick to be, more like art pottery.

Devonmoor(i think) usually has Devonmoor on base...but who knows..thanks

brin mcardle wrote:Devonmoor(i think) usually has Devonmoor on base...but who knows..thanks

.....and Beswick doesn't?

i dont know....some of Beswick have just have a number on the base...i think there is a green mark on the base which could be anything...its quite pretty

Devonmoor seems to look similar on the base

Thanks Naomi...shame i cant read the "splurge" at the base

I think I can rule out Beswick, SylvaC and Falcon Ware.

When I first saw it I thought Art Pottery too, but after looking closer at the base, I think it's early Art Deco.

Best suggestion I can come up with at the moment is Crown Ducal. (though I somehow think I've seen something vaguely similar by Clarice Cliff? )

Personally I would go along with Davee on this.

It is a long time since I have see/handled a piece of Devonmoor but from the images the type of glaze on the bowl and the base look right, as does the white earthenware visible on the foot ring.

I used to deal in 1920s/1930s factory produced pottery in the dim and distant past and for me none of the other suggestions seem likely.

brin mcardle wrote:Thanks Naomi...shame i cant read the "splurge" at the base

I think that the splurge is just that and not a mark at all.

How about Shorter they did a lot of these type of glazes

Davee wrote:How about Shorter they did a lot of these type of glazes

You can't change your mind now!!!

The base doesn't look right for Shorter really.

studio-pots wrote:

Davee wrote:How about Shorter they did a lot of these type of glazes

You can't change your mind now!!!

The base doesn't look right for Shorter really.

I haven't changed my mind just throwing in some alternative suggestions.

personally i was thinking Lovatts

Thanks all

Little Bump....

Ricardia?

I am still with Devonmoor - they usually used a printed stamp that could have been missed or faded.

90% certain if you were asking.

I shall bow down to your knowledge ...50's ??

The pottery really began in 1922 (they did start earlier but a war got in the way) and continued into the 1970s I believe but don't have an exact date. Your bowl could be 1930s but might be later.

I have just found a website of a couple of glass collectors, who got interested in Devonmoor and the page on interest is below: -

http://www.kosta.demon.co.uk/

You will note that they point out that it is often unmarked and then sometimes sold for great sums of money by dodgy dealers passing it of as unmarked Ruskin and the like!