stoneware jug Wsp mark - Washington Studio Pottery - Lindisfarne

by **skipposal** February 28th 2013, 8:10 pm

This was a charity shop find last year. I couldn't believe how rough the stoneware was, the potter must have had incredibly tough hands. The mottled glaze around the rim and covering the inside is also very distinctive, I assume the spots are due to the iron rich inclusions in the clay? I think it's a nice shape and I used it to serve mulled wine in this Christmas and it was much admired Happy

. I thought the maker would be really easy to identify as it has a clear WSP mark, how wrong I was. I assume the P stands for pottery? I'm sure you guys will know immediately of course! 14.3cm (height)

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by **NaomiM** August 24th 2014, 7:53 pm

by **NaomiM** September 25th 2014, 10:53 pm

Came across something similar on eBay, a creasted mug, but without a mark. Labelled Washington Studio Pottery, Tyne & Wear. A possible lead.

by **NaomiM** September 1st 2017, 12:18 pm

May be an early mark of Simon Peter Ward? Based in Sussex and Edinburgh in the 80s-90s but currently making slip moulded pieces in a very diffferent style

by paveybe September 4th 2017, 11:11 am

Do we know anything about Washington Studio Pottery - who made the pots? because, not to be obsessive about it, that clay, glaze, and style looks v like Laurie Short to me, he was working over that side of the country when he was Northern craft officer

by **NaomiM** July 26th 2020, 12:10 pm

Wsp mark, also stamped Lindisfarne. I’m sure we have some more Wsp pieces in the ID My Pottery section so parking this here until I find them

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by **NaomiM** July 26th 2020, 12:12 pm

Found one stamped Lindisfarne

https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t26677-lindisfarne-pottery-wsp-mark

by **NaomiM** October 13th 2020, 9:38 pm

WSP does stand for Washington Studio Pottery. Apparently they were sold in Washington Hall in the early 80s.

by **potterymad62** October 17th 2020, 7:44 pm

I have a similar jug with a coat of arms/crest and WSP, also Durham incised on the base edge. Been trying to ID this for a few years now, hoping I was going to see another.