Purbeck Pottery (England)

My only piece of Purbeck - thanks Adam

Eddie Goodall for purbeck 13" high

Large purbeck Bowl , Eddie Goodall

Any idea on date for this style of Purbeck (paper label only) please? Thanks John

Anywhere before 1995 , but probably 70's

Two piece of Purbeck from my weekends 'job lot'.
The first is this 6inch tall vase.


No marks just a paper label.

The 2nd is this wonder 8.5 inch tall vase




Both hand made, but very different in style.

The one on the Left relates its style back to the original Studio Purbeck Started by Robert Jefferson .in the 60's .

Does this bowl have any connection with Poole and does anyone know how this bowl was made? I have not seen this type of design before. The area inside the bowl I am assuming is glass.

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http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=189

I doubt it is glass as such (but close enough really), but probably glaze that is put on thick and allowed to pool, the crackle effect I guess is much like crazing and created due to the cooling / shrinking.

All of the above is what I think to be true but may not be correct.

I have a couple of these. Designed by Eddie Goodall

http://www.purbeckcollector.com/#!/-1/

Yes it is glass in the centre.

No connection with Poole pottery as far as i aware apart from they are in a similar area of dorset ,

I thought it was glass. Thanks NaoimM! Your information confirms the connection with Poole and aware that Purbeck is a company in their own right. I've now found out that Eddie Goodall was senior to Robert Jefferson who was previously head of the design department at Poole. The quality of this bowl and others, really does denote how there is not enough recognition for the standard of produce pieces made by Purbeck. Thanks to you all for your help. I would be very interested............., that's if anyone knows, how do they determine the correct tempreture in order to fuse the glass with pottery? Tbh from what I can actually see, it looks as if coloured glass was inserted loosley into the bowl and then covererd with a futher layer of clear glass/substance. I could be wrong about this.

NaomiM wrote:I have a couple of these. Designed by Eddie Goodall

http://www.purbeckcollector.com/#!/-1/

Yes it is glass in the centre.

Are you certain about it being glass Naomi as I have always assumed that it was a glaze mixture similar to that used by Alan Wallwork in some of his vessels and bowls?

Well fairly sure. There's an American company making ceramic bowls with recycled glass in the centre that's just the same as these bowls. Maybe Purbeck used a powdered silicate paste rather than chunks of glass, but the result is still a puddle of glass in the middle.

A fairly sure is far better than an assumption from me so glass it is.

Eclectic-Dorset wrote:No connection with Poole pottery as far as i aware apart from they are in a similar area of dorset ,

Purbeck was founded in 1966 by a group of ex-Poole employees, including Robert Jefferson.

Eddie Goodall was apprentice to Guy Sydenham at Poole and subsequently taught Alan White throwing. He left Poole for Purbeck in 1971.

Guy's son Russel also worked at Purbeck for a while.

The turquiose broken inlay and the top clear layer are all glass. The glass is cold to touch even at normal room tempreture. I just can't see this being anything other than that. Thanx for the detailed information Gareth.

It would of been interesting to know,.................. if I had posted this bowl in the glass forum.

Here's a photo of a small dish made in the same way by Robert Tinnyunt, the rather under-rated potter originally from Burma who trained with David Leach at Lowerdown. I've always assumed that the crackled underlayer was made from small multicoloured glass beads, with a clear layer on the top. Don't know whether this technique would have involved extra firings, or what temperature would be required.

Your guess is as good as mine. Like I said it would be interesting to know how the method was applied. The bowl is made to a very high standard and of course this would be expected of ex employees of Poole. I'm off to see if I can obtain any further information.

There doesn't appear to be a great deal on the internet but you could buy the book that Naomi has added a link for in her first post.

Even though they maybe other sites, this site is of interest in answering some of the questions. lakeside pottery.com firing fusing glass on pottery and ceramic.

Thanks studio-pots! hope the above is of some help for those who would like to know.

I am not sure whether the member on Ebay has got it wrong or that it is me. The title states Purbeck. I cannot see how this particular bowl can be purbeck when it clearly states on the base Poole with a reg. mark(61B). The bowl is also slightly different to mine in shape. Since both bowls are very similar but with a significant size difference, my question is, can ex-employees manufacture the same style bowl under a different company name making ref. to copyright?