Marazion Pottery (Cornwall)

by **NaomiM** July 27th 2013, 6:57 pm

Started in 1950 by George Nash and his wife Heather in the village of Marazion, Cornwall. Continued until their retirement in 1981.

The black glaze and sgraffito pattern on this vase is typical of their work.
Signed Marazion Cornwall on the base.

http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=34

by **dantheman** July 27th 2013, 7:00 pm

by Guest June 12th 2014, 8:05 pm

Hi, today I bought another plant pot 40p.

Can anyone read the marks. I'm really struggling to decipher.

4 inches high with what I, being a novice would describe as having that prinknash sort of glaze

Thanks.

Marazion Pottery (Cornwall) 2014-016

by **Potty** June 12th 2014, 8:28 pm

Marazion Pottery I believe.

by Guest June 12th 2014, 8:33 pm

Thanks Potty I'll check it out : )

by Guest June 12th 2014, 8:37 pm

Thanks Potty just looked and I'm sure your right : )

by **brin mcardle** June 23rd 2014, 9:26 pm

Lovely this any idea of date

by **denbydump** October 19th 2014, 11:08 am

A 6.5 in vase with Fuschias.

Marazion Pottery (Cornwall) 100_1819

by stardust* September 9th 2016, 12:46 pm

I have 2 pin dishes which belonged to a grandparent. There were 3 but unfortunately we're down to just the 2, and one of those is chipped (they are quite delicate)
I've been wondering about them, I've done a bit of research but could quite easily be missing the obvious. Does anyone recognise them?

Marazion Pottery (Cornwall) Img_0430

by **NaomiM** September 9th 2016, 12:52 pm

I think it might be Marazion Pottery. Found one with similar handwriting and glaze colours

Marazion Pottery (Cornwall) Image83

by stardust* September 9th 2016, 1:33 pm

Yes, you're right it does look the same..wow that was quick! Thanks Naomi.

by **Essenjay** April 25th 2017, 9:34 pm

Bit of an oddity, this. I would have put money on it being a piece of Marazion when I picked it up so didn't bother looking under the 20p label underneath. The matt black-brown glaze looks right as does the vermillion and green of the decoration. Just the raised detail of the motif looks slightly unusual, almost tube-lined. Turns out that there are inscribed initials which might be CK / CR / GK / GR / YK / YR. Anyone know if Marazion was taken over by anyone following the retirement of George and Heather Nash in 1981? Or any other suggestions?

Marazion Pottery (Cornwall) IMG_0091

by **NaomiM** April 25th 2017, 9:56 pm

Looks like GR monogram. Certainly looks like Marazion but I've only seen them signed or with an ink stamp. Run by George Nash and his wife Heather

by **hercules brabazon** April 26th 2017, 12:25 am

There are some Marazion pieces signed "HM Beck", which would imply that other potters worked there, as well as the Nashes.

http://pin.it/TWnhHLD

by **NaomiM** April 26th 2017, 1:09 am

I wonder if it has anything to do with the Becks from Australia...

Robert & Margot Beck
Robert Beck (1942- ), the second son of Henry Hatton Beck and Lucy Beck (nee Boyd), started potting in the mid 1960s with his parents at Murrumbeena, incising his work 'R Beck' or "Beck' . When his parents went to England in 1966, he helped them to establish a pottery in Wandsworth Common for four years. He married Margot (1948- ) in 1970 and in 1971, they set up a pottery in Beaumaris, Melbourne, where his parents had returned to live. The two couples worked closely together over this period, making a range of decorated wares. In 1978 Robert and Margot moved to Cheltenham. As a couple, they painted or incised their work 'R + M Beck'. Margot also incised work she had hand-decorated 'Margot' or 'MB'.

by **Essenjay** April 26th 2017, 10:16 am

Thanks both. My guess is that it was made at Marazion either by a guest potter. I suspect it'll be one of those occasions where we never find out.

by **olipayton** July 26th 2017, 6:27 pm

A Marazion mallard wall plate inscribed HMB for H M Beck
Marazion Pottery (Cornwall) Sam_6625

by **RVsaid** December 8th 2021, 11:38 am

Hi

I quite like this little piece myself.

About 3.5 inches tall with gloss interior and then matte main exterio glaze, slight Sgraffito work in the design finished with gloss on the tree blosssoms.

I thought it probably said Majorca but now perhaps Nigeria... or neither :0)

Thanks