Unknown Vase

Help appreciated.

Thanks

We have had this ID'd before, can't remember, but I expect someone will (Naomi!! :p).

lol, yeah I seem to recall seeing a vase like this but can't seem to find the post.

The signature looks like Arroyo to me - and there's an Erika Arroyo (aka the Laughing Potter) in Islip, NY, USA. Might be her? No idea what she's got to laugh about.

Thanks r-and-f, could be a good shout, having trouble finding images of her signature/marks though.

Hi Roy.

Maybe that vase is a student piece from "António Arroio" school in Lisbon, Portugal.
Students used to play with the "i" from "Arroio" and change it for an "y".
Look at this pictures:

Thanks Joel, another good shout to look into.

Joel Paiva wrote:Hi Roy.

Maybe that vase is a student piece from "António Arroio" school in Lisbon, Portugal.
Students used to play with the "i" from "Arroio" and change it for an "y".

Hi,

only to say that I don't think Roy's vase has anything to do with the António Arroio School in Lisbon. "Arroyo" is a name of Spanish origin and it should be the signature of the potter...
Also, that the students were not playing with the "i" . Before the 1911's orthographic revision, portuguese orthography included the "Y" and, after that, several people kept on using it.

Update - this is by Rottenstone Studio in Arroyo, New Mexico.

I'm sure Iv'e seen these in many tourist shops in Mallorca and The Canaries .