Shelf Pottery, Halifax

Owl bank

A nice tall vase!

Came across this piece about Shelf Pottery which includes correspondence from the owner, in which he details its beginnings and its dealings with Tremar Pottery and Trequoit Pottery (Louis Hudson), which may be of interest:

http://stationstart.com/tremar-shelf/

the design is the same on both sides

Any help much appreciated

how odd! I was looking at mine yesterday and remarked I had never seen another!!

Shelf Pottery Halifax

I can't believe you've got one too! Is it exactly the same and do you know anything at all about it? Is it XB on the bottom?

yes XB
luckily I got mine from a dealer who had bought a large collection of Shelf pottery so although it was an unusual design ( which was the reason I picked it) the glazes,decoration and clay were a perfect fit for Shelf.
Freaky that I hardly ever look at mine but yesterday my wife and I discussed it over breakfast.

Thanks Dan - that's so useful. It is such an unusual design & I picked it up for exactly the same reason. It reminds me a bit of prehistoric cave paintings.
I'm not familiar with Shelf so see what I can find on line. Thanks again.

the three legged stag may have roots in prehistoric sub - Saharan culture, I have seen clay animals from Mali that share the tripod form

Thanks Dan - you're a mine of information! This is going to be really interesting to research further.

No label. Shelf Pottery...

Hi does anyone have an info on these please. 16cm tall by 15 widest point

Hi thanks for the tip. Had a pleasant half hour refreshing on his stuff earlier and it is lovely. Couldn't find anything quite the same and frustratingly the mark is a little obscure. Thanks

Definitely Bernard Rooke. Not the best of his pieces tho. He was also very prolific,as his sons also worked at the pottery and produced work under his imprimatur. The most prized pieces nowadays are the very large lamp bases, which are now very much design pieces. There was an exhibition in Peterbrough a few months ago.

Thanks Phil. Yes some of the lamp bases are very good, really like them.

Shelf Pottery.

Yes that make more sense, thanks all.

the fact that Rooke pottery can be mistaken for Shelf and vice versa speaks volumes

I've just come into possession of a huge Shelf Pottery Lamp. It's 70cm tall and 40cm wide. Bulb fittings on the interior and exterior. I'm currently waiting for a 50cm retro looking shade to arrive in the post. I'm very pleased with it. Has anyone else seen a piece of Shelf Pottery this large before?