Snail mark, Linda Kinsman Blake Tweedbank Lilliesleaf & Smailholm Potteries
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potterymad62- Number of posts : 916
Location : Redruth Cornwall
Registration date : 2009-07-22
Tin-Glazed Jug, acorn mark - Smailholm Pottery?
A big, heavy earthenware jug, tin-glazed with fish decoration. Has a slightly continental look (French? Spanish?) but the clay is browner than I would have expected (darker than it appears in the photo) and the acorn mark at the base of the handle looks as if it could be British. But having said that, none of the acorn-type marks in the BSPM book seem to be a match. All suggestions gratefully received.
Re: Snail mark, Linda Kinsman Blake Tweedbank Lilliesleaf & Smailholm Potteries
My first thought was Spanish, or French, especially with that style of base. The only British potter I know with an acorn mark is Brenda Murray and it's not her usual mark. Andrew Mcgarva is out in France and makes similar pieces, but again not his nark; maybe a new potter?
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PotteryLover123- Number of posts : 342
Location : United Kingdom
Registration date : 2020-07-13
Re: Snail mark, Linda Kinsman Blake Tweedbank Lilliesleaf & Smailholm Potteries
By Smailholm Pottery
From her website:
Linda J Kinsman-Blake, BA Hons, North Staffordshire
Moved to the Borders 1979
Established a Pottery with Rankin Kinsman-Blake :-
Tweedbank Pottery, 1979
Lilliesleaf Pottery, 1982
Kinsman Blake Gallery (Smailholm), 1995
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Re: Snail mark, Linda Kinsman Blake Tweedbank Lilliesleaf & Smailholm Potteries
Thank you Naomi, I'm sure you're correct. The mark looks different, but the style and decoration are spot-on. Now, I wonder what I did with the jug...?
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