Poole Pottery 1960-1980 Part One

a pair of studio bowls (1964-1966)

Any help on this signature on a pretty little early Delphis 49 gratefully received:

my latest and best Tony Morris piece, Tony studied at the Newport school of art before moving to Poole,his talent is quite exceptional but pictures speak louder than words (especially when the pictures... and words originate from Tony!)





That's Corfe castle in the background

dantheman wrote:Looks like the paintress had trouble with the monogram inside that tight space, my guess is Thelma Bush

it is Delphis,quite a few of these footed bowls with the stunning sea crest design on the underside were made,I have 6 or 7 in my collection

Not sure about the ID Dan. Shape 39's were only made 1969-1970, Thelma left in 1968 according to H&A.

My guess would be a Y dot Carol Cutler signature, with the brush having created a line when going to place the dot. But hard to be certain.

gareth-h wrote:

dantheman wrote:Looks like the paintress had trouble with the monogram inside that tight space, my guess is Thelma Bush

it is Delphis,quite a few of these footed bowls with the stunning sea crest design on the underside were made,I have 6 or 7 in my collection

Not sure about the ID Dan. Shape 39's were only made 1969-1970, Thelma left in 1968 according to H&A.

My guess would be a Y dot Carol Cutler signature, with the brush having created a line when going to place the dot. But hard to be certain.

The quality of decoration is akin to Carols earlier work if you get my meaning

what a great piece on next months page of the Poole calendar!



Tony Morris

5.5 inch bowl with the underlined blue Poole studio mark (1964-1966)

artwork & anarak info for the Olympus range by Ros Sommerfelt

my latest Delphis shape 49 dish, it has the early Delphis colours that were discontinued after a few short years.

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this is the forerunner of the shape 49 pictured above,it had the studio stamp placing it between 1964-1966 but is the same 5 inch shallow dish in every other respect

a red earthenware bowl.lovely proportions and form,thrown & decorated By Bea Bolton as a forerunner to the Atlantis range.

I have noticed a few fake Poole pots being offered for sale over the past two or three years,mainly the crooks find a piece of pottery with a flat,unglazed bottom and mark it with a Poole stamp,they are not the most refined counterfeiters who ever lived as the stamp is often unlike any pukka Poole stamp.

This was even more obvious as they printed it on a Bertoncello piece

This little 5 inch bowl was made at the end of the studio era (1966 ish) it has the blue Poole England backstamp but has the same decoration as the slightly earlier studio stamped bowls, however the base colour is a much darker blue.

seagulls designed by Sally Tuffin for the Poole Studio collection 1996.
hand painted on white earthenware

Hi Dan, have you ever seen this type of design before, I've had it for a few years and have never seen anything similar!

No I haven't Davee,I have several Poole studio bowls of that shape and size but the decoration is new to me.
That's the great thing about the early studio section pottery,they were free agents and did what they liked, so if you collect them they constantly throw up surprises.

I bought this onion vase a few hours ago,there was no Poole stamp and the colours were so unusual I wasn't 100% sure what I was buying!

My latest Aegean vase thrown by Chris White (1975-1980)

I got this lovely aegean range vase today, decorated by my favorite Aegean paintress Laura Wills.

This one has an impressed Guy Sydenham mark, do you know if thats common with these pieces?

Stoneware is not really my thing but this one has always puzzled me, a limited edition Royal Wedding plate but the number is not filled in, it is fully marked, any ideas?