Powell and Llangollen Studio Pottery (Wales)

Catshome wrote:Thanks Naomi - that really helps. Now I'm pretty sure my cockerel is Llangollen, as the whale (nice!) looks to have been made from a similar coloured clay.

I wouldn't have noticed it if it hadn't been for your cockerel. The seller hadn't id-ed it because the backstamp is too faint.

Oops, dimensions: 6" long, 4.5" high

Hi
Hoping someone(anyone?) can help me with any info on this little slipware bowl marked SIWGR (Welsh for sugar). It's approx 3ins in diameter

           
   

and the incised mark appears to be 2 P's or even 2 swords  
           

Here's hoping!
Thanks for looking

Everything is pointing me to Llangollen Pottery , formerly Powell Pottery and I would date it around the early 1950's. Ed

Thanks big ed
Have looked at Llangollen/ Powell pottery posts here on the forum and elsewhere online.
You obviously have (had?) an interest in the pottery. There is mention of an 'incised Powell Pottery' mark - would that be abbreviated to PP ( rather than written in full) or would that be the potter. The only images I've managed to find are for Llangollen marks.
Would it have a value? especially as it's relatively early ( or vintage like me - born ' in the early 50s'!!)

Powell pieces are quire scarce , I believe various incised marks were used , they were quite sought after a few years ago , I haven't been keeping track of the pots for a while so I don't know how many collectors are around but yes it is more valuable than the sheeps cradle marked Llangollen pieces , I know Rhys Powell died, but his wife is still working doing mosaics and stuff if you can find their site and email she might help more , she has helped me in the past , yes good vintage the early 1950's same as me too

info@cbdpools.co.uk

Try Emailing Jean Powell at this address , ED

Just out of interest I Emailed the pottery and received confirmation that it was indeed made by Jean and her husband, Rhys 'Taffy' Powell, as Powell Pottery in 1951
Thanks for the contact info BigEd.

I intend to keep it and use it for its intended purpose although at first I did think SIWGR was an acronym - possibly for a railway  

That's good news , make sure you don't damage it , there's not many about , Ed

Hello there. I recently bought a Llangollen dish which looks very 1950's in design. It is white underneath and at the rim, changing to a powdery blue interior with loose hand painted decoration in green, grey, brown, black, orange. They may represent fruit or fish, not sure really. This one has an inscribed LLANGOLLEN and a cradle.

This is an image of the said dish.
http://rutterio.com//llanbollendish1.JPG

Wonder if it is meant to be stylised corn on the cob? Very nice, whatever.

Looking for ID help please on this set of 4 small pots. Marked WALES and a bridgelike symbol. Would these be beakers or tea bowls or just small pots. All suggestions appreciated



 

this is Langollen pottery , the mark represents a sheeps cradle .

Thanks very much Ed, any idea of age or use?

sorry no idea ,john I haven't seen any of these before , maybe late 60's early 70's , I forget when the pottery closed down .

Hi..I have the black version of Jonah and the Whale. I actually send pics off to Cardiff uni some years ago and they didnt know who it was by...now I know..I thought Portmeirion because it is similar to some of the early Portmeirion drizzle and dot type. All it says underneath is Wales and the back stamp. I will dig out or take new photos sometime. I did pay £30 for mine in Narberth Malt House Antique centre. She didnt know anything about it but I just loved it so much that I paid what she wanted as I knew that if I didnt I would always be sorry. I am from N Wales originally from Denbighshire..but I never thought of Llangollen.

Sometimes the Sheep Cradle mark is very faint on these pieces , but most have it .

No its a very clear mark....do you know who designed it and who was the potter please.

I don't the designer Try Emailing Jean Powell , she will probably know
info@cbdpools.com

Hope this helps. I am a new member so hope this is right. This is my Jonah and the Whale, I checked and I bought it in 2007...where has time gone...anyway thanks for identifying it for me. There is a clear stamp underneath and Wales.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/63951304/DSC_0034.jpg

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/63951304/DSC_0035.jpg

Karinclark wrote:Thanks...I will give this a try...thanks for your help. Its a little like the one u posted a while back but the markings are different...if you want me to post the others pls let me know...thanks...K

Yes, please.   


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