Dartington Pottery

yes I think Pablo Bach possibly designed the toby jug and the fish bowl

http://www.janicetchalenko.com/janicetchalenkocom/

Ah, found it.

http://m.vam.ac.uk/collections/item/O154899/fish-bowl-bowl-dartington-pottery/

Stoneware thrown bowl with applied relief mouldings and reduction glazes.
Dates to 1996
Limited edition of 100 (ours is unumbered)
Designers - Roger Law & Janice Tchalenko
Decoration (fish relief) cast from models by Pablo bach
Glazes - developed by Steve Course

We also note the following:
Impressed markings - DP on base rim
Frog in circle - centre base marking

The question is, who’s is the frog mark?

Pablo?

dantheman wrote:Pablo?

Well the quote was from the eBay listing, where as the one below is from the bowl in the V&A, and they just say Pablo Bach used a PB mark, so maybe the one with the frog stamp was a later copy

DP' in monogram
Impressed.

'13/100'
Numbered in pen.

'Roger Law', 'Janice Tchalenko' and 'PB' in monogram [Pablo Bach]
Signed.

Hi trying to get an idea for this one. Cheers

Dartington Pottery’s dart  mark. Their Leopard design

Thanks Naomi, it's pretty little thing.

It is. I have a little bowl; beautiful design

Haven't seen too much of this potter on Dartington pieces before - but here's 2 Daisy Pattern Vases - wonder what Marieka is (does it realate in some way to Marieka Snell ??) Charming pots anyway...

He’s now potting independently of Dartington. Maybe he pottered it and Marieka is the decorator?

Early Dartington vase. Am I right in thinking this is one of David Leach’s designs?

dantheman wrote:

this is an older example of Dartington,probably made while David Leach still owned the pottery .
I'll have to do a bit of research as I have forgotten the designers name

possibly David Winkley

similar decoration

That sounds logical. The decoration is very similar to Winkley’s Vellow pottery

dantheman wrote:

dantheman wrote:

this is an older example of Dartington,probably made while David Leach still owned the pottery .
I'll have to do a bit of research as I have forgotten the designers name

possibly David Winkley

similar decoration

Did David Leach actually own the pottery at one time? That is interesting, never knew that.

He’s reported as setting up the Dartington Pottery Training Workshop, in the 70s, whatever that means

http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=131

the philanthropist couple Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst of Dartington hall invited him to set up a pottery there after he returned from Japan which explains the style of decoration on those early Dartington pots

Asking for a friend who thought it might be Dartington . JW or TW on the base

There seem some misconceptions. Both Bernard and David Leach worked at Dartington in the 1930's at various times, under the patronage of the Elmhirsts. The War curtailed this and the pottery at Dartington lay idle. In 1947 Sam Haile and Marianne De Trey took over the abandoned pottery. Sam Haile died in 1948, but his wife Marianne De Trey continued and expanded the pottery through the 50's. She had numerous apprentices including Colin Kellam.

Dartington Pottery Training workshop was established at the Cider Press centre in 1975. First conceived in 1972 by David Canter ( a leading light in the early CPA) and David Leach. It so happened that both lived close buy. David Leach at Bovey Tracey and David Canter at Ashburton. The idea was supported by Marianne De Trey and Michael Casson with support from the Crafts Council and the Dartington Hall Trust. It came fully into operation in 1976, led by Peter Starkey,assisted by Peter Cook. Specifically designed as a Training worshop.

Designs were originally 'Orientally based'. This changed in 1984, and Janice Tchalenko was engaged as Designer, and ouput changed radically. Peter Cook, Stephen Course and Peter Hazell bought the pottery from the Dartington Hall Trust. and ran the new business as DART pottery. but still with apprentices.


The above is taken from the book DARTINGTON ; 60 years of pottery 1933-1993 edited by David Whiting and published by Dartington Cider Press.

yes it looks like Dartington to me. in both form and decoration

It does look like one of their decorator’s marks on the base.

Bought in Devon, looks like a Dartington mark with one I don’t know.
8” stoneware jug, daisy and oak leaf flowers, very French shape with wide neck and pointed  spout.

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yes it is and a rare decoration too