Studio stoneware vase, carved/fluted with combed sides - Bill Campbell?

Hi all

Nice little vase , i have no ideal of the makers mark. Maybe a student piece ?

In the style of Bill Campbell ?

Thanks as always
Alex

No idea but it’s beautiful. Not a student piece imo

I have ordered another marks book .. So will look also in there when it arrives

I do like it

That is a nice piece dome by a very good potter. Cut-sided work is very difficult to do.and only gets done well by the best. This one is done very well. I don't think those indentations on the bottom are a maker's mark too vague.

“Indentations”? The incised cross is deliberate and likely to be their mark. It’s the type of mark you’d see on Japanese pieces but this doesn't look Japanese. I suspect it’s a French studio potter, or at least European

Well they look like a couple of scratches to me! Mefinks it comes from frustration over the years by not being able to recognise who made a piece. What is the point of making individual studio pottery if itd mark is so basic it could be anybody or anything? This is a nice piece. If it had a distinctly recognisable mark it would have a reasonable value. But without that .

Its a mystery

I brought this vase quite a while a go with two others a Ewenny and a Bill Campbell
as a job lot at a car boot market in Gloucester. think it was about £8 for the 3 ( not bad )

Lovely glaze too.

Certainly looks like Bill Campbell’s style. Not his usual mark but maybe it was a test piece. I think he’s the closest match

http://www.campbellpotterystore.com/our-pottery/glaze-variations/

Yes i thought maybe
But he does sign his name in full, like you say may be a test piece
Thanks

The blue chun glaze is something that many potters experiment with during their careers. It is difficult to perfect but personally I find the glaze here much better than anything on Mr. Campbell's website.

studio-pots wrote:The blue chun glaze is something that many potters experiment with during their careers. It is difficult to perfect but personally I find the glaze here much better than anything on Mr. Campbell's website.

Thank you
The mystery thickens