Lydia Barge, Rhu, Scotland

My first post on this site.
I have had this vase for many years now and would love to know a little bit more about it.
I don't have many pottery reference books and could not find any information on the net.
hopefully someone will look in with some input.
The vase is 142 mm high, 55mm at the base and 125mm at the top.
Thanks in anticipation,

I have found a few Lydia Barge auction results and completed sales but nothing more. Potting in the 50s-60s

Dan thanks for your swift reply, that's helped already i have been looking at the signature as lydia baige.
will have another trawl of the net.
thanks,
Tim

Thanks for posting that Naomi.
Did you buy it?
Tim

No, I was going through some old photo albums so I thought I’d add it to the thread

A jug here signed both by Lydia Barge and Gerard Quail, a Glasgow-based potter  and writer on ceramics:




https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12469217.gerard-quail/


And a mention of her here, as making vases for the altar at  the Robin Chapel in Edinburgh:
https://www.tasla.org.uk/index.asp?pageid=660816

...and the mention of Rhu leads to this article about her father, which fills in a bit of background though Lydia is only mentioned in passing.
http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1047:colonel-changed-villages-name&catid=39:people-&Itemid=399

Lydia Barge is my great aunt, (my mother's aunt), she turns 99 years old this year. She lives with our family on the west coast of Scotland.

If you ever decide to sell this peice please let me know as I would really love to buy it. I dont have any of her pottery and have been searching the Internet to see if I can find any.

Great to hear from family members. I didn’t buy the pin dish but will keep an eye out for more pieces

Some more

Does anyone have any more information on her work. Thanks

From what I've gleaned in the articles, she grew up in Rhu, Argyll & Bute, Scotland and looked after her father there until he died; this seems to be where she was potting in the 50s-60s. She doesn't seem to have married. She may also have lived in Glasgow or Edinburgh as she made some pots there too.

Thanks

Lara.barge wrote:Lydia Barge is my great aunt, (my mother's aunt), she turns 99 years old this year. She lives with our family on the west coast of Scotland.

If you ever decide to sell this peice please let me know as I would really love to buy it. I dont have any of her pottery and have been searching the Internet to see if I can find any.

Hi Lara

I work in a vintage & secondhand shop in East Lothian. We currently have a lovely jug made by your aunt and we wanted to give you first refusal. You would have to collect though, I don’t know if you ever find yourself over in this neck of the woods?

Hi Kazzanewts.
Ah wow. Just seen this. Do you still have it?
I don't know how to direct message on here.
Are you able to send a picture.
I'm not normally down that way but could potentially get one of my aunts to head over.
Thank you so much!

Kazzanewts wrote:

Lara.barge wrote:Lydia Barge is my great aunt, (my mother's aunt), she turns 99 years old this year. She lives with our family on the west coast of Scotland.

If you ever decide to sell this peice please let me know as I would really love to buy it. I dont have any of her pottery and have been searching the Internet to see if I can find any.

Hi Lara

I work in a vintage & secondhand shop in East Lothian. We currently have a lovely jug made by your aunt and we wanted to give you first refusal. You would have to collect though, I don’t know if you ever find yourself over in this neck of the woods?

Hi. If you ever decide to seel please let me know.
What would you like to know about her work?
She is my great aunt.

She is still alive on the west coast of Scotland living with family. She's 99 now and doesn't pot anymore.

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TG4 wrote:

Lara.barge wrote:Hi Kazzanewts.
Ah wow. Just seen this. Do you still have it?
I don't know how to direct message on here.
Are you able to send a picture.
I'm not normally down that way but could potentially get one of my aunts to head over.
Thank you so much!

Hi Lara 
Yes it’s still here! I also don’t know how to direct message, don’t think you can on here?  I have tried to attach photos, hope it works! Is there anywhere else I can find you to send a message? Obviously neither of us want to give out personal details on a public forum!

Under the avatar there’s a square with pm on it. That’s our direct messaging facility