JK mark, Does Jan Keep Ring Any Bells?

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Post by Grumpy Grandad April 24th 2021, 5:30 pm

This is a very competent rice bowl or similar, very skillfully decorated inside with an unglazed outer.
It has an incised 'JK' and then 'JAN KEEP' in pencil, along with '17.50', presumably the price, also in pencil.
For such an accomplished potter/decorator I'm surprised that there seems to be nothing to be found on the internet about Jan Keep, so I wondered if it's a name anybody here has come across?

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Post by studio-pots April 25th 2021, 2:28 pm

I don't have any idea where it might be from but it doesn't look British to me.

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Post by Grumpy Grandad April 25th 2021, 3:23 pm

The name Jan Keep may suggest the Netherlands, especially if it's a man.
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Post by NaomiM April 25th 2021, 3:48 pm

There is a Jonathan Keep with an incised JK mark but he's been making 3D printed pots for the past 10 years

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Post by philpot April 25th 2021, 5:18 pm

If it IS written only in Pencil it might just only be a reservation message. ie KEEP FOR JAN who is calling for it at 17.50
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Post by Grumpy Grandad April 25th 2021, 9:22 pm

Phil, that was actually similar to my first thoughts - bought in January and one to keep - but the incised JK suggests not Happy
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