Bert Simpson - Stonecroft Pottery, Cousland, Midlothian

A tankard I picked up today, would love to know who made it, any help appreciated.

There are 2, very similar, marks, one at the bottom of the handle and the other on the base.

Paul

looks a bit like the Dianna Peyton mark in t' book .

You are correct, Ed, but nothing like her work, which I'm familiar with.

ok sp,ta, the mark is now begining to look like an s   

A very 70s-early80s vibe to this mug - not my favourite look, but it is nicely made, and a *really* comfortable mug to hold in the hand and use. No stamp on this one, but it does have a sticker. Bert was about the nearest potter to my mother's pottery in Dalkeith and they often exhibited and sold work together as part of the Lothian Artists group in the 1970s and 80s.

... and here's a wee vase, also made by Bert in the late 1970s or 1980, and owned by my mother... This is marked on the base with his backwards  "S" mark....