Barbara Cass, York and Arden Potteries

Lovely pot this one , I am beginning to wish I had kept pots by Barbara Cass , I have bought quite a few over the years and sold them , I read Barbara Cass was the first pots Bill Ismay Ever Bought , I bought this very cheaply as usual ,along with two other german pots from a german seller .

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The Top left lidded pot is incised GJ arden

This Arden pot is marked GJ Arden , I bought along with other Cass Pots BuT I haven't came across these initials before ..anybody  

"Potters" says she had 1 assistant, so it could be a pot made and decorated entirely by her assistant?

Thanks Potty , yes that's possible , I never knew she had an assistant wonder who it was .

One sees very little of the work that Barbara Cass did when she was in York. Her pots are decidedly different, especially in their glazing. Some of the first Pots that the Famous collector Bill Ismay Collected were from Barbara Cass. The following three pieces are part of the Bil Ismay collection on show in COCA York in June 2023

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The Bill Ismay collection at COCA York June 2023.

From the Bill Ismay collection at COCA  York. June 2023

Not a joke question!  I took a number of photos at Hepworth Wakefield gallery but cannot remember exactly who they were and do not want misattribute them. Given the nature of the exhibition, they are all significant potters,

No idea, philpot.

I do follow the person responsible for adding ceramics to the Hepworth on another social media platform and quite often don't agree with him about whether work is good/important enough to be collected.

I know it's always a matter of opinion but, if it was me, then I wouldn't bother.

https://hepworthwakefield.org/news/curator-diary-wakefields-ceramics/

in this article photo gallery , there is also your vase and says " 19 / 27
Barbara Cass Vase (1955) Purchased 1955 "

i found that by google lens

PhilosophiaSB wrote:https://hepworthwakefield.org/news/curator-diary-wakefields-ceramics/

in this article photo gallery , there is also your vase and says " 19 / 27
Barbara Cass Vase (1955) Purchased 1955 "

i found that by google lens  

You're correct but it doesn't look like any of her work that has come my way.

Regarding my previous remark, as she was a Yorkshire potter and "known", I would have included it.