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Title: Unidentified pottery
Post by: steamerpoint on December 26, 2012, 09:16:37 AM
Hello,

I've been collecting the following range of pottery, but no seller has been able to provide any concrete information about it. It has no obvious factory mark, but there are numerous examples, all with similar patterns. It is possibly Bavarian or Hungarian and from the later nineteenth century, but no one knows for sure. I'd be grateful for any information people can provide!

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Unidentified pottery
Post by: mart on December 26, 2012, 09:40:39 AM
Can we see the bottom of one ??  One of the little pitchers would be good !!
Title: Re: Unidentified pottery
Post by: steamerpoint on December 26, 2012, 09:59:02 AM
Thanks for the response!

Here are three random bases. All of them have similar sets of numbers, of varying clarity. They also have very light numbers scratched into them, as you might be able to make out on one of the photos.

Thanks again.
Title: Re: Unidentified pottery
Post by: steamerpoint on December 26, 2012, 10:02:53 AM
Here is one more I've found, with a unique number embossed (think that's the right word!) into the pottery itself and a roman numeral beneath.


Title: Re: Unidentified pottery
Post by: mart on December 26, 2012, 11:21:35 AM
Well,, I thought this might be mid century pottery and I am pretty sure thats correct !!  If you notice the two digit numbers run from 59 to 71 which I think would be the year made !! The unglazed bottoms are the earlier ones and the later have glazed bottoms as most of the potteries were doing !!   Independent decorators would have used this type of markings !! Sometimes the potteries would hire the decorators and they would have a number that indicated which one painted it !! They were normally paid according to how many they painted or decorated if transferware was used !!  Let me look around a bit,,!!
Title: Re: Unidentified pottery
Post by: steamerpoint on December 26, 2012, 12:35:14 PM
Thanks, any definite info you find is gratefully received! By mid century you mean mid 19th, right? They must have been pretty popular, as examples of this range turn up quite frequently at fairs.
Title: Re: Unidentified pottery
Post by: mart on December 26, 2012, 12:40:08 PM
No !! 20th century !!  These make me think of the Quimper and Gouda look alike pieces that were popular then !!  What are the items that are in the vases ??
Title: Re: Unidentified pottery
Post by: bigwull on December 26, 2012, 01:48:54 PM
No !! 20th century !!  These make me think of the Quimper and Gouda look alike pieces that were popular then !!  What are the items that are in the vases ??
Gouda...yum yum...my Favourite Dutch  Cheese...especially and aged one.... ;D
Title: Re: Unidentified pottery
Post by: mart on December 26, 2012, 01:56:15 PM
Cute little pottery too !!