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Offline Orpheus

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Dish marked SWP - ID = David Eelles of Shepherds Well Pottery
« on: November 23, 2007, 08:47:58 AM »
Bought this beautifull oven dish it is marked with some kind of logo hard to see, but the letters SWP are readable anyway, any more information is welcome!
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Re: Dish
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2007, 08:58:43 AM »

The logo looks like a well to me, Bas, so I presume it would be S......Well Pottery, or something along that line  ^-^  ???
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Re: Dish
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2007, 09:02:07 AM »
Hi Della you're right it looks like a well! Well i'll google that and see.... thanks
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Re: Dish
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2007, 09:07:54 AM »
Found the shepperds well pottery and the name David Eeles. Looks like he could be the artist.
http://www.eelespottery.co.uk/pottery%20frameset.htm
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Re: Dish
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2007, 09:16:14 AM »
this page say SWP - stands for SOUTH WALES POTTERY ????

http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/s/index.html


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Re: Dish
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2007, 09:25:27 AM »
Hi Rose, looked at the site, but can't find the logo or something simular to my dish. Will keep looking. Is thereanother good search engine for only english sites i could use other than google?
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Re: Dish
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2007, 09:27:43 AM »
Hi Bas, your dish is by David Eelles, Shepherds Well Pottery.
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Re: Dish
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2007, 09:31:16 AM »
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Re: Dish
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2007, 09:37:44 AM »
Thanks, you are great. Feels good to have bought this piece, David Eelles makes nice things as i've seen on the website. Thanks again.
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