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Offline chopin-liszt

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Ratty candlestick
« on: August 19, 2007, 11:47:20 AM »
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Hello! First, sincere apologies for the dreadful pic. I'm camerally challenged and technophobic.

I bought this because I like it. It is a bit damaged - a few small chips and a crack.
The glazes are dribbly blues, greens and browns, in a style I recognise, but do not know the name of. British, definitely, quite possibly Scottish.

The detail, which is not evident in the pic (sorry, sorry , sorry, can't focus the *&$/# thing) is quite fine - the ribs of the rats stick out, they've got lovely horrible ratty feet.

Any ideas?

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/P8120029.jpg
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Offline josordoni

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Re: Ratty candlestick
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2007, 04:32:27 PM »
The colours are very like Dunmore to me Sue - there would be a very small impressed mark somewhere on the underside  - like one of the marks here:

http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=56
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Re: Ratty candlestick
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2007, 09:13:49 AM »
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That's the one!!!!
Howsomever, there is absolutely no mark at all on it.

The glazes look "right", the detail is good, BUT....

it's very clean underneath. ??? The clay is white, (it's hollow inside, from underneath. There is a shallow candle hole inside at the top, and a deep hole from the bottom up).

It is not completely glazed underneath, though there is a big splodge of yellowy lustrey glaze inside, and the browny colour on the base rim, which also looks a bit lustrey, and shows scratches commensurate with age.

The clean-ness worries me.

I've seen some ab fab Dunmore in a museum - (I think it might have been Stirling) - weird beasties and so on.

Are there folk copying it? Are there fakes? Is it likely to be Dunmore, unmarked?

Can modern glazes compare with the old ones?
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Offline Pete

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Re: Ratty candlestick
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2007, 04:00:28 PM »
Most stuff with animals is way too cutesy for me but I think you have a fascinating object there Sue and probably a moneyspinner to boot.
Try an email to http://www.smithartgallery.demon.co.uk/
I see that Dunmore, the place, is in the area and they the do publish
"A Visit to Dunmore Pottery: A Contemporary Account by Graeme Cruickshank" so it's likely they'll have some pieces.
Pete
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