From Alex: An oatmeal glazed stoneware jar marked IS or JS

Pat - Jane Smith, Cumbria? 

From Carol: A japaense style box, 12 cm across and just over 6 in depth with a lid that looks like roof tiles. From Carol: A Japanese style box which measures 12 cm across and just over 6 in depth, it has been finished off in manly red, with green and black, and is glazed, the lid looks like roof tiles

From Neil: I have two teabowls from the same maker, one purchased from a Frome charity shop, the other on Ebay.

From: Leila: Unusual vase bought at the Fenny Lodge Gallery in Milton Keynes around 20 years ago, marked JR or JPL under the Fenny Lodge label.

From Louise: Lovely sludgy green/brown stepped bowl, black underneath, signed on base I think H.W. ? would love any info on maker,age,value etc

From Pat: Stoneware bowl, approx 3" tall and 5" diameter. Gorgeous thick glaze to outside which goes almost to base.Very clear Potters Mark "W" with 4 small dots. Could be an "M" .

From Pete: A stoneware pot marked HP

From Pete: Very tactile pot with glaze inside the pot no mark

From Pete: A vase marked B 74

From Valerie: A plare with marked with an intersecting PS on the reverse

Bazzer - Almost certainly Skegness Pottery prior to the 1980s in my opinion 

From Hilary: Three small pots all marked Leila Hughes - does anyone know this potter?

From Pete: A casserole and a large bowl with the same JB monogram mark

From Belinda: A plate or cake dish on 3 small legs marked with a big C and small M in a square.

From Mark: A globular vase with mark that looks like a flower with further info on the base

Chris Parker - Could possibly be Will Illsley
mark - think it is Ivan Martin cricklade does have a personal seal on side unseen on picture
chris parker - Ivan Martin at Cricklade would be earthenware this is stoneware 

From Chris : An ash glazed bowl with two distinctive marks.

From Helen: A lidded jar, 8cm across with a bird as decoration, mark may be EW

From Don: A sunflower patterned plate. The reverse is part glazed and bears a mark that looks like a P and D diffused.

Jim - I believe this is an early mark for Paul Jackson.
Don - Many thanks for your time and help. 

From Don: A floral bowl, 24cm with an impressed stamp that resembles an H monogram

From Ralph: A tankard or mug marked with an A and two dots. Is this a Chinese symbol?

Pat - Sorry can't see the mark.
Ralph - the mark is on the handle.. it is a chinese symbol for rice or meal..
Ralph - still tho, I have no idea who made it or if it was made in china or elsewhere? thanks.. 

From RPD who has two jugs with the same swastica mark on the base, any ideas?

From Mark: A unglazed pot with a signature, resembles Dameon Lynn

Dameon Lynn - Sorry, I've ever made anything as boring as that :)
mark - Hi I am aware the pot is not Dameon Lynn as I have a pot of his 

From Pat: A hexagonal dish, 6 inches across with a painted CR mark on the base.

From Anne: A vase with wings, no potters mark, influenced by Colin Pearson?

Melissa - Hi, it could be an Australian Artist; Jack Jackman. I have a signed piece with exactly same handles. (I'm in Australia). If you google him, there is an Australian website you can contact for more info. 

From David: A dish with a signature on its base.

From Mark: Does anyone recognise the signature on this vase?

Ralph - Hey. this looks like it says: Auburn, Henri, Aug 94 ... the Aug means August.. did you pick this up at an exhibition somewhere recently? there are lots of places called Auburn.. I don't know but, I hear there are many small potters out there..
Mark - I have two vases one other small brown one with same mark have been trying for ages to find out who potter is
James - Hi Mark, You bought both pots from me via eBay. I tried to find more about these pots before they were sold and found nothing! I bought these pots in a 'job lot' from a local auction house which included some fine studio pottery works. I know these pots are finely thrown and are fine examples. I hope you find the maker. Regards
Bazzer - Could the first word read 'Aubreu' and possbly be French??? 

From Mike: A tenmoku glazed teapot marked LVP

From Anne: A small dish marked FJ.

From Anthony: A 20cm tall, unglazed vase marked RH.

anthony - To add - it is stoneware with a matt rust looking outer glaze The inside of the body is glazed white(ish)  

From Trevor: An 11cm tall facetted vase with a signature.

From Trevor: A 26cm stoneware plate marked with a dot

Mark Nuttall - think the plate could be eric stockl I have a vase with a mark which looks very like this 

From Don: A 25cm plate with a smooth heavy border edge which is glazed on the reverse. Marked SJC with an omega sign.

Don - Further info on this. Crackle effect under glaze. NOT glazed on reverse but ie has a heavily scored effect.  

From Philip: A vase marked for KM or MK, dated 1968?

From Eliane: An earthenware salt pig with slip trailed decoratioon, any suggestions?

Oliver - This is classic Weatheriggs Pottery from Cumbria. Possibly Harry Thorburn? 

From Carl: A tenmoku glazed jug, 275mm tall, marked W.

David - Michael Woods perhaps?
Pat - I agree. Michael Woods.
alex o'grady - I have a Michael Woods bowl and would like to find out more about him. Is he still alive and if so, does anyone have any contact details? Can anyone help, please? 

From Carl: A green/blue vase 170mm tall marked JP or DR.

From Leigh: A vase with a floral design, mark could be LE or maybe a trident?

Leigh - I know, I know I'm commenting on my own 'pot' but have looked again at the mark, Could it be 'Kenneth Quick'? 'Tregenna Hill'? Any thoughts would be appreciated?
Pat - Any chance of a better image of the mark please?
Diane - R Hamer maybe?
Leigh - Thanks for your responses, thats about as good as my camera allows sorry I will try though! & the mark looks similar to marie & richard hamer but I have been unable to find any work to compare it with!
Ralph - It is possibly that this is also an X or cross in a box.. I am thinking the same as the other australian pottery marks.. just a guess..
ralph - also noticing someone below is suggesting alan burough for a similar one of this kind-of mark
Leigh - Hi I would have loved an 'Alan Brough' but I'm pretty sure its not one of his, But I have had another look through my book & have found 'John Wynne Morris' of 'Conwy Pottery' pre 1980?? Still unsure though? 

From Wayne : A lidded jar with what may be a makers monogram on the front and lid. Painter makers mark on the underside of the lid. Can anyone help?

From David : A sake ? Bottle with script and makers mark

From David : Can someone decifer rge signiture on this small vase?

Ralph - Hi. looks like it says Catherine, July 4'.. thats the best bet..  

From Diphidi: A owly vase marked with an A and another letter which unfortunately falls over an edge so is not recognisable

From Clare : A salt and pepper set with a leaf or tree mark

Diane - Susan Enderby perhaps 

From Clare: A stoneware cheese dish with a monogram mark

unknown - Hi, pretty sure its a potter from Devon U.K. I have the same, although with brushed decoration.
Phil Wadsworth - Hi, possibly Benjamin Eeles of the Eeles Family Pottery of Dorset. You could contact them to ask. They have a website. 

From Catz: A small stonware bowl with makers initials and a bird

Diane - Dove Pottery perhaps 

Rebecca from Massachusetts has a set of these stoneware bowls, the mark is certainly a tricky one to decife

From Aaron: A stoneware lidded pot with 2 makers marks

Neil Todd - Hi,I have 2 lidded tenmoku glazed pots with the same impressed marks,both very well potted.I was told they were by Alan Clarke,the Poole potter,but I don't think so.Please let me know if you find out the potter.
Aaron - Yes this is very well potted too, not sure about it being Alan Clarke? I bought it not far from Poole... I shall do some research! 

From Pat: A stoneware bowl marked Cp or possibly WP.

Elli - this is by Collin Pearson
Pat - Thank you Elli. I am thrilled if it is. Is this an unusual mark because I've not seen it listed against his name? It is a stunning bowl and has a fantastic feel to it. I can never pass it without touching it! Thanks again.
Wendy - Sorry to be a doubting Thomas but are you sure Elli? I would be really interested if it is as like Pat, I have never seen that mark attributed to Pearson
Phil Rogers - Sorry....definitely not Colin Pearson. Not sure who...maybe Philip Revell. can't see the mark too well....Paul Green?
Pat - Interesting! I am convinced now that it IS Colin Pearson, having looked at other examples of his work. On another studio pottery site there is my exact bowl (inside view). Maybe Elli can tell us if this is maybe a mark which he rarely used. The mark is nothing like Philip Revel nor Paul Green. It is a lower case c joined to a lower case p with 2 small dots under each letter. Click for larger image.
James H - Sorry, but this is NOT Colin Pearson. I agree 100% with Phil Rogers. I have seen many items of pottery with this (or a similar) seal. I recall it being somthing like Cooper Pottery?
Pat - James - I'm pretty sure it is! If you look at Studio Pottery site you will see the interior of a bowl by Colin Pearson and this is SO like mine. I have never come across this mark before but "Elli" who replied earlier, may be Elli Pearson who has a pottery in Orkney and MAY be related. She possibly may know more than we do. This bowl has such a special feel to it that I go along with Colin Pearson.
James - Hi Pat, Its only my opinion based on the seal that your bowl isn't made by Colin Pearson. I have been wrong in the past and will be wrong again. Let us know if you do get attribution. Good luck with it. Regards
steve - Colin Pearson from his time at aylesford Pottery the two dots are the same as david leach used at aylesford.
Pat - Thanks Steve. I will see if I can take some better pics of the bowl itself and also the mark and get them on here.
aki - nah no not colin pearson 

From David: An earthenware jug with a B mark.

Diane - Ray Marshall Bridgefoot Pottery perhaps 

From Amanda: Stoneware double vase, 13 inches high, 7 wide, with impressed marks. AP and DP.

From Heather: A large slipware dish (35 cm x 26 cm), known not to be David Garland.

From Phil : An earthenware vase with a scratched mark

mick - A pair of potters from Swindon, Fleur and Diana, don't know their surnames. No longer potting I think. 

From Barry : A bowl marked M or W in a circle

From William: A small vase with sytlised tree design, marked JMC

LINDY - THIS IS THE MARK OF JANE McCORMICK OF LEICESTER 

From Martin : A mug with two marks, glaze resembles Aylesford

elli - the first mark is the mark for Saxbo
Martin - Thanks for that. Danish, eh? Doesn't look much like the Saxbo I can find online, however...
Diane - The second mark looks very like Ai Oi Hoon
Martin - Thanks Diane, that Sounds like a possibility. Can't find much info on Ai Oi Hoon... Any more info or pointers you could give? 

From Karen: A salt glazed jug or mug, has a Wally Keeler look about it

LINDY - i think the back stamp you have shown is from another pot 

From Karen : A small lidded jar, the design looks like Dartington

From Fliss : A tankard reminiscent of early David Leach

tom parry - I don't have any books with me to check the mark but Peter Lane rings a bell.
Fliss - Hmmm, could be, the book says he did tin-glazed earthenware to 1974 apparently. Food for thought, thank you.
Jim - David Leach and Marianne de Trey produced similar tin-glazed work in the 1950s. Could the mark be 'LD'?
Fliss - I wish!
POTZ100 - It's Frank Robinson, Polperro Pottery, 1973 onwards. Do not look in BSPM as not listed properly as usual. 

From Fliss : A ginger jar marked with a thumbprint but known not to be Sebastian Blackie

From Eileen : A couple of earthenware chargers with bird designs

Fliss - Could it be Seth Cardew?
Eileen - Fliss-Thanks for the suggestion,but the design is tube line raised effect,so not sure. 

From : Mark Briggs - A multi-funnel pot, unfortunately it is not marked.

From : Les Goodchild - A small jug with mark.

From : Chris Nicholas - A snail shaped cup, possibly marked P and H.

chris - Aftermore research I'm now thinking this might be some form of majolica, can anyone care to confirm/disprove this for me.  

From : Kate Giggs - A porceian vase marked KS.

davina - hi kate your item was made by keith smith, otterton mill pottery,devon. 

From : John Redpath - A small jug, could it be Heber Matthews with 4 52 meaning April 1952?

From : Pat Walton - A Teabowl with a notched foot.

From: Tracy Whincup - A vase with a T mark on the base.

Tracy - now listed on ebay item 280473995354 

From : Pat Walton - A slipware plate with three marks!

Chris Parker - Possibly John Christie
Pat - Chris, thank you for the suggestion - I'll check it out. Best wishes 

From Andrew Greenaway : A bowl with a Japanese mark?

Hiroko Itoh - Probably this mark is Akahada-yama pottery in Nara, Japan. http://www1.kcn.ne.jp/~akahada/  

From Caroline Wilson : A pierced blue bowl, with a mark that may be jh?

From Caroline Wilson : A small stoneware bowl

From Michael McDonald - Looks a vaguely Japanese mark but the pot does not. Not sure which way to read the mark either. Pot c9" tall

Richard - The mark is SAFI - Tunisian ware
M McDonald - Thanks very much Richard, useful info.
Neil - Safi is in Morocco and the centre of pottery making. 

From Frank White : Trying to track down this Slip Ware Salt Pig maker could it be Paul Berman Stroud or Frank Benatt Bristol I found these in B S P marks book

lindy - Try Alan Brough i have a piece and the back stamp looks the same to me.
keramike - It does resemble Alan Brough's mark, but not his work. It is much closer in style,clay,and decoration to early Clive Bowen, and although he doesn't sign work these days, once again, what can be seen of the impressed mark is extremely close to his original stamp. Why not go on his website and ask! 

From Dave McCann : A small stoneware vase marked PS

Pat - Peter Swanson? 

From Howard Crosby : A treacle glazed dish marked S on the base

tom parry - This looks similar to a dish I have which I was told had been made by John Singleman, ex Leach and Wenford Bridge. I am not certain of the attribution though. 

From Howard Crosby : A porcelain altered vase. Height 14cm. Monogram looks like an F with three vertical dots?

Neil Todd - Hi,this could be by Simon Fletcher.I don't think he's potting now. 

From Howard Crosby : A bowl marked INGA

Sean - Could be Inga Diener  

From Tom Hutchinson : A pot marked AH with a top like a shirt collar

From Fred Hawken : A 2 tone blue dripped glazed mug the mug is partly not glazed in the centre to make a pattern around the middle it is fully glazed inside as well the mug which measures 5 inches high. The marking on the base is like 2 symbols.

Nigel - It's probably the work of Kathy Cartledge (now Bentham Pottery).
Fred - Many thanks Nigel it looks very much like from the Bentham pottery website
Kathy Cartledge - It looks to be an old one of mine. Our current stamp is "Bentham Pottery". 

From Dave McCann : An unusual dish marked JC

From Dave McCann :A smal vase marked JJ

r gill - maybe john jelfs of bourton on the water
dave mccann - Hi Thanks but asked John Jelfs directly but not his work unfortunately 

From Dave McCann : A pair of mugs with painted LP marks

Nigel - It looks like Laugharne Pottery.
Dave McCann - Many thanks Nigel 

From Dave McCann : A small jug marked D on the base

From Liz McGregor : This is a blue bowl, glazed interior, glaze finishes just before the foot of the bowl outside, with a brown stripe between. A clear mark on the base that looks like JB or GB?

tom parry - This looks to me like the mark of Ginnie Bamford who potted at Clock House Pottery, Tregony before moving down to the Sloop Craft Market in St Ives, now retired.
Hilary Hughes - This is Dennis Bullock's mark. He worked in Saltash and Pillaton, Cornwall in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. He died a couple of years ago. I can send a picture of the marks on pots I own if you want verification.
Hilary - (his name was John Dennis Bullock - known as Dennis but liked the monogram JB) 

Fromt Sean Andrews : A brown vase with white decoration. It is very heavy and the mark looks like an M or W

From Sean Andrews : A small stoneware vase marked Bowley

From Sean Andrews : A floral jug with the marks TJ on the vertical and w c on the horizontal.

From Ann Tindall : I wonder if anyone has any ideas re the origin of this gorgeous blue glaze mat and gloss blue bowl, diameter 17 cm. There is an embossed shape of a flower with 6 petals and embossed initials. I think the initials read either SH or LH.

From Amanda Brawn, a small globular vase with a painted signature

From Mauricio Carvalho, a dish or planter with a mark that looks like a dove.

From Ralph Lott, a casserole, 9 1/2 inches across with scratched signature

From Karen Fincham, a raku pot with a signiture, can you read it?

From Amanda Brawn, a small bowl 7 incles across

Richard - Have you been lucky and found a Jack Docherty piece?
Richard - To correct the identification on this item. It is by Paul Bradley of Nailsworth, Gloucs. Paul pots there but also has a nice array of studio pottery for sale, so if you are in the Stroud area its well worth a call to his shop on Fountain Street (the main hill thru Nailsworth)
Amanda - Thanks for the info - will check it out next time I'm down that way.
paul bradley - I can confirm this is a stoneware bowl made by me in London. My present location is 26,Fountain Street,Nailsworth,Glos (01453 833 733).where I produce a range of domestic ware and one-off sculptural pieces,as well as a range of early british ,studio pottery. 

From Paul Barrett, possible West G|erman, marked PRIEST MARIANS

From Pete Turgyan, a jug marked cp, is this Gordon Plahn?

Nigel - I think it's probably Cooper Pottery which was in Shropshire. 

From Tim Howell: A small; bowl, 13cm in diameter, with a lozenge shaped stamp of AJ, alseo signed AJ

From Aaron McKeown: A stoneware bottle, 22 cm tall with a mark that looks like back to back Ks.

Sam - I have a smiliar vase, bulbous, with a duck-egg blue glaze clearly stamped KS
Aaron Mckeown - Is it stoneware?
paul pots - A stunning quality vase,I have checked my book for the mark and havnt come across it.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - Now listed on ebay - item# 180409346623
tom parry - I can't make out the mark in the photo but might guess at Colin Kellam - he marks with two Ks, one reversed. Haven't seen any pots like this from him though.
Mary - I believe this is Karen Karens from Vermont in the USA. Her chop mark is mirrored K's.
aaron mckeown - I emailed Colin Kellam & it isnt him, karen karnes is a good call but i cant find that much info on her.
aaron mckeown - Karen Karnes has inscised k's these are raised like a stamp.
Rachael - This vase is by Karen Karnes. Worth 200-500 USD
aaron mckeown - Thanks Rachael , Glad it didnt manage to sell on ebay for a tenner! Ive had it on display and love it.
phil - I would say more $1000 - $2000 for such a rare piece.
Ceramike - Sorry everybody, looks like I have loaded overwritten the images! 

From: Al Baynham : A small scraffito decorated footed bowl with a painted mark. Is it David Lloyd-Jones?

Al Baynham - I have recently found out it is by Ray Marshall for Bridgefoot Pottery. It is actually listed on eBay. 

From Don Holley: A small vase with a circular mark as well as SH 88 on the base. It stands 82mm high and is 90mm across

Richard - The H with 2 dots was used by a potter named Ray Hoole, but I have no biographical information that would confirm the significance of the SH and date mark
Don Holley - many thanks. 

From Doug Francis, a potter from near Lands End : A vase, burnished slip smoked glaze on red earthenware

From Mary Keates: A Tiny porcelain pot white with banding decoration in blues and tan. Painted signature/mark.

From Mary Keates: A pair of candlesticks, both impressed with mark that looks like JJ or ff with a dot. Both inscibed "mona" and one inscibed with rough swan shape

Sean - Hi there I'm not sure if this helps but there is a Sylvia Mona who designs candlesticks for Orrefors glass in Sweden it could be one of her designs?
Mary - I've tried to find out more but no joy yet. Thanks for your help.
LINDY - JOHN JELFS USED J.J.1985- AND A SWAN 1973- 

From Rob Foster : Rob has been told that this bowl comes from an island off Sweden.

From Sally Hyams: A 6 inch tall vase with a distinctive mark on the base.

Amanda - You may be interested in the information on the following website, where there is for sale a ewer in the same style as your vase. http://www.pallasantiques.com/european_porcelain_pottery.htm  

From Mark Nutall - A globular vase marked GB

From Mark Nutall - Another globular vase marked GB

From Michael Hickman in the US - A vase marked LM

From James Hazlewood - An ornate ash glazed pot marked LH

Al Baynham - The mark looks like Louis Hudson but the pot doesn't...
James Hazlewood - Thanks Al, I agree totally with both your comments. The mark also looks like Len Hollman but the pot does not! I have showed the clock to John Jelfs who suggested that the potter that made the clock was a very good and accomplished one - but also had no idea as to the maker! Any other suggestions are more than welcome.
len hollman - I made the pot.Is it for sale? lenandestherhollman@hotmail.co.uk
James Hazlewood - Hi Len, Thanks for letting me know that this pot was made by you. I have just sent you an email. 

From James Hazlewood - A set of wood fired bowls, glaze colours and decoration suggests Cardew but no marks at all

From Jennie Sargent - A simple teabowl teabowl with incised mark

From Moira Willis - A vase with a leaf shaped mark

MOIRA WILLIS - LOOKS MORE LIKE A DOVE I THINK 

From Mark Nutall: A blue earthenware dish with a good set of marks, is it Taena?

Wendy - This mark keeps cropping up on Ebay and is stumping everyone- several have claimed Sid Tustin at Taena but I certainly have no knowledge of Sid ever being at Taena and it isn't much like any of his ST marks either.
James H - Also the Taena mark that is documented appears within a circle rather than a square! Having said that, there are plenty of marks that are not documented. I think it is more than likely a Taena. I have called the pottery before and found them to be very friendly and helpful. I am sure they would be happy to take a look at some images etc and confirm or deny!
mark N - I now have the dish feel it could be margaret leaches mark with another potter however margarets mark is usually in a circle I am to further research
mark N - confimed on contacting Taena as not potted there possible Llagollen
Amanda - Is the second letter definitely a 't' or could it be a lower case 'r'?
PhilW - This looks like Margeret Leach's mark when she was at Taena. Her Taena cross in a circle was different in that the cross lines protrude beyond the circle. Taena's do not as far as I understand. Suggestion.......thrown by Margeret Leach between 1951 and 1956 whilst at Taena and painted/glazed by someone with intials SR or ST ?.  

From Mark Nutall: Small dish and bowl with an LL mark, Lyn Lovitt back in the 1980s?

Mark N - it has been confirmed by lyn lovett herself the pots are not her work after contacting her by email
ralph - LD? david leach or some sort of faked replica?
ralph - come to think of it, the pottery on the right has some of the characteristics of the Leach pottery.. with the change in glaze at the base and the strange geometric patterns 

From Mike Peckett: An earthenware teapot marked LD

Jay - I bought a similar looking teapot this weekend with same Potters Mark on it. I am in Cape Town, South Africa. Is there anyone with some more information on the pots? Thanks. 

From Jason in Australia : A slip decorated jug with a mark that looks like two hammers?

From Jason in Australia: A small bottle, mark seems to be OR or DR with the D and R back to back.

From Jason in Australia: A shino glazed stoppered bottle

Ralph - going across the australian marks this looks like possibly an X in a box.. possibly by Lex Hixon.. 

From Rob : A slipware puzzle jug. Ros has three pots from this maker, all from the Newcastle area.

David Walker - early South Heighton pottery - Ursula Mommens or Chris Lewis
Rob - Thanks David, but sadly not South Heighton. I was lucky enough to show a piece with this mark to Chris who stated it definitely wasn't a SH piece. The mark is very similar, but the 's' shape is cut off at the bottom deliberately. 

From : Kimberley Kroemer : An unusual teaset with a signed mark

jim roberts - That looks very much like the LEAPER mark Cornwall. If it is it is possibly one of the most unusual of his designs and would be worth a lot of money, it might be possibly by his son.I started collecting it 25 yrs ago and have some experience of the mark. 

From Mark Morris : Stoneware vase with mark on side

Keramike - This has the look,and a somewhat similar shape,to Chinese ginger jars imported over the centuries - very provincial/coarse clay and basic firing with a rough glaze - it could well be a couple of hundred years old - I'd like to see the base. The mark would sem to support the guess at a far east origin. 

From Bryan Langton : 1953 coronation mug with what appears to be marked VW?

Mark - Margaret Leach did early work with a mark like the Vw car badge might be of interest 

From Bryan Langton : Stoneware jug with a distinctive mark

Fromt Bryan Langton : Stoneware bowl marked TP on the base.

From Di Williams : vase. It is 33cm in height and is clearly impressed with a square potters mark T H

Mike W - This may be by German ceramicist Josef Hehl. 

Shallow stoneware bowl, 28cm x 6.6cm, mark 99% obscured, wax resist decoration.

James H - David Frith??
Fliss - Certainly very reminiscent of Frith. Can you trace over the mark to get any clue? 

Small pedestal bowl, beautifully made and glazed, 10.5cm x 6.5cm. Mark is a symbol which looks like a circle cut in half, could represent CD ?

Richard Smith - I suspect this might be by the late Brian Paul Bearne at the Rainbow pottery in Torquay. Apparently he mainly made bowls. Depends where you found it of course!
Emma Lloyd-Jones - The bowl is made by David Lloyd-Jones - he used at least half a dozen marks and this is an early one - a stylised FP for Fulford Pottery where he worked. Later marks use his name, the last being L-J.
Abigail Lloyd-Jones - I always thought that this was a sylised DLJ for David Lloyd-Jones. Definitely his though. 

From Chloe, umarked pot with barley design, 4 inches high, 6 inches in diameter.

From Catherine Terre, Canada. Mug with carrot decoration and SH mark.

From Al Baynham, any ideas?

Richard Smith - I have seen this mark identified but can't remember who it was. It regularly crops up as a Janet Leach attribution (obviously wrong!!).. If you turn it the other way up it becomes a TP - and I think those were the potters initials.
Wendy - It is a West German pottery, constantly listed on Ebay as Janet Leach
Fliss - This is Tolcarne pottery, no longer in existence. I sold one a few months ago on E-bay.
tom parry - Hallo, the previous correspondents are all on the right lines. The potter was Roger Veal who operated the Tolcarne Pottery in Newlyn. There is a little information about him onwww,studiopottery.com. He trained at Bath Art School anddid some teaching in Cornwall. This is one of the simpler forms which were, perhaps, aimed mostly at the tourist trade. He was mostly interested in more sculptural forms and the Carnsew Gallery in Hayle still has a very interesting stock of these. His wife is German and they have moved to Germany in his retirement. 

From Anne Delnevo - I am wondering if anyone can identify the potter of this lidded pot? The initials seem very obviously “my” or “ny”

Alec - Could be Hugh West. West Pottery. Modbury Devon. 1975-1981.
Wendy - It isn't like any of the several marks for Hugh I have in my files, never seen him decorate like that either 

From Myrna, a ginger jar with a GJG mark on its base.

Nigel - I believe the pot is the work of Graham Glynn, possibly during his Skipton period (the middle initial is a 'P' rather than a 'J').
Louise - does anyone know when Graham Glynn worked at Skipton? I have a vase of his from then and would like to know the era :-) Thanks 

From Andrew Greenway. This slipware bowl is marked DK, could it be Dick Kendall, does anyone have any information on the bowl or the potter?

Kevin Graham - It looks more like EW to me 

From Steve Hunter - This bowl is 19 cms. in diameter and 7 cms. tall; the impressed mark is "EW" and there is a painted mark which might say HB?

greg - hi, i have a very similar bowl with the same markings did you ever find out who it was?
Steve Hunter - Hi Greg, nope, I´m afraid I´m still waiting for some identification of this piece. Any one able to help? 

From Simon Willcocks - This fine slipware jug is 23cm tall, made from rough red clay and unfortunately unmarked, any suggestions?

DebraRay - Looks a little like Michael Cardew's glazing or an influence of his work in Nigeria except the handle, no thumb knot, not all of his jugs had them but many did. Is the handle smoothed dwn in "Chinese Whiskers" in the back, or a mooshing of the thumbs as Mick Casson puts it? I have seen many of Cardew's pots (Pioneer Pottery) that seem like they have a stamp though. Listen to the interviews with Mick Casson, he said he, himself stopped putting marks on things, because if something happened to the mark,if glaze ran on to it or it wasn't very clear, people were less likely to buy his pots, he felt that this was an undue prejudice. If one liked a pot they should buy the pot on it's merits not on the mark it's self. Might be the case here, or just that many old world potters didn't feel their wrk was worthy of a marks. Sorry so long, good luck!
DebraRay - Try this web site for Philip Leach, I don't know how or if, they sign their pots but glaze and styles look very similar? www.springfield-pottery.com
simon willcocks - Debra - Thanks for your help. I have only just found the Springfield site and I agree that the work does look very similar but my pot looks much older(40-60 years?)than those shown by Philip Leach. I guess that Philip Leach may be able to help but I have been unable to contact him by e-mail. Regards Simon
zoe - Looks like a Clive Bowen , Sheepwash, Devon
simon - Whilst it is similar in some respects, I would be very surprised. I have several contemporary pieces by Bowen and they differ in feel and look to this jug, which also has some age to it. Also, this jug has 'dragged' marking whereas Bowen's marks are applied by brush. Thanks anyway!
tom parry - I have some similar pottery which I showed to Clive Bowen who identified a jug as lekiely to have been made by Philip Leach when they were working together at Sheepwash. He did not recognise the clay in the other pieces. I now suspect that they were made at Callander in Scotland by Peter Luti from seeing pots advertised on ebay.
Peter Luti - Sorry but this is not one of mine - only made a few slipware items at Goldsmiths, London in 1970. Am still on the lookout to buy back any stoneware that I made 1971 to around 1988!
mike - Try Winchcombe pottery
Paul Jessop - - Hi some one asked me if it was one of mine, sadly not but it is lovely.
Bry - Could Alan Frewin be a possibility, the glaze, decoration and clay colour are very much like his.
doug fitch - I'm pretty sure it is a Philip Leach piece - certainly it looks like Fremington clay fired in a wood kiln. Try this email for PL philip.leach1@virgin.net
SMUDGER - It's from the "Ravenscroft" "Kent" stable!! 

From Julian Trott - Vase with EW or WE mark, any ideas anyone?

From Uffe Jensen of Alingsas in Sweden - A vase with willow tree decoration. Uffe found the vase in a fleamarket in her home country but has been unable to identify the maker.

From Robert Foster, Norfolk - This plate is marked Blanchard and a another word which is probably where it was made. Can anyone decifer the word?

Jean Larrouy, France - The name is actually "Blanchard". This potter worked at KERALUC, in Quimper, France. Quite rare ! 

From John Schram of Newport Beach, California. John has considerable knowledge of American Art pottery but this pot has stumped him, can anyone help?

Michael - Don't know, but it is beautiful! 

From Barry Young who purchased this vase in Ontario twenty years ago but has been unable to identify the mark on its base.

Paisley - If the markings are the initials SL, it is quite possible this is one of Simon Leach's pieces. It's just a guess though.
James H - Hi, just to advise that this isn't a Simon Leach. 

From Claire: A brown pink matt glaze on stoneware with quite pronounced horizontal throwing rings on the exterior and then wider vertical raised ridges. The mark is impressed and looks a bit like an upside down BJD?

Matt - It isnt a Bridgette Drakeford is it? 

From Claire: is a dark greeny black speckled glaze with, on either side a dark painting of a bee or a drooping flower? The mark looks like an impressed PH or BH in a rectangle - the upper loop of the P or B looping through the H?

Ralph - I would suggest DL on its side...  

From Chris Parker - An ovid vase with makers mark on the underside

Matt - looks like its steph black pot to me 

Temmoku glazed stoneware cider jar with pronounced throwing rings. 38cm tall, 26cm wide. Except for the rim, the underside is also glazed. Purchased from a collector's market a couple of years ago. There is a mark with might be an A inside a D stamped on a ball of clay at the base of the handle. This is a great piece and is one of my favourite pots.

Joanna Bird - 99% sure this is a Danlami Aleju pot, probably made whilst he was at Wenford Bridge. 

From Daniel Bradbury -A small salt glazed jug with makers mark.

Fliss - This could be Rebecca Harvey. I can't download the photo of the mark so can't be sure. Could it be RH?
James H - Agreed 100% Rebecca Harvey - The photo does not open but I can make out an R and H from the thumbnail image - same marks as a couple of RH pots I have.
Ceramike - The image is now available, looks like you have identified the pot without it, well done!
daniel - thankyou so much for your wonderfull help. 

This blue and white jug comes from Daniel Bradbury who has tried to identify the mark with no success. It looks like HL but if it is the potter put the mark on upside down!

Richard Smith - Is this Suleyman Saba?
Sharon Campbell - Hi Richard, check out this website which has a fantastic data base for identifying marks Good luck let me know if you find it...devinacambell@aol.com http://www.potterymarks.co.uk/links.html
Suleyman Saba - Not my work. 

Earthenware vase, 26cm tall, 18cm wide. Brushed floral (?) decoration. Purchased from a collector's market earlier this year. There are two marks on opposite sides of the vase at its base, a makers monogram - fjw (?) and a bird which looks like a pelican.

Chrissy - I myself am trying to find a name!! frustrating isnt it anyway when I looked at yours I think it may be Wren - I think initial is J - hope you have luck Chrissy
adil - da
adil - salut tout le monde moi je cherche les clients les pices de ceramique moi je travaille tout les pieces moi je ma' appelle adil j' ai un boutique a marrakech maroc voila mon email adil_ceramique_pottery@yahoo.fr au tel 073255098 merci 

Stoneware jug, 30cm tall, 18cm wide with floral decoration. Purchased from a collector's market last year. The jug is marked PG near its base. I have shown it to both Paul Gardiner of Mevagissy Pottery and Paul Green of Cerne Abbas but both deny responsibility!

Kaye Forsythe - Could it be Pat Groom of Winchcombe Pottery?
Kevin Graham - It looks like a Westerwalder region piece from Germany, Westwalder had over 80 potteries all producing near identical pottery 

Frank Gricus of Pittsburgh purchased this pot in the U.K. in 2005, it is 21cm tall and 12cm at its widest. Can anyone decifer the maker's details?

Ann Bristow - Mark says Lemon & Son 504 Weston-S-Mare.Wesuma Pottery. In 1926 Tom Lemon bought a pottery in Weston- super-Mare. He first produced Torquay type pottery but later produced his own designs. He died in 1941 and the pottery was destroyed by a bomb in 1942.
Anna - Hi sorry to bother you! um....may I ask one question? Are you Frank Gricus who have been to Taiwan?
Frank - Yes, I did spend 8 months in Taipei from July 2001 to February 2002. I was training project managers for a US software company. The same company brought me to the UK where I have lived off and on since then. Email me at sno.problem@btinternet.com
TOM THOMPSON - SIMILAR ITEMS ARE ON E BAY. iHAVE ONE SAME SIZE NO 386. IT IS THE WESTON SUPER MARE ALSO KNOWN AS WE- SU-MA WESUMA. DESCRIBED CORRECTLY BY AB 

Front Grant Waters : I am new to collecting pots and for my first purchase bought this largish vase (about 8 inches high) from a deceased estate in London. I thought the mark - AH I think - would be readily identifiable but despite checking various sources I have had no luck.

Simon Hancox - Hello, I think this may well be a Raku pot made by Andrew Hill.
Jen Shelley - Very like a Raku pot I have. Same mark,definately Andrew Hill
Fliss - I have a couple of Andrew's pots. I'm pretty sure it's his.
Pat - I go with Andrew Hill too. 

From William Hubicki of New York, who believes that this pot might be the work of Robert Washington, can you help William with identification?

Paul Rice - In my opinion,certainly not by RJ Washington  

From James Hazlewood : A stoneware bottle, bought recently at auction with a Mike Dodd bottle in same lot, unusual potters mark, does anyone recognise it?

From : James Hazlewood : A stoneware jug, the mark is difficult to photograph, looks like AP with an additional line.

James H - Mike - I now think that this jug was made at Askrigg Pottery by Andrew Hague. That was the name I thought when I first saw the mark but the work looks so different to his other work that I have seen and handled. But as always (and as if often the case), I could be wrong.
James H - I have now had it confirmed in a very kind email from from Andrew Hauge that the jug was made by him. Thanks as always Mike for your kind help with all these unidentified pots that you post for people. Its a great service and its so kind of you to give up your own time to help. I am sure that everyone appreciates it as much as I do. Cheers James
gabrielle - i confirm that jug is from Andrew HAGHE 

From Lesley Sherratt - An unusual bowl with what looks like an MP mark

From Lynne : Lampbase marked S. Gooch on the base.

From Lynne : Wax resist pot with a mark that looks like PS

unknown - its skeggness pottery
unknown - I think it may be Penny Simpson, Moretonhampstead, Devon.
Bry - Yep, definitely Skegness Pottery. Went out of business about 1983 if I remember correctly.
Mark Ladlow - I worked at Skegness pottery till 1982,Decoration called Bisque, tin glaze over wax resist with crocus martus painted over, probally made by Paul Tolliday 

From Martin : Earthenware dish marked AC with another impression like a capital D

From Mark Morris : A press moulded slipware dishn with an unusual mark, does anyone recognise it?

Martin - Looks like a Dieter Kunzemann.
Natalie - Hi Mark, I have a lidded casserole and it has exactly the same mark on it and uses the same combed pattern and glaze. Been trying to find out who too. Dieter's mark looks different to this though...I was wondering if perhaps Dorothy Kemp? Let me know if you find anything out!
Dave - Definately Kunzemann  

From Moira Willis - A jug with a ship's decanter style.

MOIRA WILLIS - HAS THE REMAINS OF A WORD ON BASE I.E. WALL COULD THAT BE CORNWALL? 

From Neil Bottom;ey, bowl, 8 inches in diameter, impressed markings, marked with a symbol which may be the initials OT. Owen Thorpe?

mike - Try Gerald/Gotlind Weigel
Neil - Still keep looking - not weigel checked with Gotlind herself. Thanks anyway
Mary - I have a pot that I think is from Owen Thorpe. The OT is within a square (with rounded corners) stamp. It also has a CP monogram next to it, within a similar stamp.
NEIL - HI MARY, YOURS IS 100% OWEN THORPE BUT I'M SURE MINE ISN'T. I NOW BELEIVE IT TO BE SCANDINAVIAN CAN ANY ONE HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP PLEASES 

From Jennie Sargent, planter with PM mark. Powdermills Pottery ? Jennie has a mug with the same design.

Teresa Bettridge - I think this is the monogram of Mike Pratt - sorry, no other info.
Joss - This isn't a Powdermills pottery pot - Nic collins when he was here had a similar way of wrapping a P and M together as his mark, however, he NEVER decorated with trees.
James & Sam - I'm sorry that it doesn't help identify the item, but i also have an item by the same potter. It's very similar pattern but a different design. I'm happy to provide photos if required. I don't recall where it was purchased but the Mrs probably will. I also agree that I don't think its a powdermills pottery pot.
James & Sam - I've just seen a similar design for sale on Ebay, could it be made at Boscastle Pottery, Devon. They certainly look like they use the same process to decorate thier pottery.
liz - we visited boscastle recently and the potter said he was the only person to produce the tree effect
Mandi - I have had pottery like this and it was definately Boscastle and I think maybe Mocha ware or similar. Mandi
dave and jackie - Yes, this is most definately from Boscastle Pottery, we have a frew of these piece and find them quite hard to get hold of. It is the unique style of fine airbrushed branchwork that caught our eye originally. Nice piece.
wiil - hi it isnt airbrush ed it is a method of decorating using something strange like tobacco that makes the glaze crawl in treelike forms, willm update after a little research and boscastle rings a bell
will - http://www.cornishceramics.com/pcamelot.htm
Oliver - This doesn`t look too much like the Boscastle work where the mocha effect usually appears done direct onto clay rather than into white glaze - the initials would surely fit the Mocha Pottery at Cinderford better - see www.mochapottery.co.uk
Jocelyn - I think it's by Mike Pollard of Pollard Pottery. Mike often incised little open V shapes on the blue parts to look like seagulls, does this have any? 

From Rodolfo Frizzera : A handled vase

Blake Awbrey - Dear Rodolfo, I believe your vase was made circa 1930 by the Carstens factory located in Georgenthal, Germany. Unfortunately, finding resources for the factory for this time period are difficult here in the U.S. It is my hope that someone in Germany and/or Europe will be able to help with further information. Yours, Blake
Rodolfo - Blake, Thank you for your kindly answer and information.
LINDY - HI RODOLFO, TRY THIS BRILLANT WEB SITE FOR GERMAN POTTERY. www.ginforsodditiques.com IF YOU CANNOT SEE THE MARK EMAIL HIM. REGARDS LINDY 

From Rob Foster - This shallow dish about 7 inches wide and 1 3/4 inches deep has an interesting backstamp that so far I have not cracked. Looks like PT with an additional squiggle.

rjh_63 - Hard to see mark, but if it has what looks like an M in between the P & the T (with or without a circular mark over it all) - probably Pauline Thompson, Ginge Brook Pottery, Berkshire. (page 615 of Godden's)
Rob Foster - Many thanks rjh_63 for info. It looks like the second of the two marks in Godden's. 

From Andrew - A wheelthrown jug measuring 6 incles tall, tan slip to outside and yellow slip inside. Lead glazed with extensive crazing

paul berman - Portuguese: peasant tourist ware 

From Trevor : An impressive tenmoku bottle, 16.75 inches tall, no visible mark. Bought by auction in a lot that also included a David Leach and a Janet Leach.

Janet - Hi, This looks very much in the style of Joanna Wason, who worked alongside Janet Leach at the Leach pottery before it's closure for refurbishment, she now pots from home.
Fliss - I think the previous correspondent may be right. Check out www.studio-pots.com/JoannaWason. See what you think.
Trevor - Hi thanks for your comments. I contacted Jason Wason who advised me it wasn't made by Joanna Wason 

From Trevor : An unusual shaped bowl with a clear wm(?) mark, the bowl is 114mm in diameter.

Sam - Mark looks very much like William Marshall, Leach Pottery, Cornwall
Tricia - I don't think this is William Marshall.
Pat - I'd say not William Marshall. 

Stoneware cider flagon on plinth, no makers mark

Mike - I am told that this is likely to be by Andrew Holden who sadly was killed in a car accident some time ago.
Chris - Andrew was a close friend of mine and I have one of his cider jars which is much bigger and mid brown in colour. I have not seen any of Andrew's pottery in this grey colour. either.