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Questions for Anne
Posted by: | CommentsI receive several questions through this site every day and try and answer where I can. Please can you help me by providing a correct e.mail address? Why? Well I often need to clarify your question or ask you to send photos so that I can answer correctly; For example here is a question I received today: Read More→
Poole Pottery elephants – Harold Brownsword
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Poole elephants
From my post bag:
I have a pair of small Poole pottery buff/yellow elephants in my
possession. These were purchased by my Mum and Dad on their honeymoon from Poole
Pottery in 1934. They are in perfect condition and I believe Harold Brownswood
designed them during the period he worked for Poole Pottery in 1928 to
1930.
I have searched the internet for any similar elephants with no success.
Are you able to shed any light of them for me please?
Poole Marks
My Reply:
I have had a bit of a search around and cant find much about the elephants – I am presuming that these are bookends. As you say they were designed by Harold Brownsword who worked for the pottery in 1928 to 1930. According to the book “Poole Pottery” by Hayword and Atterbury: Brownsword (1885-1964) also designed other models for Poole including Knight Bookends. The elephants were made of slip cast white earthenware or stoneware. Yours look like the earthenware variation to me.
Do you have anything further to add ? if so please leave a comment here. AntiquesAvenue shop also has a Poole elephant for sale
Post Bag : Can you help with this paperweight ?
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Caithness Glass Paperweight
From todays postbag:
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i have just noticed on the the bottom of one of my mums paperweight, a sort of code number C II E or possibly C II C, it very hard to tell whitch code it is.
if you could give me any kind of clue, it would be much appreciated.
regards
nev.
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My Reply:
Happy to help as this one is easy it actually says C11G which is the Caithness Glass code for a seconds quality paperweight. These are ones which are not considered to be best quality and were sold off cheap.
I hope this helps
More information on Staffordshire enamel boxes ?
Posted by: | CommentsFrom my postbag: An enquiry asking if I had further information on Staffordshire enamels. The best I could do is to point the lady to the Staffordshire enamels website where there is a list of artists signatures and so each box can be checked back to the original artist.
Enamel boxes are popular with collectors and also make excelelnt gifts as they can be used as well as admired.
Here are a few enamel boxes available from the range offered by antiquesavenue.co.uk including Crummles and Halcyon days enamel boxes:
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- enamel box – flowers
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- enamel box – Golf
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- Enamel box – Ducks
Are these Tiles by William Morris ? From my post bag.
Posted by: | CommentsFrom Yesterdays postbag;
I have tiles around a very old fireplace. A friend tells me they look like William Morris Design, how do I find this out?
Art Nouveau tiles
My Reply:
I have taken a look at your tiles, I can see from the small half tile in the picture why your friend might think they are a William Morris design but it is my opinion that they are not.
Here are my reasons: The main tiles have a strong art nouveau design which was after the time that William Morris was designing tiles. William Morris tiles are hand painted / Printed onto flat tiles where as your tiles have the design moulded into the surface.
I have been known to be wrong however I have searched through my William Morris design books and my tile books and can find no proof of a Morris attribution.
I will add them to my blog in the next few minutes – it is just possible that someone with specific knowledge of these tiles may leave a comment.
Any one else have an opinion on this? You can see more Art nouveau tiles on Antiquesavenue.co.uk
Readers Questions – Glass Butterfly Paperweight
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“I have a paperweight which belonged to my grandmother. It is small, probably only an inch and a half across. It has an orange glass butterfly suspended in it, with green at the bottom (glass grass). It is from the 60′s/70′s I think. can you tell me anything about it?”
Anne’s Answer:
Yes, I think I can help with this one, even without a photograph. Take a look at this glass butterfly paperweight on AntiquesAvenue.co.uk . Is this simlar to your paperweight? Sorry its not good news about the value.
MaryJane, I could not reply to you directly about this as the e.mail address you entered is not working.
Here are more butterfly and flying insect glass paperweights . If you have any more you would like to show do mail me a picture ( .jpg) and I will add it here.