End of the road

I have some counting to do, but think this will be the 49th shape number 49 pin dish posted on my web page (when I get round to it) here http://www.robspoolepottery.co.uk/Poole_Pottery_Delphis_49er_Gallery.htm It's not the end of the road though, there will always be better looking dishes out there, but adopting a one in/one out rule will help with storage.
Painted by Patricia Wells in 1966.

Happy Rob

Here's a happier purchase from the Lincoln fair a few months ago.  It's not big, it's not old and it's not Poole but it makes me happy.

Two out of three ain't bad

I don't make too many bad buys, but here's the third pot that came from Elescar last weekend, this time from the antiques center around the corner from the fair.  in the dim light of the shop, it looked like a really usable jug, hand thrown and coloured with an Apple Green glaze developed by John Adams dating from the late 1930's, and about one pint in size.  It wasn't until I unwrapped it back at home that I noticed a horrible crack right across the handle, that had completely escaped me first time round.  So in the end a rather useless plain green Jug.

A bit of a Lift

Here's the second item from the Elesecar fair last weekend.  Not the vase this time, but the stand.  I've owned this John Adams Chinese Blue vase for quite a few years now.  And if it was sold with a stand originally, as some of these were, they must have parted company long ago.  So I was pleased to find a stand that fits (I have several others that don't) and really do think it gives the vase a bit of a lift.

Never knowingly undersold

It's not the biggest fair in the world, but the monthly Elsecar Antiques Fair rarely disappoints.  This 5 inch Delphis pin dish, the best of three items I found there yesterday, was priced too keenly to haggle over. 

Looking fresh as a daisy, it was painted by Angela Wyburgh in about 1969.

Grantham Vase

I picked up this vase in a Grantham antiques center, during a pit-stop (to refuel the drivers) on route to Norfolk, at the beginning of this summer.  Shape number 584, CN pattern painted by Iris Skinner in the early 1930s.

Royal Copenhagan

I'm starting to collect more and more of this Royal Copenhagen Faience pottery, but know hardly anything about it other than I like it.  This tray is really quite a substantial size, about 12 inches long, it has feet and the lots of marks and squiggles on the underside that I should make an effort to find out about.    Next job for today - search for a informative Royal Copenhagen website.

Just discovered that was designed by someone called Kari Christensen.

Irene Kerton Charger

After many years of collecting, this is only the second shape no 5 (14") Delphis plate I own.  I guess that's because there are not so many about and when they appear they tend to be snapped up quickly for pretty high prices.  Painted by Irene Kerton in 1968 or 69.

Sunny

Here's a very sunny looking plate I won on eBay a few weeks ago.  Some of the early Poole patterns have lovely naive patterns.  This one manages to remind me of buttercups, sunrise and circus clowns all at the same time.  Coded QN it was painted by Ethel Barrett in the early 1920's.