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Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn!
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mumof1- Admin
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Re: Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn!
Could it be Steve Littlejohn ??
http://www.pottersmarks.co.nz/2013/03/marks-steve-littlejohn/
http://www.pottersmarks.co.nz/2013/03/marks-steve-littlejohn/
Re: Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn!
I did consider that, but the NZ looks wrong, and I'm not sure about the significance of the fish?
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Re: Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn!
Could the "fish" be a wing on the kiwi?
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3/9/16
I am awaiting the arrival of a face mug with this mark. The kiwi, fish, N, and Z are all slightly moved suggesting multiple stamps.
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3/9/16
I am awaiting the arrival of a face mug with this mark. The kiwi, fish, N, and Z are all slightly moved suggesting multiple stamps.
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
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Re: Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn!
Hi, the stamp above is not the one that New Zealander Steve Littlejohn used on his pottery when he was making it. His was a simplified kiwi. Proud to say that as his daughter I still have his stamp but unfortunately very few pieces of his pottery.
Kate37- Number of posts : 1
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Re: Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn!
Thanks for thanks for confirmation of that Kate.
I have a couple of your fathers pots (mugs) and also I think one of the others.
I suspect that the use of kiwi marks was a response to a proudly New Zealand made campaign, and could be useful in dating. Kermiko industries, and probably others, put the stylised kiwi NZ made stickers on their wares.
"New Zealand by Design" by Michael Smythe will probably help out there but a quick perusal of the index has given me nothing. I'll have to dig deeper.
I have a couple of your fathers pots (mugs) and also I think one of the others.
I suspect that the use of kiwi marks was a response to a proudly New Zealand made campaign, and could be useful in dating. Kermiko industries, and probably others, put the stylised kiwi NZ made stickers on their wares.
"New Zealand by Design" by Michael Smythe will probably help out there but a quick perusal of the index has given me nothing. I'll have to dig deeper.
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
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Re: Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn!
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Re: Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn!
Same mug but with face, same mark, as mentioned earlier.
I thought we had established that these are not SL
![Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn! Image67](https://i.servimg.com/u/f62/15/65/08/71/image67.jpg)
I thought we had established that these are not SL
![Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn! Image67](https://i.servimg.com/u/f62/15/65/08/71/image67.jpg)
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
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Re: Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn!
Hi Jeremy, the Ferret sent these photos to the site as Steve Littlejohn, so I put them in this topic and I'm checking with Kate to make sure that they are not his work. Actually your face mug really seals it for me that it is not his meticulous work, but who would use a mark so similar to Steve's arghhhh
Re: Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn!
I thought the SL was Steve's mark and the kiwi was just part of the buy NZ thing of the time.
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
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Re: Who has a Kiwi mark with a little fish in it? NOT Steve Littlejohn!
Just to confirm that these pots were not made by Steve Littlejohn.
We need to find the potter who used this mark .....
We need to find the potter who used this mark .....
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