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Post  SAUMUA Sat 19 Apr - 14:40

Folks I am new to this just trying to ID some inherited stuff (a lot of it). is this one of Lens? Shaun

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Post  Ev Sat 19 Apr - 15:01

Hi, I will get someone who knows Len's work well to look at this mark and let you know.
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Post  TimCaulton Sat 19 Apr - 22:35

Hey what a tricky one. It's not a mark I have seen before especially regarding the large rectangular border, but then the C shape with the line through it looks convincing enough. Its a small bowl right? I can't say for sure on this one, nothing in my collection like it but if it's an early piece then there are bound to be variants no one has recorded before. Just like the new Castle mark I found and photographed on Thursday.....
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Post  SAUMUA Sat 19 Apr - 22:48

TimCaulton wrote:Hey what a tricky one. It's not a mark I have seen before especially regarding the large rectangular border, but then the C shape with the line through it looks convincing enough. Its a small bowl right? I can't say for sure on this one, nothing in my collection like it but if it's an early piece then there are bound to be variants no one has recorded before. Just like the new Castle mark I found and photographed on Thursday.....

yes it is not large its like a thick pin dish probably 120mm diameter. lovely glaze

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Post  TimCaulton Sat 19 Apr - 23:03

Any other stylistic features to the bowl like inscribed lines around the top rim or something like that? Looks like iron sand in the clay body. Bit of a mystery really.
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Post  SAUMUA Sat 19 Apr - 23:12

some more detail

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Post  teaandcoffee Sun 20 Apr - 11:24

The mark looks to have been double struck. The potter didn't get a clean impression the first time, so re-did it in a slightly different place.

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