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We found this handsome vintage glass vase by Riihimaki, Finland.<br />
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lovely smoke-grey colour. We think the designer is Aimo Okkolin, and it
dates from the 1970s. The shape is known as Piippu or chimney vase.<br />
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It's an elegant vase, in a good colour, and we really like that shape.<br />
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It's approximately 7 inches (18cm) high.<br />
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We put the vase in the art glass section of our store but it is now sold. You can see the store, here:<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AnEyeOnStyle?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> Potshots store</span></a></div>
Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-14871937895236947372014-11-19T23:39:00.002+00:002014-11-26T11:56:35.491+00:00Twin Bird, Japan. Retro home bar accessories. 1970s<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you're lucky enough to have a home bar, and your home bar is styled in a retro theme, then here's the very thing for you.</div>
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A fabulously retro water jug and matching ice bucket. The metal jug and ice bucket have semi-transparent lids, plastic liners for double insulation and are in a bright lime green colour. The ice bucket is marked Twin Bird on the base. Probably made in Japan in the 1970s, these two eye-catching home bar accessories would look great next to a bowl of lemons and limes.</div>
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In fact, they look so good, I'm off to build my own bar right now. Cheers.</div>
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PS We've opened a little shop on Etsy. You can see it here: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AnEyeOnStyle?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Potshots on Etsy</span></a> </div>
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-37602689304019507322014-11-10T20:52:00.001+00:002014-11-10T20:55:04.932+00:00Soholm dish. Blue Series, Einar Johansen. Simple but nice.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A simple but pleasing little serving dish or trinket tray by Soholm, Denmark.<br />
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dish is from the Blue Series, designed by Einar Johansen, It probably dates from the 1960s or early 1970s. The glaze contrasts are specially nice - a rich
glossy dark blue with tones of earthy brown on the inside, the outer walls in a
semi-matt black, almost leather-like, finish. The inner base of the dish is indented
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-4558548756453782112014-10-28T22:12:00.000+00:002016-09-08T23:48:55.818+01:00Frozen Daiquiri, anyone?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Wow. They really knew how to illustrate books in 1967. Well, John Alstrop and Eric Hill did anyway.<br />
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Published by Determined Productions Inc, San Francisco, in 1967, <i>Booze</i> is an amazing little illustrated book of some fifty-odd cocktail recipes. I've no way of knowing if the two designer/illustrators sampled any (or all!) of the cocktails before putting their colourful pens to paper, but they certainly didn't hold back. The pages are filled with vibrant and humorous images in a wonderfully typical 1960s psychedelic style.<br />
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It's a lovely little book. And goes quite well with a quirky little drinks tray we found recently which probably dates from the same era.<br />
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A platter with such a generous serving of abstract design. This vibrant charger is full of fun and full of colour. It's from the Poole Delphis range and was probably made in the late 1960s or early 1970s. The pointed shape is known as shape 91. Unfortunately the plate is not signed so I'm not sure who the artist was - which is a shame because such an expressive technique deserves recognition.<br />
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-16947634840337218432014-10-20T22:01:00.001+01:002014-10-20T22:05:37.570+01:00Vintage tin coasters for colourful cocktails. Worcester.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've always been a bit of a sucker for colourful, geometric pattern. And when it comes in the form of vintage drinks coasters, I just couldn't resist.<br />
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These small tin coasters or cocktail mats have bold graphic designs and funky retro colours. I have an idea they were made by
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-15124245240770318722014-10-18T15:27:00.003+01:002014-10-18T15:30:01.138+01:00Footed dish in jade green. 1960s or 1970s.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A footed dish in a cool jade green colour. Made by Eastgate Potery (an off-shoot of Hornsea) in the 1960s or 1970s. </div>
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-9375393996982437072013-06-22T10:50:00.001+01:002013-06-22T10:50:44.818+01:00Mysterious girl. Stylish 1950s bust of a girl.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here's something I found recently about which, I have to admit, I know nothing at all.<br />
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This beautiful head and shoulders of a girl is made from that sort of chalky pottery that easily chips. She's about nine inches high and is very much in the 1950s style. There's an unreadable signature on the back with the wording Bust No. 4. I wonder if there are more in the same style?<br />
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I like the stylised, exaggerated shape and the curved lines. The colours work well too.<br />
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A mystery she may be but I'll have to make room to display her somewhere.</div>
Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-68656155464172906002013-06-19T09:35:00.001+01:002013-06-25T22:45:30.563+01:00Matching lamp base for Poole Freeform vase<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It seems like ages ago when I did a blogpost on a Poole Freeform vase from the 1950s. Remember this: <a href="http://mypotshots.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/poole-free-form-vase-1950s.html" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Poole Freeform vase.</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><br />
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Here is a matching item that I have had displayed with the vase. This item is actually a lamp base but I think it looks more elegant displayed without any of the fittings. The design is hand-painted, I think by Gwen Haskins, and I have an idea that it dates from the late 1950s or early 1960s.<br />
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-11405020868004865252013-03-22T11:47:00.000+00:002013-03-22T11:53:02.281+00:00André Hellé animals book from 1911<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As well as my interests in pottery and glass, I do have a soft spot for vintage children's books. And I wanted to show you a good one I found recently. It's a wonderful book.<br />
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I picked up this vintage french children's book without knowing too much about it but the more I have looked into it, the more fascinating it gets. The book is Droles de Betes with words and illustrations by André Hellé. As far as I can discover, the book was produced in 1911 and that makes it all the more remarkable when you see the layout and the stylised, modernist style of illustration. <br />
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The first thing that strikes you about the book is its size, the book is roughly 17 by 12 inches (40x30cm), it's very big. The typography is beautifully done with hand-drawn text and titles, and the wording incorporates many quirky line drawings. The colour illustrations have been printed separately on white paper and tipped-in.<br />
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But it's the avant-garde style of the book that is so interesting. The animals are toy-like and so simplified. I imagine that this book must have looked very striking and innovative in 1911.<br />
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There are more excellent pages in the book and I'll show them in another blog-post soon.<br />
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There's more information on André Hellé on this blog by his admirers: <a href="http://amisdhelle.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">André Hellé</span> </a><br />
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-56761874623761402642013-03-06T14:19:00.001+00:002013-03-06T14:20:39.854+00:00Vintage storage jars from the 1960s.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Just a quick blog-post to show three nicely textured vintage storage jars.<br />
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They're from the Portmeirion Totem range designed by Susan Williams-Ellis and were first produced in the 1960s.<br />
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The textures are great but I like the colours too.<br />
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More Portmeirion on Potshots: <a href="http://mypotshots.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/textured-surfaces-from-1960s.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">here</span></a> and <a href="http://mypotshots.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/anyone-for-coffee-portmeirion-totem.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">here</span></a> and <a href="http://mypotshots.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/portmeirion-tivoli-storage-jars-1964.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">here</span></a></div>
Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-58373718583859034902013-02-13T21:47:00.002+00:002013-02-13T21:50:13.747+00:00Groovy. Westminster vases 1960 1961<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here are a couple of vases by Hornsea pottery that I've always found quite pleasing to the eye. The range is Westminster (I don't know why) and it was produced in 1960 or 1961.<br />
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Hornsea seem to have perfected the technique of vertical grooving filled with colour, they used it on the beautiful Summit range, the Summertime range, and others. On this example the grooves are tapered and are very fine by the time they reach the bottom. As far as I know, there were only two sizes of Westminster vases made and only three colours were used. The colours are similar to some of those used on the Summit range so this range displays well with Summit. The pointed arch-shape at the top of the grooves is an elegant feature and the gently flared top is a nice touch too.<br />
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One of my favourites.<br />
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Forgive me but I've been messing about with a vintage toy I found recently. And great fun it is too.<br />
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In the age of complicated electronic toys and games, who would have thought you could get so much pleasure from something as simple as creating sculptures from bright coloured, interlocking, plastic octagons. They do say simple things amuse simple minds.</div>
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(Added 27 June 2013) It looks like Galt Toys are still going strong today - and they're still making a version of Octons: <a href="http://www.galttoys.com/index.cfm/first-octons/1002/productid/A0576L" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Galt Octons</span></a></div>
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-25676811804512722892013-02-05T09:16:00.000+00:002013-02-05T09:30:57.552+00:00Slip-decorated dishes from the 1950s. More butterflies.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The butterfly plaque featured in the last blog-post reminded me of these colourful butterfly pin dishes.<br />
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These small dishes are only about 4 inches (10cm) wide but they are really nicely decorated with hand-applied butterfly illustrations. The image of the butterfly is made up of a series of dots and trails in coloured slip that must have taken great skill and accuracy to apply.<br />
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The colour combinations are fabulous and so typical of the 1950s.<br />
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The dishes are by Hornsea pottery and were made in or around 1956. There's quite a range of similar Hornsea slip-decorated items from this era. Remember the fish dish posted a while ago: <a href="http://mypotshots.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/hornsea-pottery-fish-dish-from-1950s.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hornsea fish dish </span></a><br />
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-76602625461130944372013-02-01T22:09:00.000+00:002013-02-01T22:10:21.404+00:00Nice catch. A Hornsea butterfy wall plaque from 1972<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Look what I was lucky enough to net this week. A butterfly.<br />
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I managed to find this colourful specimen lurking in a local charity shop. It's a ceramic wall plaque but is sometimes referred to as a teapot stand. The butterfly is moulded in relief and the plaque has a glossy glaze.<br />
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The plaque is by Hornsea and dates from the 1970s. It was over a year ago now when I did a blog-post on a fish version of the same plaque. Remember this: <a href="http://mypotshots.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/fish-wall-plaque-from-1972.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">fish wall plaque</span></a><br />
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I do like the butterfly plaque and am pleased to have it in the Potshots collection but, between you and me, I think I prefer the fish. <br />
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As a follow-up to the last blog-post, here are the coffee pots from the Portmeirion Totem range, designed by Susan Williams-Ellis in the 1960s.<br />
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Some time ago, I did a blog-post on a range of Portmeirion pottery with a wonderful printed design called Tivoli, remember this: <a href="http://mypotshots.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/portmeirion-tivoli-storage-jars-1964.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Tivoli</span></a><br />
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Here is some more Portmeirion but this time the pottery is decorated with a series graphic motifs in raised relief and very pleasing it is too.<br />
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Designed by Susan Williams-Ellis, the range is Totem, it was first produced in 1963. The range was available in several colours including blue, green and white and was very popular.<br />
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The brown items shown here are from a coffee set. The set also had a very distinctive tall coffee pot (I hope to do a blog-post showing that soon).<br />
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Printed surfaces or textured? I'm not sure which I prefer. So as I can't decide, it's nice to have both in the collection. Susan Williams-Ellis designed other interesting surface designs for Portmeirion and I'll be doing further blog-posts on those in the near future. In the meantime, there's lots more information on Portmeirion here: <a href="http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_style/ceramics/portmeirion/portmeirion.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Portmeirion pottery</span></a></div>
Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-8325281811084509692013-01-18T14:19:00.000+00:002013-01-18T14:19:33.756+00:00Schmider fish 1950s. Love those lips.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Don't you just love those lips.<br />
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Here's a quirky item from the mid-1950s. A wonderful spotty fish with green fins and bright red lips.<br />
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I think it was originally designed to be used as an ashtray and was made by Schmider, West Germany.<br />
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I don't often come across Schmider pottery but I did do a posting on a couple of items from the Tigris range some time ago: <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Tigris cats</span></div>
Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-87765544972271346992013-01-07T21:28:00.002+00:002013-01-07T21:28:54.757+00:00Mdina bottle vase and stopper.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some time ago I did a blogpost on a couple of Mdina vases. Remember this: <a href="http://mypotshots.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/mdina-glass-vases.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Mdina vases</span></a> <br />
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I said then that I'd try to show some more Mdina. Well, better late than never.<br />
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This Mdina bottle vase and stopper has been in the Potshots collection for a quite a while now so, as I was photographing some items of glassware the other day, I decided to do a quick shot of it for the blog-site. I'm glad I did because the shot turned out quite well. It's probably because the colours in the glass are so good and the shape is so well proportioned. I specially like the flattened out top on the neck of the vase. And those swirls of colour in the body of the glass.<br />
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-82658067851178478382013-01-04T21:12:00.000+00:002013-01-04T21:12:52.129+00:00Looking after the pennies, 1950s style.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If, like me, you're a bit low on funds at this time of year, you may have made a resolution to do some saving up. And to save up, you'll be needing a suitable piggy bank. Luckily for me I have not one but two and they're a couple of beauties.<br />
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I can think of no finer way to store-up the surplus small change than with one of these Hornsea Pottery penny piggy banks. Designed in the mid 1950s, almost certainly by John Clappison, they are in a simplified, stylised shape with short legs and long snouts. I particularly like the cylinder-shaped bodies that end in a curly tail.<br />
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You can see some more good-looking pottery piggy banks here: <a href="http://www.piggybankpage.co.uk/other_PotteriesA-O.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Piggy bank page</span></a></div>
Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-66591095122199860502012-12-27T14:01:00.002+00:002012-12-27T14:03:32.369+00:00Three Scheurich retro winter warmers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-9252749168248606982012-12-22T12:03:00.000+00:002012-12-28T14:55:32.384+00:00Sweet simplicity in stainless steel.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-86483314467769801752012-12-13T11:10:00.001+00:002012-12-13T11:14:57.319+00:00Troika. A work of art whichever way you look at it.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Vase, sculpture, art?<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>To me, this tall Troika vase qualifies as all three.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And the nice thing about having a vase that's square like this one, is that – depending which face you choose to display – it's a bit like having four different vases in one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This carved and wonderfully textured vase in warm earthy colours is by Troika Pottery. The design is by Tina Doubleday who was at Troika between 1977 and 1979.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">There's a lot more information on Troika pottery, including a useful list of designers marks, here<span style="font-size: small;">: <a href="http://www.cornishceramics.com/ptroika.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Troika Pottery</span></a></span></span></div>
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Back to the pottery. And what better way than with a zing of colour from the 1970s.<br />
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These artful creations are by Carltonware and they probably date from the 1970s. In Acid green, lemon yellow and bright red, this tableware looks wonderfully sculptural with those stacked ring shapes. There are two vinegar or oil bottles, the small red item is a candle holder, the round top item is a pepper pot and the tallest pot is a vase.<br />
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Even if you didn't want to use them on a table setting, I think they look so good together as a group, you could simply put them out on display and enjoy them as little works of art.<br />
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Potshotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01816375710735584467noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451766884884016414.post-27053828614934108462012-11-09T19:37:00.000+00:002012-11-09T21:46:58.923+00:00The talent of Charley Harper<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I recently did a blog-post on the illustrations from a Mary Blair children's song book, remember this<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;">: </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://mypotshots.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/vintage-childrens-book-with-mary-blair.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Mary Blair book </span></a></span></span>?<br />
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Well, I was lucky enough to get hold of a copy of another superbly illustrated children's book and I couldn't resist sharing it with you too.<br />
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The book, a children's introduction to biology, was published in 1962 and it features the illustrations of the brilliant<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Harper" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Charles Harper</span></a></span><br />
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The book is jam-packed with illustrations – these six scans are only a small sample. There's no need for too many words from me on the superb quality of the work, the pictures speak for themselves, but it's worth remembering that they were all produced long before the use of computers in illustration.</div>
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