Hiya - I've looked all over the internet and your Poole jug seems to be the only similarly marked item that I can find to a vase that I have - also marked Pastel Blue but shape 237. I noticed this post on your blog is from 2009 - did you ever find anymore information about your jug? My email is collectiques@woosh.co.nz if you did - I'd love some help as its a mystery to me
I am assuming the number is scratched in to the base as the pastel blue colour was produced in the mid 1930s. The number in your case 237 is indeed the shape reference and may have been produced for some time, the colour helps to narrow the date range. There was pastel yellow and pink produced in the same period.
I have collected Poole Pottery for over 30 years now. It is an extensive collection of over 3000 pieces. The focus of the collection is plain Poole. The variety of colours, finishes, shapes and sizes seems to be infinite. My collection covers the period from the 1930s through to the sixties. The vases produced over this period are a particular interest of mine. Many pieces from my collection are featured in a recent publication called 'Poole Twintone and Tableware' by Anne Wilkinson.
Hiya - I've looked all over the internet and your Poole jug seems to be the only similarly marked item that I can find to a vase that I have - also marked Pastel Blue but shape 237. I noticed this post on your blog is from 2009 - did you ever find anymore information about your jug? My email is collectiques@woosh.co.nz if you did - I'd love some help as its a mystery to me
ReplyDeleteI am assuming the number is scratched in to the base as the pastel blue colour was produced in the mid 1930s. The number in your case 237 is indeed the shape reference and may have been produced for some time, the colour helps to narrow the date range. There was pastel yellow and pink produced in the same period.
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