Where have I seen A over W before? Not NZ pottery, it's Malaysian.

Glenys Thu 14 Feb - 20:40

Today I saw a pottery lamp base with a mark on it that was a capital A over a W. I'm sure I've seen this mark before. I've searched the site and NZ Potters site to no avail.

Glenys Tue 19 Feb - 19:40

OK. It's annoying me so much I bought it. ($1)
It's actually a bottle, no hole in the base.
It is pretty awful, made in 4 vertical parts.
It's the A W that intrigues me.
It's probably not NZ.
Any clues appreciated!
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Ev Tue 19 Feb - 21:15

You have me hooked now..... I have to find my Al Wheldale mug tomorrow and check it out ....?

Ev Wed 20 Feb - 8:18

Argggghhhhh it's not quite the same, but along the same lines.

Where have I seen A over W before? Not NZ pottery, it's Malaysian. Whelda10

From this delicious salt glazed mug -
Where have I seen A over W before? Not NZ pottery, it's Malaysian. Al_som10

I notice there is no topic for Al ..... ulp .... *runs off to make one*

Glenys Wed 20 Feb - 10:50

I don't believe the person who made that lovely salt glazed mug could have made this bottle!!! Evil or Very Mad

Ev Sat 27 Jul - 20:24

Thanks to yowie at the Australian potters marks site, this unusual bottle has been identified as made in Malaysia at AW Pottery Johor.
http://www.awpottery.biz/
This pottery was founded by Aw Eng Kuang around 52 years ago.
Google images show the mark is a match.
Not sure where to put this now ..... ?
But can't leave the mark in the NZ Potters Marks Gallery ~_~

Jonno Sun 28 Jul - 15:27

Now that is a really super piece of sleuthing, by the way Johor is the Malay state just above Singapore at the bottom of the peninsular and is accessable my road over the Merdeka (Freedom) Bridge , the capital is called Johore Bahru.

Glenys Fri 2 Aug - 0:37

WOW

Gee whiz Ev, you're amazing! :wave:

Ev Fri 2 Aug - 6:41

Hahaaa no I'm not amazing, the members at the Australian Potters Mark site are amazing. It was fantastic that they shared their findings with us Very Happy

yowie18 Sat 3 Aug - 17:28

The second salt glazed mug looks as it may be by Alan Ward a British potter
I cannot post an external link yet
I will leave it to your confirmation.

Ev Sat 3 Aug - 18:16

Hi yowie

I know who made the salt glazed mug with AW on it ..... Al Wheldale and I bought it from him so there is no question about who made it Very Happy

You should be able to post links after a week .... this function is to stop spam bots.

yowie18 Sat 3 Aug - 18:32

Hi Ev , thats great that you already have the potter, now that I have checked Al Wheldale is in a circle and Wards is in a square, so as usual totally wrong Yowie 18

Ev Sat 3 Aug - 18:36

You can post links now yowie Very Happy

All of the marks in the Mystery Marks Gallery have a link to the topic where they came - if you look at the mark and scroll down you will find it.

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