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This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
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This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
10cmh a lovely rustic speckled matt glaze outer & deep red interior little brown jug..
just perfect me thinks..MH for Merle Hansen?
just perfect me thinks..MH for Merle Hansen?
Kat & Co.- Number of posts : 2321
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Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
Hmmmmm that is similar, but not quite the same I feel.
We need some other opinions now ...... Cat-a-lat what do you think?
We need some other opinions now ...... Cat-a-lat what do you think?
Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
From the same Op Shop a matching pot, with same mark....
Kat & Co.- Number of posts : 2321
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Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
Ok Kat as she seems to be the only Potter joining an M and an H so far. Will put it into the Gallery when I get home.
Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
I had a look too and seemed like a good match to me, allowing for the variation that tends to occur with incised marks, I also couldn't' find any other contenders
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Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
NZ Potters have her potting domestic stoneware from 1968-1991 these pots fit that time frame me thinks.
Kat & Co.- Number of posts : 2321
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Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
But now I have found a similar mark for M Humphrey in this old book..
so maybe not Merle Hansen after all.?
so maybe not Merle Hansen after all.?
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Kat & Co.- Number of posts : 2321
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Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
Ok I've removed it from the Marks Gallery until further confirmation comes to hand.
What an interesting lot of marks on that post..... Doris Holland became Doris Lusk didn't she? Is this a whole book of marks Kat? It looks familiar so I may have it ..?
What an interesting lot of marks on that post..... Doris Holland became Doris Lusk didn't she? Is this a whole book of marks Kat? It looks familiar so I may have it ..?
Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
Yes its an old version of the NZ Potters Marks booklet.
Kat & Co.- Number of posts : 2321
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Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
Oh ok, do you mean the book put out by Alan Coates?
Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
Yeahnah.. I dont have the cover..just copied a few pages from the neighbours
Kat & Co.- Number of posts : 2321
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Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
I checked and it's the Alan Coates booklet
Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
MH on this sweet teapot from Sandees' collection.
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Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
Yes I like that last mark for Merle Hansen Kat and will add it to the Gallery
Merle Hansen
Hello
I am actually one of Merle Hansen's daughter's
Very sad to say that Mum passed away on the 30th June this year (2016) at the age of 87
These dont look like Mum's mark's. I cant say for sure about her very early pieces but
from all the pot I remember she used to just put a square stamped M solely on the bottom of each piece.
I am actually one of Merle Hansen's daughter's
Very sad to say that Mum passed away on the 30th June this year (2016) at the age of 87
These dont look like Mum's mark's. I cant say for sure about her very early pieces but
from all the pot I remember she used to just put a square stamped M solely on the bottom of each piece.
Trudy64- Number of posts : 5
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Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
Hi Trudy, sorry to hear about your Mum.
The Potter's Marks book has her mark and this mark was probably put forward by your Mum or someone who knew her
http://www.nzpotters.com/PottersMarks/PottersMark_Image.cfm?potterID=600
I have wondered about her mark and if it was correct or not, so it's good that you have noticed it. Is there any chance at all that you have a piece of her work with her mark that you could add to the site? In the meantime I will take these marks out of the Gallery and put them into the Mystery Marks.
The Potter's Marks book has her mark and this mark was probably put forward by your Mum or someone who knew her
http://www.nzpotters.com/PottersMarks/PottersMark_Image.cfm?potterID=600
I have wondered about her mark and if it was correct or not, so it's good that you have noticed it. Is there any chance at all that you have a piece of her work with her mark that you could add to the site? In the meantime I will take these marks out of the Gallery and put them into the Mystery Marks.
Mum's Mark
Hello
Unfortunately I dont have any of Mum's pots (we have been trying to find bits in the last couple of years)
I will ask Dad about her Mark and I know my sister has a couple of pieces so I will take a photo of the underneath that will show the mark.
Give me a week or so - we are still mourning our loss
Unfortunately I dont have any of Mum's pots (we have been trying to find bits in the last couple of years)
I will ask Dad about her Mark and I know my sister has a couple of pieces so I will take a photo of the underneath that will show the mark.
Give me a week or so - we are still mourning our loss
Trudy64- Number of posts : 5
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Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
Thank you Trudy, there is no hurry, just when possible.
Kind regards.
Kind regards.
Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
Hello
I found one of Mums mugs that has her mark on it. Not very clear sorry but these are pretty old now ha
If you wish to add this to the mark gallery please do so
I have also added a couple of other photos of some of her work
Trudy64- Number of posts : 5
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Trudy64- Number of posts : 5
Registration date : 2016-07-12
Trudy64- Number of posts : 5
Registration date : 2016-07-12
Re: This MH is not Merle Hansen. Plus Merle Hansen's pots and mark.
Thanks heaps Trudy, I am pleased to add her mark to the Gallery.
Oh I particularly like that Tea Canister with it's rope handle in the cork.
Very dated, but from a time of wonderful high fired pottery in NZ.
Oh I particularly like that Tea Canister with it's rope handle in the cork.
Very dated, but from a time of wonderful high fired pottery in NZ.
Is this mark Michael Houghton?
Another possibility.. I saw a well made lidded pot today marked MH like the first pics for Michael Houghton & the pot had a Black Sheep Gallery Keri Keri label inside....Hhmm.
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