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    Posted 8 years ago

    Poire
    (59 items)

    Pretty art studio pottery vase. I thought identification might be easy with the Elk marking imprint and the signature. However, I have found nothing. I have not found an Elk's Maker's Mark like this one, if any. There is also a number imprint on the bottom. Plus, I can't make out the signature! It appears to be in some form of fancy calligraphy. If you made pottery and took the time to mark it with 3 marks, including your signature, why would you make your signature mark illegible?! Even if it is pretty, fancy, calligraphic letters!

    Ok, so, you now know, I can't figure out who made this cute vase. The vase is smooth and perfect in form.

    Do you have any idea about this vase? Thank you for any information.

    Update: Huge thanks to maryh1956 for identifying this piece!

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    Comments

    1. martika martika, 8 years ago
      This is so pretty!!!
    2. Poire Poire, 8 years ago
      Thank you aura, TassieDevil, martika, ho2cultcha, and racer4four!!
    3. Poire Poire, 8 years ago
      Thank you Brunswick!
    4. Alan2310 Alan2310, 8 years ago
      Gorgeous bird scene, I love it very much.

      Regards
      Alan
    5. Poire Poire, 8 years ago
      Thank you Alan2310!!
    6. Poire Poire, 8 years ago
      Thank you melaniej!
    7. maryh1956 maryh1956, 8 years ago
      You have a winner! L. Hjorth in Bornholm, Denmark
      http://www.retropottery.net/2010/11/lhjorth-denmark.html
    8. maryh1956 maryh1956, 8 years ago
      Actually, after reading the link, it was his daughter Thora who probably created this piece in the 1930 era. The lettering you couldn’t read is probably the pattern name, written in Danish
    9. Poire Poire, 8 years ago
      Thank you, thank you, thank you, maryh1956!! You are the best! I'm so happy to know who made this! I now need to recategorize it. By the way, I'm also a Mary H., but 1965. ;).
    10. Poire Poire, 8 years ago
      Thank you PostCardCollector!
    11. maryh1956 maryh1956, 8 years ago
      You’re welcome Poire, are you French? I see that you live in one of my favorite cities, we will be visiting Chicago in a few weeks.
    12. Poire Poire, 8 years ago
      Hi maryh1956. No, I'm not French. Just a native Illinoisan who studied French in college and lived in France some 30 years ago during my junior year in college. I still love to try to speak French or, at the very least, use French words as screen names. ;) I hope you have a wonderful time in Chicago! - Mary
    13. maryh1956 maryh1956, 8 years ago
      Thanks. Any good thrift stores in Chicago? We’r getting our condo ready to rent again, but will have time to visit the museums and hopefully a show. Wish we could just have the place as a vacation home. One day....
    14. Poire Poire, 8 years ago
      Mary, there are so many thrift stores in the Chicago area, Goodwill, Salvation Army, Unique, etc. There are also resale shops like The Brown Elephant, which are similar to thrift stores in that they take donations of goods to resell for a charity. However, The Brown Elephant and other such shops are a bit more expensive than the thrift stores. My mom has always liked the Mt. Sinai Hospital Resale Shop at 814 W. Diversey. Though, it has been at least 5 years since either one of us has been there. So, I can't attest to the quality and type of the goods there now. Also, as with, I believe, most Goodwills, they have become savvy to the history and value of its donated items.

      I, actually, prefer the estate sales to the thrift stores (although I still like them too!). Have you ever looked at estatesales.net? Look at it for the time you will be in Chicago. Good luck!!
    15. SEAN68 SEAN68, 8 years ago
      stunning Mary!!
    16. Poire Poire, 8 years ago
      Thank you, Sean!! I got this in a resale shop in Wisconsin! :)
    17. Poire Poire, 8 years ago
      Thanks for the love NevadaBlades!
    18. Coopergirl Coopergirl, 7 years ago
      Very pretty!!
    19. Poire Poire, 7 years ago
      Thank you Coopergirl!!

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