Posted 3 years ago
Steptoe1
(1979 items)
Hello this is another vase in my box, looks quite fragile and I am quite surprised it’s not been damaged
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Posted 3 years ago
Steptoe1
(1979 items)
Hello this is another vase in my box, looks quite fragile and I am quite surprised it’s not been damaged
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Steptoe1, Beautiful. :-)
Here's a similar piece by the same artist:
Linda Smith Kegworth Pottery - Oil Burner
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302446560433
This could be fairly old, because it appears to give directions in mileage (unless 1/m means 1/2 minute):
*snip*
KEGWORTH POTTERY
LINDA & ALAN SMITH
4 MARKET PLACE
TEL. KEGWORTH 672390
Shop open Monday to Saturday
SIT. A6, 1/2 m off M1 EXIT 24
*snip*
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/175077504250723988/
4 Market Pl, Kegworth, Derby DE74 2EE, UK
https://goo.gl/maps/4WQ4wr9gPYT8pAmy8
Thanks kerra I think it’s from the 60s/70s , I can’t remember but it is quite old, I had no idea what it was.
Steptoe1, You're welcome. :-)
Disregard what I said about the directions possibly being in mileage a hint as to age.
Here's an amusing quora conversation about weights and measures in the United Kingdom:
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-United-Kingdom-use-miles-instead-of-kilometers-Everything-else-is-based-on-the-metric-system-except-this-one-odd-measurement
The short version:
This mixture has evolved over several decades and is second nature to us, but does mean when you ask “does the U.K. use imperial or metric?” the answer is “yes”.