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pottery marks
« on: January 27, 2013, 12:32:33 pm »
hello all (esp mart)

sure the pieces are not old, but can anyone tell me the maker?

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Re: pottery marks
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2013, 03:11:02 pm »
it is ...familiar.ish.... but...i,m thinking ..local pottery...craft...w are...
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Re: pottery marks
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2013, 05:08:33 pm »
hi big wull--

so since you are far across the pond--local to you?  Or to the ol USA?

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Re: pottery marks
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2013, 05:09:44 pm »
i,m thinking local for me....
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Re: pottery marks
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2013, 05:24:24 pm »
Studio pottery. Looks like a monogram of OP.

Speaking of studio pottery, have a guess at the value of this ( without cheating )


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Re: pottery marks
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2013, 05:32:25 pm »
Actually the figures are German Father Christmas figures !!  70`s Country Living magazine sold all kinds of these items !! Most from small local potteries and individual potters !!
Hey there Sugarcube !!  How is it going ??  :)
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Re: pottery marks
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2013, 06:31:53 pm »
Actually the figures are German Father Christmas figures !!  70`s Country Living magazine sold all kinds of these items !! Most from small local potteries and individual potters !!
Hey there Sugarcube !!  How is it going ??  :)
Actually the figures are German father Christmas figures.  ....NOooooooooo!!...there not...

Santa Claus' name in German is der Weihnachtsmann. The idea of Santa Claus is alien to German ;D
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Re: pottery marks
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2013, 06:53:19 pm »
hi mart--I know I have seen them

nice to see you

big wull--not sure if I follow-Mart called him (them) father christmas not santa claus


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« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2013, 06:58:33 pm »
That is what they are known as and advertised as,, Some old German folk tale !!  Very popular back then !! Country Living was full of the Father Christmas figures on many items !!  The speckled pottery tells a lot !!

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Re: pottery marks
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2013, 07:12:42 pm »
hi mart--I know I have seen them

nice to see you

big wull--not sure if I follow-Mart called him (them) father christmas not santa claus


same difference...the Germans...are very Christmassy..they gave us the Christmas tree....but they do not call him Father Christmas..or Santa...they call him... Weihnachtsmann ("Christmas Man");or  Christkind in southern German.and he comes on Christmas Eve...
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Re: pottery marks
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2013, 07:16:06 pm »
Notice the tree with the one on the left ??

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Re: pottery marks
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2013, 07:19:26 pm »
do the german children ask for Weihnachtsmann as our us kids call for santa?  Hard to imagine a little one saying that name....

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Re: pottery marks
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2013, 07:25:36 pm »
do the german children ask for Weihnachtsmann as our us kids call for santa?  Hard to imagine a little one saying that name....
considering that Weihnachtsmann..is German...and Santa is English...and all German kinder speak German first..although they are now  taught English as a second language...but their parents might not be fluent in English.....then I would imagine that they would use this word rather than..and English word...
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