struggling like mad on this one !

[bigwull]

I did not find anything like it !!   I think Wullie was referring to the distorted way the piece is made as like Picasso !!  But Picasso did do a few things,, not sure about this though !!
Wish we could help but without some way to figure which direction to look its darn near impossible !!

Nooooooooooo!!...was,nt me....that was G,acre....who thought it looked Picasso...ish.....m e i think it looks like something you,d get get as a booby prize at the carnival.....like, score 21..and win a teddy bear.....score 20 and you get lumbered with this....

[Ipcress]

Why is it deco ? Looks more " kitsch " to me.

[thecatjh]

Why is it deco ? Looks more " kitsch " to me.

thanks for post - with the embossed numbered marking on side and the signature on bottom I get the deco feel to it, maybe wrong but cannot find anything online or in books on this piece
Some info I missed out on - last week a dealer offered me £30 for it when out on my antique stall at boot sale but wouldn't tell me about it which annoyed me but the fact offered me £30 made me wonder even further that's why its bugging hell out of me.
more pics below to help maybe ?

[mart]

What signature on bottom You gave numbers but no sig. !!!

[thecatjh]

What signature on bottom You gave numbers but no sig. !!!

sorry its the little "37" on the bottom of feet my apologies more number than signature but hand done for sure

[mart]

The 7841 is the style number of the piece,,which many commercially produced items have !! The number on the bottom could be either,,year made,,number of the painter because many were paid by piecework so each one the person painted would have their number on it so they would be paid accordingly,, or a third possibility,, if you flip the piece over is that it could be initials LE rather than 37 !!  A remote possibility but ,,,, still would be the initials of the painter !!! Personally I think it a year made !!

[sapphire]

A shot in the dark here.......did a 1/2 rotation and it almost resembles mountains.  I've come across the Turtle Mountain pottery .....not it but uses the same 'M' in the shape of a mountain.

Wonder if there's a slight possibility that it's a maker's mark?

[bigwull]

£30 for it....you should have bit his hand off....i,m thinking more along the lines of 30 bob....thats £1.50 in new money.....as for the £30 manny telling you what it is....well, it does,nt work that way.....the onus is on you to find ouit.if it is ..anything other than....a wotsit....its the same colour mind you....

[thecatjh]

Mart - superb that would tie in then as Deco
Sapphire - many thanks could well be and gives me more to go on
Wull - of course its on me to find out - hence this thread

see what comes up next few weeks and will keep you posted

[bigwull]

in the meantime...watch you don,t drop it....it was worth a minimum of 30 squids...eh jist think you,ve got to much money.....

[mart]

Mart - superb that would tie in then as Deco
Sapphire - many thanks could well be and gives me more to go on
Wull - of course its on me to find out - hence this thread

see what comes up next few weeks and will keep you posted

Would be very late for Deco,, ending of period going into 40`s which is when most of this type were popular !!  War, you know !!  Many things were intended to make people smile and get their mind off world issues !!
Does that 7 on bottom have a cross mark like if European ??

[bigwull]

that nummer seven..if it is ane does have a wee cross on it....

[Ipcress]

It's not deco. More likely mid 20th continental or Russian.

[bigwull]

its no anything from where i,m sitting...if that manny comes back and offers you that £30 ....which...i doubt if he will.....but if he does...bite his bloody hand off,...before he changes his mind......

[mart]

It's not deco. More likely mid 20th continental or Russian.

I agree,,,I don`t see Russian as a possibility but you never know !!