Replies | Katerina - Hello Steven, I just aquired some dishes (platter and dishes) with fish design on them by the same potter, Paul Whalley. The lady selling didn't know anything about them but they were in her nanas house for a while....Have you managed to find who this chap is? I really would like to at least date these plates...Many thanks, Katerina
Mike Hall - A potter named Paul Whalley lived and worked at Ewlas Harold near Hereford in the 1970s -2000s. Believe Paul was quite highly qualified (a Licentiate of Design?). He changed his surname to Marley in the 1980s. Paul sold at craft fairs at Abergavenny and at Hay-on-Wye market. Latterly he produced terracotta pots for garden use. Lovely guy, quiet and unassuming.
Steven - Thanks very much for that information, apparently the right attribution! The jar found its way to Suffolk.
Anne Jennings - I know a potter named Paul Whalley who lived and worked in Exeter (where I grew up) during the 60s and 70s; we have a number of his pieces and the signature is right. He was a lovely man and made some splendid pots. His house and studio were on the corner of Barnfield Road and Denmark Road, fairly near the city centre on the Heavitree side.
Gareth - I can confirm what Anne says. I have a piece which I bought from him in about 1969 in Exeter. It's flat tea or coffee pot with a bamboo handle.
Gareth - I can confirm what Anne says. I have a piece which I bought from him in about 1969 in Exeter. It's flat tea or coffee pot with a bamboo handle. |
