Vintage Handpainted Jug - Pattern 8166 - Grays Pottery - Susie Cooper

Hand painted buff coloured jug by Grey's Pottery. It has the later Pharaoh's boat version of the backstamp used between 1935 & 45 but on an unfamiliar colourway, this one being red and yellow flowers with what appear to be gooseberries, with a red rim and handle. My reliable internet authority has contacted me suggesting that it is floral pattern 8166, dating originally from 1928 and possibly by Susie Cooper. The later backstamp explained by it probably being a replacement piece from the company's matching service. Some ingrained crazing and a little colour wear plus a short hairline crack on the inside beneath the yellow flower. Still looks nice though. 

 

8.5cm x 18.5cm (d)

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Vintage Pale Blue and White Tubelined Sugar Bowl - Gray's Pottery

Lovely vintage sugar bowl, plain white with pale blue top half and gold bands around the middle and rim. The blue half is studded with raised tubelined white dots. Grays often bought in blank ware to decorate and this one is no exception as it was originally a piece of Johnson Brothers Pareek as the mark can be seen beneath the Gray's backstamp. The edge line around the rim is a little worn and there is a tiny chip in the footring but otherwise it looks excellent.

11cm (d) x 7cm

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Pair of Small Vintage Undecorated Rectangular Bowls - Gray's Pottery

Intriguing pair of rectangular bowls or dishes by Grays Pottery. They are both slightly differently coloured, one a slightly brighter yellowish buff. The backstamps date from the mid 1930s but there are handwritten marks, too "D2 x 36" & "D2 x 37" and these appear to have been lacquered over. I suspect they may be colour test pieces of some kind, something I am accustomed to finding as I live near The Potteries and much of my stock is sourced from the area. Perhaps they were to be hand coloured later or maybe they were trialling different base colours. We'll never know. They're in excellent condition and are lovely and smooth. Still fantastic pieces in their own right.

14.5cm x 8cm x 3cm

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Vintage Hand Painted Sunbuff Teacup - Gray's Pottery

Teacup in the classic "Sunbuff" pattern by Gray's Pottery. Handpainted with green and beige lines and a floral transfer on the inside. Dates to between 1935 & 45 although favourite would be pre-war owing to restrictions on the use of colour during wartime. Crazed but clean. Very delicate and always feel on the point of falling apart but seems robust enough!

7cm x 10.5cm (d)

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Vintage Miniature Fluted Sugar "Sunbuff" Sugar Bowl - Grays Pottery

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Beautiful hand painted sugar bowl in the "Sunbuff" pattern by Gray's Pottery. It is on a fluted buff coloured blank from Johnson Brothers, the stamp for which can be seen beneath the Gray's mark. Quite legitimate as Gray's were decorator's and occasionally their base items were already stamped. This can aid in dating and the combination here puts this to between 1935 & 1945. It's in excellent condition.

8.5cm x 4.5cm

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