Frances Julyan kindly sent me some images of a piece in her collection by Thomas Forester. It is an unusual 3 legged vase in the ‘Fuchsia’ pattern. Thank you Frances for your interest. It is dated around 1935.  

Here is a really informative article into the skills that went into firing the bottle ovens. TECHNICAL PAPER No. 45 Courtesy British Pottery Research Association, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent Volume IV – 1941 – Extracts  For definitions of unusual words used in the text refer to the Potbank Dictionary here>  THE FIRING AND PERFORMANCE OF AN UPDRAUGHT OVEN FOR GLOST... Read More

The Toby is the tiniest I have ever seen at 3″ (7.5cms) high. The Elephant is about 15″ (39cms) tall and the Jardinaire and Stand are about 4ft (122cms)  

                     

Here is another image of one of the very curious pieces produced by Thomas Forester. It was sent to me by Cheri Kennedy Early of the Early Bird Gallery in Charlotteville VA Not sure what is meant by the tongue gesture.

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My friend Jon O’Marah will be there and has promised me that he will be looking out for any Forester pieces on show.