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Bennington Potters
Submitted by kraken on Sat, 06/12/2010 - 12:26pm
Bennington Potters Fish Dish
I was very happy to find this at the thrift yesterday. They style number is *1248. I'm not sure if it is a David Gil designed piece since the style number doesn't include the "dg".
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Re: Bennington Potters
- Very very cool. I guess Gill has a double meaning here! Great share.
What a prize catch!
What a prize catch! I've never seen this from Bennington before. Can you post a photo of the mark? Thanks for sharing this with us.
Re: What a prize catch!
Yes, please! A pic of the backstamp would be very much appreciated! I have run across several from this series marked 1248A, (about 4 7/8" x 2 7/8"), and a couple marked 1248B, (about 8-1/8" l x 3"). The former have had at least two different marks, including a script "david Gil bennington", so there's your attribution for you. Interestingly, another had the remains of a glued-on Raymor label, as I have seen on 1300 series plates, and the Mr. Salt & Mrs. Pepper shaker set.
The Bennington Museum David Gil show displayed 4 fish dish forms with glazes similar enough to assume that they were contemporaneous. One of them had an apparently transitional "COOPERATIVE DESIGN BENNINGTON POTTERS VERMONT" mark (with the arm & spark logo) and an illegible mold number.
I'd love to know more about the Raymor - Bennington Potters relationship, and I'll get a separate thread going on that topic.
Re: What a prize catch!
Thanks so much for all the positive comments and the fishy puns.
I posted a picture of the backstamp in the marks gallery. www.modish.net/bennington-potters-6670 The mark reads "Bennington Potters Cooperative Design Vermont" and has the hand logo and the style number *1248. It is possible that the style number actually reads *1248B with the B obscured by the glaze.
Re: What a prize catch!
Quick correction of my own from the 1964 BP catalog: the model number of this form is 1248D. And they were listed at $30 per DOZEN!
Nice one!
Now that's a trophy any dish angler can be proud of...
Re: Nice one!
I was fishing for a line like that...
Re: Nice one!
Oh quit carping, you and Barry start this
Just green (with envy) around the gill(s)...
Holy mackerel. That Bennington piece is like a fish out of water.
I'll quit carping 'cause I got bigger fish to fry.