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Bennington Pottery
Submitted by atomicscott on Sat, 01/19/2008 - 10:12pm
Vases
Three sweet Bennington Pottery vases from Vermont. The two vases in the foreground are by David Gil, and marked as such. The center vase is a Bennington Coop Design.
The vase on the left measures 5.5-inches tall; the center vase measures 7-inches tall; the vase on the right measures 6.25-inches.
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Exhuberant!
Wow ... when I think Bennington Potters, for the most part I picture more sedate shapes. The darker piece on the left has a really triumphant shape!
~Scott
sllab studios
http//www.sllab.net
Green...
The vase on the left is marked in a unusual way...on the sides, along the bottom edge, just where the glaze trails off. It is inscribed "david gil, BENNINGTON" along one edge and "Green Dream" or something like that. It's hard to make out what the second word is.
Studio or production?
Interesting. I would think if it is really a Bennington Potters piece, it'd be marked with the pottery's name? Maybe it is a studio piece he made outside of the pottery? Can you tell if it is production or studio?
~Scott
sllab studios
http//www.sllab.net
Production
It's marked with David Gil's name, so that would identify it as a production piece.
Signature vs. inscription
I wasn't sure if you meant it was an impressed mark or an inscribed signature. That indeed is an odd mark -- thanks for the clarification.
~Scott
sllab studios
http//www.sllab.net
Production Mark
Oh, I see what you mean, Scott. It has a production mark, it is just in an unusual location by not being on the bottom of the vase. I do not know much about Bennington pottery, so I do not know if it is a typical mark or not. The other two vases are marked on the bottom.
From what I've seen ...
From what I've seen, that's extremely atypical -- as is the shape. almost every BP piece I've run across has the impressed production mark on the bottom of the foot. Not to say I'm an expert by any means, either. I've only maybe had 50 to 75 pieces pass through my collection in total, including dinnerware.
~Scott
sllab studios
http//www.sllab.net
Bennington vase shapes
Great photo, interesting pieces. An example of the one on the right was up on eBay a while back, but got too rich for my blood! I've owned the center one, (I'd say "own" but I can't find the thing), in a different glaze pattern. The one on the left is stunning: I've never seen anything like it marked Bennington. It doesn't look like Gil or Yusuke Aida either. I'd love to see the backstamp.
Stephen
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The vase on the left is
The vase on the left is definitely Gil. I've seen another example, which will be in my upcoming show, and it is marked with the "David Gil" ink stamp-not impressed into the clay just marked as with a rubber stamp.