posted on May 8, 2004 08:39:12 AM new
Good morning everyone ! I was wondering if anyone knows this mark on the back of a wall pocket I have.Large S with r p underneath I've tried searches on pine cone wall pockets and the only one that comes up are roseville and it's not that. Any help as always is appreciated ...or a point in the right direction works well too
posted on May 8, 2004 01:05:42 PM new
You've got me, too, and I collect wall pockets.
Wall pockets with pine cones or squirrels, or boats or cottages, will sell, for sure. People like to get them for their cabins and summer homes.
I think I'd put the letters showing in the marks in the title itself. And sometimes in the description I'll ask if anyone knows what it is, that they e-mail me. It works, too.
Wall pockets have pretty much tanked in the last couple of years. Used to bring much higher prices. Good luck!
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posted on May 8, 2004 02:46:22 PM new
Thanks for your help Roadsmith ! I'll make sure I put the symbol in the title.It does have a warm cozy cabin feel to it...great help on description.
posted on May 8, 2004 04:27:08 PM new
Veddy welcome, Toasted. We have a cabin in the mountains, and I have bought several similar wall pockets for a wall display there--that's how I know who'd be looking for such an item.
Post the # of the auction in this thread when you put it up, and we can all watch it go.
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posted on May 8, 2004 08:37:13 PM new
Toasted,
My sister is an avid wall pocket collector. She looked through all her reference books and did not find this one. I did a search on the internet (what can I say...I just like to search) and found one that looks a lot like it except it has paler colors. It is on a page of collectibles associated with Estes Park Colorado. No maker is given but lower on the page is a jardinière with a pine cone design that is identified as Peters & Reed . Might the R P be P & R (if you read left to right) in the mark. A search for Peters & Reed shows that a lot of the pottery they made has a pine cone motif.
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posted on May 8, 2004 10:04:13 PM new
Thank You photosensitive !!! I'll put I believe it's a Peter & Reeds in my description.lol if it's not I'm sure I'll get an email from someone telling what it is. I can see why people collect wall pocket ...there so neat.My favorite I saw while I was searching was a little black kitty. http://www.rubylane.com/shops/laurelmtantiques/item/3022 it's sooooo cute !!
posted on May 9, 2004 07:00:43 AM new
Toasted, I know what you mean about wall pockets. My sister has several thousand and she sees one she has never seen almost every day. You can find a style and subject that speaks to almost any collector. -----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o
“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
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posted on May 9, 2004 08:52:13 AM new
Photo: Thousands of wall pockets! Wow. I began buying indiscriminately 6 years ago on Ebay--almost every wall pocket I could afford to get. So I had a couple hundred. Slowly I began to narrow my choices down to the one that were really speaking to me--art deco, aprons, Chinese sitting girls, lady faces (little ones). Then we moved to a smaller place, no room to display them all, and I began selling off the ones I didn't want anymore. Of course they'd tanked by then on Ebay so I take a loss on most of them, but at least I'm clearing them out of here.
I saw a picture of several art deco-type wall pockets flanking a fireplace mirror, in Martha Stewart Living. Very attractive. I have many of mine, now, flanking (surrounding) an octagonal mirror over the piano, and they look just great.
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posted on May 16, 2004 11:21:18 PM new
Thanks, Toasted. I'll be watching your auction. It's really a very pretty item. Adele
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