Blue with Lighter Blue Older Looking Vase with An E. Do you know maker?

I bought this older looking vase with I think an older blue and lighter bluish glaze. There is a smallish capital E impressed in the bottom which is almost too lightly impressed to see or I suppose it could be a 3 pronged rake pointing down instead of an E. Does anyone recognize the glaze technique or know what the smallish capital E impressed on the bottom stands for? I bought at a thrift store. It measures 8 inches tall. I apologize because there is glare and reflections in the glaze in the photos. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

Lovely glaze but I have no idea of maker. I think that is an E.

 

Beautiful cobalt glaze! My guess is studio potter, not a mass production operation. Some two-tone glazes are dipped. First one part of the pot/plate/etc. is dipped. Then the other side. (The glazes may run together & create a third color as they mix as well creating interesting patterns.) In this case, it looks the lighter glaze does not cover the upper rim so it must be painted over the deeper blue instead of dipped. The angularity of some of the edges created suggest a flat brush, rather than dipping. (Is the lighter glaze lustre or is that just sunlight reflecting from the glossy surface? I think the latter but cannot be sure what is photographic & what is inherent to the glaze. Lustres are a third firing with metallic glaze and are iridescent.)

For trying to identify the potter's mark (often impossible--not all are recorded) it helps to know the provenance. Where did you find it? If it is from a local potter you may be able to inquire from local or regional craft guilds. For example, Southern Highlands Craft Guild in southern Appalachia.

I looked through the Marks Project without success although I could have missed someone. Those are American potters: https://www.themarksproject.org/. (I assume they mean USA rather than both continents.)

 

Thank you so much for all the information on the glaze. There is a lot of glare in my photos, so that is probably what you see. I do try to look at themarksproject site, not sure I did this time though, so thank you for checking. I do appreciate your information about the glaze.

 

I don't know your mark but it did occur to me that if you rotate it, it could also be an M or a W if the artist liked squared lettering.

 

Thank you. I will check.