Featured A set of NATALIE SURVING art pottery cups

HELLO ALL ..I purchased cups from my favorite thrift..I contacted surving studios and the care taker told me Natalie had just passed away and her husband passed away recently too...she told me they went in business in the early 1980's..she said she mainly made tiles and some figurines...she did work all over the world including pottery for Disney animal kingdom...she asked me to send photos...she was shocked when she saw these..she told me these sat on Natalies window sill in her kitchen..she had made them for herself..a few years back had gave a lot of pottery to an auction house and they went out of business and never saw them again...this is the elephant and tiger but I was told there were 3 others..a lion ram and zebra..she told me her prices are starting to sky rocket..right now her tiles are priced right..I feel there a sleeper but her figures are going for big balloons..how much will it effect the value having her personal one of a kind pieces..google her its very interesting..thanks in advance for your opinions..Andy

 

Very well done, a sleeper indeed, good catch!

 

Check back at the thrift - perhaps the others will show up too. Nice snag!

 

nicely done!

 

if I ask them they will never ever put them out..there very weird that way..but sometimes things get shuffled back and come out months later or in another one of there stores..I bought a bowl in one store and found the lid same day in the other store..I bought a coin silver spoon from them hallmarked and monogramed..2 years later the other one came out..I still have them..am I allowed to put a photo of them

 

Sure ! We have a finds thread for just such a thing.

 

I was just going to show you a photo on here

 

Great story!

 

best on the silver forum...

 

thanks again...I just wanted to show you guys my war story..I already know what they are..now I have to pray the rest of the surving pieces come out

 

Good luck!