Another Day Another Terracotta Pot...

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by RachelW, Feb 4, 2025.

  1. RachelW

    RachelW Well-Known Member

    Hello! Hope you're all well.

    Went to that consigment place yesterday and found another urn similar to one I posted about years ago from Manifattura di Signa. This one is unsigned, but has all the qualities that my last pot has.

    Here's the link to that pot.

    This one is taller, wasn't able to get the exact measurements but one of the photos shows it compared to other items on the shelf. Definitely the same style, motif, and material. It also looks to have some age. But it's not signed. I checked on the sides as well as sometimes MdS did that, but I cannot find their mark anywhere.

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    The inside and bottom:

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    Could this be unsigned MdS? There's so little information about the company that its hard to say if they ever did leave pieces unsigned. I found one box for sale online that was attributed to them, but there's nothing to back that up.

    A google lens search led me to this pair of identical urns, but not much more information.

    https://www.joron-derem.com/en/lot/...ichel-known-as-clodion-1738-1814-pair-of-two?

    I'm not sure what to think about this. Its nice, and the urn I got a few years ago still promises a good profit (I've just waited until I can be near an auction house so I don't have to ship), but I don't really know where to go from here. I'd love some opinions!

    Thanks for your time as always. ​
     
  2. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    'Could this be unsigned MdS?'- Sorry Rachel,what's 'MdS' ?
     
  3. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Manifattura di Signa.
     
  4. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    For that price, I’d buy it. (I’d also be looking at that nice blue and white jug.)
     
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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Great Jugendstil decoration, but missing a basin imo.
     
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  6. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Ditto 36 Euros good price,but this quality level reminds me of conventional Design Toscano stuff,but it's real cheap-so why not ?
    I'd sure love to find this quality of Manifattura di Signa (good luck !)-
    Mani di signa 1.jpeg Mani di signa 2.jpeg
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Agree. It is cheap, but then again not Manifattura di Signa quality imo.
    With those blurred details and applied staining it looks more like a gardencentre piece to me. If you like it, it is certainly value for money.
     
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  8. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Ditto-It looks like a Home Depot piece to me too, just too blobby- still a little simple faux finish (or not) and it could bring a decent profit.
     
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  9. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I buy a lot of garden stuff for my bonkers garden. That, new, would be eighty to a hundred quid, which is why I buy them at car boots and such. I’ve got reconstituted stone urns bought new decades ago with terrific moss patina on them, and could probably get over a hundred each for them. Garden stuff sells.

    aj, I agree, it had a bowl.
     
  10. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I like it better than the urn thing. The stencilling makes me think it was made for commercial use, or would have been here.
     
  11. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    That stencil airbrush is quite common on domestic wares here. More mass market utility pieces, and nowt wrong with that.
     
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  12. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    If it's pretty and it sells, good enough!
     
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