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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Iconodule, post: 11766954, member: 91417&quot;]Beautiful cobalt glaze!&nbsp; My guess is studio potter, not a mass production operation.&nbsp; Some two-tone glazes are dipped.&nbsp; First one part of the pot/plate/etc. is dipped.&nbsp; Then the other side.&nbsp; (The glazes may run together &amp; 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 &amp; what is inherent to the glaze.&nbsp; Lustres are a third firing with metallic glaze and are iridescent.) </p><p><br /></p><p>For trying to identify the potter&#039;s mark (often impossible--not all are recorded) it helps to know the provenance.&nbsp; Where did you find it?&nbsp; 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. </p><p><br /></p><p>I looked through the Marks Project without success although I could have missed someone. Those are American potters: <a href="https://www.themarksproject.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.themarksproject.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.themarksproject.org/</a>. (I assume they mean USA rather than both continents.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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