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<p>[QUOTE="ascot, post: 624913, member: 96"]I'm a sucker for a lot of things, and one of them is damaged majolica. These 2 figures have their share of damage, but I find them intriguing. </p><p><br /></p><p>I could sure use some help trying to identify the maker's marks and who these figures are. I'm not sure they're a pair although they both appear to be musicians, perhaps of the itinerant type, and they do wear similar pants.</p><p><br /></p><p>He is 13" tall and she would be also were it not for the broken off top of her hat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both are marked with impressed W & R with an L and numbers. One has a raised lozenge type mark in addition to the impressed marks. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've found a couple of other pieces online (google images) with similar markings. One seller said the mark was either English potter Wayte & Ridge or importers Wittman & Roth, but neither accounts for the L. I'd originally thought these were continental Austria/Germany pieces, but I'm not so sure now that the two online figures were attributed to England.</p><p><br /></p><p>All help is welcome!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/fullsizeoutput_31ce.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/fullsizeoutput_31d4.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/fullsizeoutput_31d0.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/fullsizeoutput_31d2.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/YvzLR_DTSGeeJZxEAq2S3A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/yUML39zCQfCCu8tzIcK1AQ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/slatGbeGSN2wqb93sV3mrA.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/Vk78dWONSfe_X3AMeJP_aw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ascot, post: 624913, member: 96"]I'm a sucker for a lot of things, and one of them is damaged majolica. These 2 figures have their share of damage, but I find them intriguing. I could sure use some help trying to identify the maker's marks and who these figures are. I'm not sure they're a pair although they both appear to be musicians, perhaps of the itinerant type, and they do wear similar pants. He is 13" tall and she would be also were it not for the broken off top of her hat. Both are marked with impressed W & R with an L and numbers. One has a raised lozenge type mark in addition to the impressed marks. I've found a couple of other pieces online (google images) with similar markings. One seller said the mark was either English potter Wayte & Ridge or importers Wittman & Roth, but neither accounts for the L. I'd originally thought these were continental Austria/Germany pieces, but I'm not so sure now that the two online figures were attributed to England. All help is welcome! [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/fullsizeoutput_31ce.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/fullsizeoutput_31d4.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/fullsizeoutput_31d0.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/fullsizeoutput_31d2.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/YvzLR_DTSGeeJZxEAq2S3A.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/yUML39zCQfCCu8tzIcK1AQ.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/slatGbeGSN2wqb93sV3mrA.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/Vk78dWONSfe_X3AMeJP_aw.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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