Featured Stoneware pottery signature ID. Is it Weir?

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  1. Brekkon

    Brekkon Member

    Hello! I have this large 33cm tall 3.8kg demijohn. Isn't it a beauty? I'm trying to identify the maker (and thus... the origin and era), but I cannot read the signature. It looks like R. Weir---? I'm from Australia, if that helps.

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    Brekkon, Dec 6, 2024
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  2. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    Maybe R. Werner?

    It looks like it's signed in grease pencil or something so I wonder if it's the owner's name rather than maker.
     
    say_it_slowly, Dec 6, 2024
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  3. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

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  4. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Using Hue/Saturation, I was able to get some of the lettering stand out a bit more...
    that third letter after the W "could possibly" be an 'X', still wasn't able to decipher the ending.....

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    Aquitaine, Dec 6, 2024
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  5. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    Wernig ?
     
    johnnycb09, Dec 7, 2024
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  6. John Brassey

    John Brassey Well-Known Member

    This doesn’t look like a maker’s mark to me. I think it’s likely to have been signed by the user.
     
    John Brassey, Dec 7, 2024
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  7. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Thirded on that being the owners name. Typical nineteenth century keg.
     
    Ownedbybear, Dec 7, 2024
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