Talavera piece

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  1. Andy111

    Andy111 New Member

    Hullo, apologies for posting something i doubt is an antique. But i wanted to be sure. The writing on the bottom would certainly indicate its modern but it just confused me a bit with having some Japanese symbol on it too. A japanese person making talavera pottery in mexico i guess? Mid century/later?

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  2. dgbjwc

    dgbjwc Well-Known Member

    Hi Andy and Welcome - I don't think that is a Japanese mark. Rather, I believe it is the individual potter's cipher. Could be co-mingled initials or a representation of something important to the potter. It distinguishes him or her from the other Talavera potters. Sorry but I can't help as far as the dating.
    Don
     
  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Or a Spanish person making Talavera pottery in Talavera, Spain? It is not Japanese.
    I don't know about marks on Mexican Talavera, but it looks perfectly normal for Spanish Talavera.
    The Japanese do like Spanish culture though, like this Japanese Flamenco dancer:
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  4. dgbjwc

    dgbjwc Well-Known Member

    Oh, Any Jewelry, how wonderful to have found that picture! I had no idea the Japanese liked Spanish culture.
    Don
     
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  5. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    I find that fact to be almost, but not quite, as interesting as their fascination with Anne of Green Gables.
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    And she looks beautiful, doesn't she?
    I used to dance flamenco as well, and still watch programs on Flamenco. In one of them I saw a Japanese girl taking a class in Sevilla, that's how I know.
    They like Western culture. There is a Holland Village near Nagasaki. Come to think of it, there are Holland villages all around the globe.:)
    The Nagasaki one, the Dutch finally get their mountains, or what they would consider mountains:
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  7. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I love the Finnish Moomintroll books, barely known here in the US. Very big in Finland &, you guessed it, Japan. I could never figure out how American makers of stuffed animals never jumped on the characters & promoted the stories by way of promoting the toys. The Japanese recognized the potential. If you want your own huggable Moomin, you have to get it from there.

    Maybe Anne ties in with the whole cos-play school girl thing.
     
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  8. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    It looks like a monogram of TA or AT to me. The A at the bottom could be the potter.
     
  9. Andy111

    Andy111 New Member

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