Eileen Prangnell, act 1924-1937, a glazed pottery model of a duck, signed and dated 1924 to the base, 11cm high, together with a Poole pottery vase, decorated with a frieze of coloured flowers, by the same hand, 21cm high, a Poole jug and a photograph of her circa 1920, signed and inscribed by her to the reverse to her mother (3). According to factory records Eileen joined the Poole Pottery in 1924 as a decorator and worked there until 1937. It would appear this duck was made as one off by her, in her first year and has remained in the family for almost exactly one-hundred years.
Sold for £680
Eileen Prangnell, act 1924-1937, a glazed pottery model of a duck, signed and dated 1924 to the base, 11cm high, together with a Poole pottery vase, decorated with a frieze of coloured flowers, by the same hand, 21cm high, a Poole jug and a photograph of her circa 1920, signed and inscribed by her to the reverse to her mother (3). According to factory records Eileen joined the Poole Pottery in 1924 as a decorator and worked there until 1937. It would appear this duck was made as one off by her, in her first year and has remained in the family for almost exactly one-hundred years.
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