POOLE POTTERY LARGE DOLPHIN- Rare colourway BRIGHT GOLD

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This is a Poole Large DOLPHIN from the original sculpture by Tony Morris in 1969, but this one is in a seldom seen colourway of Bright Gold - not the bronze colour more frequently seen. It's in perfect condition with the POOLE ENGLAND backstamp, and measuring 11.5" in length. The base of the dolphin is glazed in Poole's Snow White glaze and this has the effect of turning the black backstamp to blue, as seen on the 1960s Poole Studio items. I believe Poole's real gold earthenware models required a third firing (after the usual biscuit and white glaze firings) to fire on the gold glaze at a lower temperature of about 750 degrees centigrade. Clearly this added more cost to the items glazed in gold and undoubtedly means that very few were produced. I haven't seen a large gold Dolphin for a long time. STOP PRESS. 1 March 2012 My new book POOLE POTTERY ANIMALS is now published. Just It'll give you a preview of the various book sections, and there's an Order Form which will accept Paypal payments. IMPORTANT. I have received numerous broken items which were badly, even irresponsibly packaged, and understand the disappointment this causes, and the time it takes to resolve the matter. Usually, whether insurance is taken or not, the end result is unsatisfactory and results in the loss to the world of the item. MY POLICY. With this in read more

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