Australian potters' marks
A work in progress
Selected images B
- Badger Creek Pottery – Badger Creek Handcrafted (impressed), Cooke & Dutoit Badgers Creek Pottery (impressed)
- Bailey, Juliet – JB [1985], Julie [1986]
- Bailey, Louise – lb (impressed)
- Bainbridge Island Pottery – Bainbridge Island Eumundi (impressed)
- Bainbridge-Perry, Jan – Kenilworth Pottery (impressed) [1986]; also Bainbridge Island Eumundi (impressed)
- Baines, Lyn A. – Lyn A. Baines (cursive), LB (impressed), oriental character
- Bakker, Elvira – Elvira A. Bakker (impressed), EAB (impressed or incised)
- Balfour, Katherine – KB (impressed) with the K reversed or B (impressed), both with Port O’Freo (impressed)
- Ball, Christine – cb (1972-1978), CB and Myoora Pottery (1978-2007), M (1978-), CB (2007-), all impressed [1982, 1985, JAC 49/2]
- Ball, Rick – three-rayed sun [1977]; also Ball Ceramic Design Studio (impressed), sometimes with date
- Ballarat School of Mines
- Balmoral Pottery – BP (impressed) with SL (impressed) for Sandy Lockwood
- Bambling, Paddy – Penwhaupell Pottery (painted)
- Bandicoot Pottery – Bandicoot Pottery or Bandicoot Pottery Cobargo NSW (impressed)
- Banitska, Tina – Tina Banitska [1982]; also Springmount (painted)
- Barambah Pottery – Barambah (impressed), Barambah Cherbourg (impressed)
- Barham Pottery – Barham with map of Australia (impressed) [1985 under Sue and Will Procter]
- Barker, Elodie – Australia [or Handmade in Australia] Elodie Barker (painted)
- Barker, Rosalyn – RB or RBarker (painted or incised)
- Barkworth, Brian – B (impressed) in rectangle [1977, 1982], another version dated 1972 with little tail to B, with Barkworth (incised)
- Barnes, Errol – Lyrebird motif and EB (impressed) [1981, 1985]; also Errol Barnes (incised or impressed), Errol Barnes Australia (incised)
- Barnes, Lesley – Lesley Barnes (incised)
- Barnes, Tony – impressed T with dot under left or right arm of T, Moonshine Pottery Malmsbury (impressed)
- Baron, Brenda – Brenda Baron Tasmania (impressed)
- Barraud, Arnaud – AB (impressed), A Barraud (incised)
- Barrett, Danielle – BD (impressed) – B inside D [1977]
- Barrett, Heather (Penny) – PPP (impressed next to a map of Australia)
- Barrett, Judy – JHB [1977, 1986]
- Barriskill, Janet – JB (cursive) with twelve-petal flower / starburst motif (impressed) [1977, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1996]
- Barron, Hilda – Barron (painted)
- Barron, Robert – RB (painted) [1990]; also Robert Barron (painted) or GNP (impressed) for Gooseneck Pottery
- Barron, Valerie – flourished VB (incised)
- Barrow, Jane – Jb (incised) [1996]
- Barry, Ros – Ros Barry (cursive)
- Barta, Hilary – Barta (painted)
- Bartlett, Clare – B (impressed)
- Bartley, Helen – Bartley (incised)
- Barton, Beryl – B Barton (cursive) [1977, 1985]
- Bartram, John – John (incised)
- Bartz, Rolf – b (impressed) [1985, 1986]; also Rolf Bartz (painted) or RB (R.B.) (painted)
- Barwick, Bobbie – BB (cursive) [1996] – one on top of the other
- Barwick, Gail – GB [1985, 1986] – crossbars joined
- Battaglene, Peter – Splash motif (impressed) for Watermark Pottery – looks like three-lobed form
- Baumann, Werner – Nagambie Pottery handmade (impressed), Nagambie pottery Werner Baumann (impressed)
- Baumeiste, Christine – CB (impressed)
- Baxter, Jean – Jean B (incised)
- Baxter, Stephen – SR Baxter (cursive) [1996]
- Bay Pottery – Bay Pottery Mogo (impressed or incised)
- Beachmere Pottery – BPQ (incised) for Elaine Coggin’s Beachmere Pottery QLD
- Beadle, Betty – owl (impressed)
- Beardsell, Robyn – Beardsell (impressed or incised)
- Beaufort Pottery – Beaufort Perth Australia (impressed), Beaufort (impressed), BP (impressed)
- Beazley, Bette – BB (incised, painted or impressed in a circle) with extended tails on both letters
- Beck, Henry Hatton – H. Hatton Beck or H.H. Beck (both painted or incised), Altimira Pottery (incised), Beck (painted or incised), Beck Pottery (painted or incised) [Ford]
- Beck, Lucy – Lucy Hatton Beck (painted or incised); also on tiles from 1972-1986, Lucy Beck (painted) or Lucy (painted) [Ford]
- Beck, Margot – Margot, MB or Handpainted by Margot Beck Australia (incised) [Ford]; also all of these painted
- Beck, Robert – R Beck or Beck (incised) [Ford]
- Beck, Robert and Margot – R + M Beck (incised) [Ford]
- Becker, Kurt and Heidi – KHB (impressed) – looks like KB, Becker (painted)
- Beckingsale, Kathryn – KB (cursive) [1996]
- Bedogni, Lindsay – LB (impressed)
- Bedson, Jena – Jena Bedson Australia (incised)
- Beechmountain Pottery – underglaze stamp or BMP (painted or incised)
- Beeston, Jamie – JB (painted)
- Begovich, Betty – Betty Begovich (incised)
- Bell, Jan – Jan Bell Australia (painted) [1996]
- Bell, Leonard – LB (impressed) with WP (impressed) for Woodstock Pottery [1981]; also Leonard Bell (incised) and Mondrook Pottery (impressed)
- Bell, Robert – no mark recorded yet
- Bellbird Pottery – bird under bell or inverted bowl [1981 under Dianne Peach]
- Bellbird Glen Pottery – bell next to bird in circle (impressed)
- Bellbrae Pottery – The Bellbrae Pottery (incised) with Garlick (incised) for Jennifer Garlick
- Belltower Pottery – Belltower Pottery or Belltower Pottery, Handmade, Kyabram, Victoria (impressed)
- Bendigo Pottery (1968- ) – various forms of Bendigo Pottery Epsom (impressed), some with the initials of the makers
- Beninga Pottery – in 1981 under Sandra Binns but no mark recorded
- Beniston, Ian – Ian Beniston (impressed) with Kanji characters
- Bennett, Catherine – CB (painted) [1985, 1986]; also CB (impressed) with the Cowra Japanese Garden Pottery seal
- Bennett, Janey – JB (incised)
- Bennun, Pamela – in 1988 but no mark recorded
- Benporath, Anne – AB (impressed in circle) with Tasmania (impressed)
- Ben’s Pottery – Ben’s Pottery Australia (silver paper label)
- Bentley, Graeme – GB (incised)
- Benton, Poppy – Poppy Benton (incised)
- Benwell, Stephen – S. Benwell (painted) [JAC 50/1]; also incised
- Berens, Anne – B in a circle [1981, 1985, 1986]
- Bermagui Mudworks Pottery – Bermi (painted)
- Berridale Pottery – Berridale Pottery (impressed) with WA (or AW?) (impressed)
- Berrima Pottery – NL (impressed) for Nicholas Lidstone with BP (impressed) and YY (impressed) for the year
- Berrima Village Pottery – Berrima Village Pottery Australia (impressed)
- Beste, John – John Beste Australia (incised), JB (incised)
- Bicheno Pottery – N+N in map of Tasmania with Bicheno (incised), Nadia + Norm’s Pottery in map of Tasmania with Bicheno Tasmania (incised)
- Bierman, Nina – Nina (incised) [1977, 1981]
- Big Duck and Fish Co – Virginia Maywald (painted), Made in Australia by the Big Duck and Fish Co (paper label)
- Bimbimbi Ceramic Study Group
- Bindara Pottery – Bindara (painted or incised) [Ford]; also B (incised)
- Bingie Pottery – Bingie Pottery (impressed)
- Binks, Wendy – Wendy Binks (incised), also a paper label
- Binns, Alan – AB (incised)
- Binns, Alan and Maureen – Oceanview Pottery Handmade Australia (stamped)
- Binns, Sandra – in 1981 but no mark recorded
- Birdwood Studio – The Birdwood Studio Hobart (painted)
- Birinyi, Carolyn – Carolyn Birinyi (impressed)
- Birkett, Liz – LJB (impressed)
- Bish, Garry – B (impressed), Potters Arms with Z motif for Potters Arms Studio [1986], Garry Bish [1996]
- Bishop, Judith – Judy B (incised)
- Bishopric, Beth – in 1988 but no mark recorded
- Bishopric, Steve – in 1988 but no mark recorded
- Blaber, Ray – Ray Blaber, R Blaber or RB (incised)
- Black, Margaret – Margaret Black [1996]
- Black, Sandra – S. Black (cursive) [1985, 1986, 1996], also Sandra Black (incised)
- Black Cat Pottery – Black Cat Pottery Australia (impressed) with an impressed cat.
- Black Dog Creek Pottery – Black Dog Creek Pottery (impressed – in several versions), Black Dog Creek Pottery Chiltern Valley (impressed), BD (impressed)
- Blackfriars Pottery – BF (impressed) with Derek Smith Blackfriars Pottery (impressed)
- Blake, Shan – in 1981 and 1988 but no mark recorded
- Blakebrough, Les – LB with two dots (impressed) with the Sturt Pottery seal from 1962-1973, LB with two dots (impressed) after 1973, Les Blakebrough (red printed on porcelain after 1993), LB (embossed on porcelain) after 1997 [Ford]; also LB (impressed) [1977, 1981]; also two very early versions of LB (impressed) without the two dots not included in Ford
- Blakely, Matthew – MB (impressed) with Beechwood (impressed) from 1997-2002
- Blaxland, Barbara – bb -the second b smaller and above the bowl of the first [1977, 1981]
- Blight, Barry – Barry Blight (incised)
- Blind Cow Pottery – COW (impressed)
- Bloom, Robyn – R Bloom (impressed)
- Blucher, Sylvia – Blucher (painted)
- Blue Forest Pottery – Made in Australia by Blue Forest Pottery, Withcott, QLD (impressed)
- Blue, Noel – Noel Blue or Noel Blue Australia (incised)
- Bluebell Pottery – BB (incised) or Bluebell (incised) for Philip Staun’s Bluebell Pottery
- Blyton, Lilo – L. Blyton, Blue Mtns (impressed)
- Boak, Estelle – E Boak (incised)
- Boddington, Georgie – GB (incised)
- Boehm, Rhonda – Rhonda Longbottom (incised) or RL (impressed) to mid-1980s then RB (impressed) with the R reversed, sometimes with impressed kangaroo; also Boehm (incised)
- Bond, Graham – GB (incised)
- Bond, Margery – MJB (impressed)
- Booth, Jean – in 1973 but no mark recorded
- Boscacci, Louise – Louise Boscacci (painted) [JAC 53/3]; also Boscacci or LB (painted or incised)
- Bosworth, Mollie – MB with B sideways under M [JAC 50/3]
- Botman, Rita / Tari Pottery – RITA (impressed), also paper label
- Boughton, Neil – NB or NBoughton (incised) or NCB (impressed), sometimes with Aust (incised), plus incised numbering system for dates
- Boulay, Michel – MB (incised) [1996]
- Boulton, Beverley – bb in circle, one sideways with dot [1986]
- Bourke, Bryan – Bryan (painted) on early works
- Bourke, Bryan and Teresa – Btk Queensland (painted) for Bryteka Pottery
- Bout, Geurt – Made by G Bout Art Potter Crafers Sth Aust (stamped) [Ford]
- Bouwman, Yvonne – YB (incised) [1985, 1986], Yvonne B (incised) [1981, 1996]; also YB Australia (incised)
- Bovill, Gillian – Gil Bovill or Gil B (incised), Bull in circle (impressed) [Ford], also GB (incised), Gillian Bovill (incised)
- Bowers, Stephen – S Bowers (painted); also makers’ names incorporated as printed text into design [JAC 49/2]
- Bowes, Colin – CB Colin Bowes (impressed)
- Bowkett, Sandra – Sandra Bowkett (painted), three dots (impressed) [JAC 50/1]; also S Bowkett (painted)
- Bowley, Simon – SB (incised)
- Boxwood Pottery – Boxwood Pottery Kialla (impressed), Boxwood Pottery Kialla Vic (impressed), Boxwood Pottery Shepparton Australia (impressed)
- Boyd, Arthur Merric – Boyd, AM Boyd, Arthur Merric Boyd (all incised)
- Boyd, David and Hermia – Hermia Ware, Hermia, ‘Boyd / England, D + H Boyd, David + Hermia Boyd (all painted or incised) [Ford]
- Boyd, Guy – Guy Boyd (incised)
- Boyd, Kevin – Kevin Boyd (incised), Kevin Boyd Surrey Hills with five-petal and dot motif in circle (impressed)
- Boyd, Malcolm – Boyd (painted), Black Cockatoo (incised)
- Boyd-Goggin, Debra – D. Goggin (incised), D (incised)
- Boydell, Judy – B (incised) [1990 and JAC 49/1]; also Boydell (incised)
- Boyle, Anne – Boyle (painted), AB (impressed)
- Boyle, Marg – MB (incised)
- Boyter, Lisa – LB (painted) [1996 under Artisan Pottery]; also Lisa Boyter (painted)
- Bradley, Elaine – Elaine Bradley (painted)
- Bradley, Janice – Janice GVP Western Australia (incised)
- Bradley, Linda – Linda Bradley (incised), LB (incised)
- Bradshaw, David John – DB in rectangle [1977]
- Braemore – Braemore (embossed), Braemore (paper label), Braemore Australia (red underglaze mark) [Ford]
- Braemore Carstens – Braemore Carstens (paper label) {Ford], also B-C (embossed) with embossed model number
- Braemore Haeger – Braemore Haeger (paper label)
- Braithwaite, Anne – AB in square (impressed)
- Brander, Beryl – Beryl Brander (painted)
- Breaden, Jan – J (impressed)
- Brennan, Carolyne – Carol Brennan [1996]
- Brent-White, Meg – no mark recorded
- Brereton, Kevin – Brereton (painted) [Ford]
- Bridgetown Pottery – Bevan Mills Bridgetown Pottery (impressed)
- Brindabella Pottery (1982-1999) – JDB with mountains (impressed) [1985, 1986,1996 under Janet DeBoos]
- Broadhurst, Helen – HB [1985, 1986]
- Brockie, Maggie – Maggie (impressed)
- Broinowski, Gillian – triangle of three six-sided shapes in a square (impressed) [1977, 1981]; also without the square
- Bromley, Helen – HB (painted)
- Brook, Sue – Brook (painted)
- Brooker, Eileen – EB TAS (impressed), EB TAS (painted), Eileen Brooker Tasmania (impressed) [Ford]; also Eileen Brooker Tasmania (painted)
- Brookfield Pottery – Brookfield Pottery Everton (impressed or printed) for Robert A. Schulze
- Brooks, Richard – RB (impressed) with four dots in crossed square (impressed) [1990]; also RB (impressed with impressed kangaroo
- Broomhill Pottery – Goblet (impressed)
- Broomhill, Di – in 1988 but mark not recorded
- Brophy, Susan – in 1988 but mark not recorded
- Brown, Alison – ab in rectangle [1990]; also ab (painted) or Alison Brown (painted)
- Brown, George and Jan – G & J B (impressed) with Morpeth Pottery (impressed)
- Brown, Ineke – Ineke (incised)
- Brown, Peter – :I. (impressed)
- Brown, Trevor – Trevor Brown (painted), TB (incised)
- Browne, Colin – three dots in a truncated circle (impressed) [1981, 1985]; also Tarrangower Pottery Maldon, Australia (impressed), T (impressed), three dots (painted as a decorative motif)
- Browne, Griselda – in 1973 and 1977 but mark not recorded
- Bruce, Neil -RNB (impressed) with the R reversed
- Bruce, Paul and Louise – Berrima Village Pottery Australia (impressed)
- Brunsdon, Gabrielle – Gabrielle Brunsdon Australia (incised)
- Bryteka Pottery – Btk Queensland (painted) for Bryan and Teresa Bourke
- Buchanan, Gilbert – Gilbert Buchanan Redbyrne Potteries Shepparton (impressed)
- Buckle, Sue – S Buckle (incised), SB (incised)
- Buckner, Carol – CB Rubyvale (painted)
- Buik, Kevin – KB (painted)
- Bulls Hill Pottery – Bulls Hill Pottery or Bulls Hill Pottery Sydney or Bulls Hill Pottery Sydney Handpainted (painted)
- Bulmer, Wendy – six-veined leaf (impressed) [1981]; also four-veined leaf (impressed)
- Bundeena Pottery – in 1973 under Liz Smythe but no mark recorded
- Bures, Jiri – Bures (painted or incised), Bures Australia (painted or incised)
- Burgess, Tony – sloping t with two dots in the upper quarters (impressed); from 1973-1974 also with the Sturt Pottery seal
- Burns, Ian – bee in flight (painted) [1996]; also IB (painted), IB Handcrafted in Australia (painted)
- Burrawong Pottery – BP (impressed) for Trevor Almond
- Burrum Pottery – Burrum Pottery Beerburrum (printed paper label) for Peter Tappin
- Burton, Bill – WB Burton [1996]
- Butler, Beverley – Bev Butler (incised) [1985], CS with four dots in circle for Butler Craft Studio (early versions impressed, later ones transfer printed) [1985, 1996], BB (incised) [1996]; also Bev Butler (impressed), CS with four dots (impressed – no circle), an additional four dots for exhibition pieces
- Butler, Dixie – dB (impressed), Peppi (incised) for Peppi Pottery
- Buttenshaw, Jan – JB (impressed), sometimes on a relief medallion
- Brander, Beryl – Beryl Brander (painted) and the year.
- Byrne, Jill (Evans) – Jill E. (painted or incised), Jill Byrne (painted or incised) [Ford]
- Byrne, Paul – New Moon Pottery Australia (impressed), Moon in circle (impressed), pb (impressed), P Byrne or PB (painted), Paul Byrne (incised), NMP (painted)
- Byrt, Gavin – Gavin Byrt (painted)
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Kevin Buik’s mark is KB. I have a vase of his and the original card inside. It reads Tara Galleries Kevin Buik KB 37 “Autumn Mist”. Bought for me years ago.
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Posted by Mrs G poole | September 17, 2014, 1:59 pmRegarding “Berridale Pottery” – AW. The mark is of Ann(e?) Wilkinson. I knew her in the late 70s when i lived in the Berridale district. I still have some of her very fine bowls and haven’t been able to find better since.
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Posted by Ian White | September 18, 2014, 11:55 amThank you Ian, I have added this to the entry.
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Posted by Judith | October 13, 2014, 4:59 pm