Australian potters' marks
A work in progress
Selected images M
- MacDonald, Maureen – MM (impressed)
- MacKinnon, Hazel – Hazel MacKinnon [1996]
- MacLeman, Les – LM (impressed or incised), Les MacLeman (impressed) with Australian Landscape Pottery (impressed)
- MacQuarrie, Christina – C. MacQuarrie (incised)
- MacRae, Ian – Beaufort (impressed), BP (impressed), IM (impresssed – two versions), Ian MacRae (painted or incised)
- MacRae, Ian and Jennifer (1978-1987) – Beaufort Perth Australia (impressed), Beaufort (impressed)
- Macready, Rodger – Rodger, Rodger M, R. Macready, Rodger Macready or Pottery Loft (all painted), Rodger’s Pots (impressed)
- Maddock, Beatrice – Bea M (incised), B with dot to left (incised or painted), B with dot to left (impressed) with little studio (impressed), BE (impressed) [Ford]
- Maddrell, Alison – MA (drawn or incised with the A over the M), also Manya (drawn or impressed)
- Maegdefrau, Pam – Maegdefrau (incised)
- Magee, Bernadette – BM with boomerang in square [1985, 1986]; also Bernadette (painted)
- Magilton, Matthew – M within an octagon (impressed), M. Magilton (incised)
- Mahoney, Katherine – KM (impressed) [JAC 50/2]
- Mair, Jan – Jan Mair (painted) [1996]
- Mair, Robert – RM (impressed), Tricuspid symbol (impressed), RM (impressed) with the Tricuspid symbol (impressed), Old Clarendon Pottery Adelaide with the Tricuspid symbol (impressed)
- Maisch, Jude – JM (impressed)
- Major, Eddie – Major (painted)
- Makin, Gerald – GM Tasmania (incised)
- Maldon Pottery – Maldon Pottery (impressed)
- Malone, Maggie – Maggie Malone (incised)
- Malone, Margaret – Margaret Malone (incised)
- Malone, Victoria – Victoria (painted or incised)
- Manchester, Margot – MM in oval (impressed) with two dots [1985, 1986]; also Margot Manchester (incised)
- Mann, Barbara– Barbara Mann (incised)
- Mann, Pauline – PM (impressed)
- Manning, Ellen – E in six-sided polygon in square [1977]
- Manning, Glen – Glen Manning (incised), Glen Manning Ceramic Artist (impressed with M in centre triangle)
- Manning, Sony – hybrid horse-wolf animal (decorative motif)
- Mansfield, Janet – JM (impressed) [1977, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990], JM (cursive) [1996, JAC 49/1]
- Manson, Helen – HM (incised), Helen Manson (painted or incised)
- Manya Pottery – Manya (drawn or impressed) for Alison Maddrell
- Mapleton Pottery – JanMapleton (painted)
- Margaret River Pottery – MRP (impressed), alone or with the impressed initials of Geoff Constantine (GC), Ian Dowling (ID), Claire Griffiths (CG), Matt Griffiths (MG), Stuart McKay (SM), and others
- Markovic, Boby – BM (incised)
- Marks, Kingsley – K [1986]
- Maroney, Michael – 12 Mile Pottery Broome (impressed)
- Marribank Aboriginal Art Centre – individual artists’ marks, e.g., Jenny Marribank (incised); also Murtiti Original Creations Marribank (paper label)
- Marron Brook Pottery – image of marron (impressed); Marron Brook Farm & Pottery Pemberton WA (paper label)
- Marshall, Helen – Helen Marshall (painted)
- Martin Boyd Pottery – Martin Boyd (incised)
- Martin, John – JM in rectangle (impressed), JM (painted)
- Martin, Marion – Marion Martin [1986]
- Martin, Tony – Tony Martin (incised), T Martin (incised)
- Martin, Kim – K in square, Kim [1977, 1981], Kim [1996]
- Martin-Harrell, Kim: see Martin, Kim
- Mason, Barbara – Barbara Mason (painted) [1977, 1985, 1996]
- Mason, Mark – Mason (incised)
- Massée, Frits Jan – FJM (impressed) – in a circle and in an oblong
- Massée, Kathleen – no mark recorded yet
- Massey, Susan – Mountain Ash Pottery (painted) with ‘Susan m’ (painted)
- Masters, Jackie – JAM (impressed)
- Masters, Derek – in 1988 under la Paloma Pottery; no personal mark recorded
- Masters, Graham – Graham Masters Sweenies Creek Pottery with map of Australia (impressed), Graham Masters Sweenies Creek Pottery Strathfieldsaye Bgo, Vic. (impressed); another similar with Made in Australia Impressed), this one also with Handmade by Graham Masters Australia (impressed); Sweenies Creek handmade Australian pottery Graham Masters (printed), Handmade by Graham Masters Australia 2000 (impressed)
- Masters, Peter – Pm (cursive) [1990]
- Mather, Andy – Andy Mather (impressed), various AM marks (impressed)
- Matos, John & Helen – Joao Matis (painted), JM (impressed), paper label
- Matsui, Keiko – Possibly Matsui in Kanji characters (painted)
- Mawhinney, John – John Mawhinney (incised), John M (incised), John Mawhinney Pottery (painted)
- Maynard, Dorothy – DM (impressed)
- Maywald, Virginia – Virginia Maywald (painted), Made in Australia by the Big Duck and Fish Co (paper label)
- McAuliffe, Meeri – Hand-built figurines by Meeri McAuliffe Albany, W.A. (paper label)
- McAuslan, Gordon – McAuslan (incised with six-armed star)
- McCann, Ian – IM (impressed)
- McCaul, Margaret – M McCaul (incised) [1996]; also M. McCaul (impressed)
- McConnell, Carl – Carl Aust (painted), then all these impressed: HH (in two sizes), thistle, great clod, P in square and PP with two dots in circle for Pinjarra Pottery, McO, Mc, TV for Thrumster Village, AV (used by Rex McLennan), CM [Cooke, Ford]
- McConnell, Chris – Chris McConnell (painted), Chris McConnell Australia (painted)
- McConnell, Phillip – Pm (impressed) with the Pinjarra Pottery mark, PM with dot on left (impressed), three apostrophes in a circle (impressed) sometimes with Australia underneath
- McCormick, Maggie – MM [1982]
- McCracken, Gillian – GM [1977, 1986] – a G with two vertical strokes representing the M
- McCrae, Pam – Pam A. McCrae, Vic (incised)
- McCredie, Nell – NMC Epping NSW (incised) [Ford]
- McCredie, Nell and Robert – McCredie NSW (incised) [Ford under McCredie, Nell]
- McCredie, Robert – RMC (incised) [Ford under McCredie, Nell]
- McCrudden, Caroline – C Mc (impressed)
- McCrum, Judi – Judi McCrum Australia (signed in ceramic crayon)
- McDermott, Judy – J in circle with three dots (impressed) [1985]
- McDiven, Tedye – no mark recorded
- McDonald, Douglas (Doug) – McD in square (impressed), D McDonald (cursive) [1977, 1981]
- McDonald, Judy – Judy Mc (impressed)
- McDonald, Kurt – YY (incised)
- McDonald, Mathew – MMcD (cursive) [1996]; also Mathew McDonald (incised)
- McDonald, Rickard and Sandra – McDonald Pottery Australia (impressed)
- McDonald, Shane – Shane McDonald (painted in oxide)
- McDowell, Lynne – LMCD (impressed), L McDowell (incised)
- McEvoy, Marga – Marga McEvoy (painted), MM (applied lozenge)
- McFarland, Sue – SMF (incised)
- McGauley, Michael and Rhiena – Ten-pointed shape with happy face inside [1996]
- McGaw, Kay – Kay McGaw (incised)
- McGillivray, Jocelyn – J in circle (impressed), JM (painted)
- McGillivray, Lis – Hand Made by Lis McGillivray (impressed) with Clay Birds Pottery Caulfield (impressed); also Lis McGillivray (incised)
- McGlashen, Royce – rm (impressed) [1990]; also McGlashen Pottery (cursive), Royce (cursive)
- McGrath, Vincent -V with three-lobed tree in circle [1977, 1981, 1985, 1986]; also Vincent McGrath (incised) with the three-lobed tree in circle (incised)
- McGregor, Elizabeth (Lily) – Lily (incised)
- McGuinness, Raymond – Raymond McGuinness Dungog NSW (paper label)
- McIntyre, Anita -Anita McIntyre (painted, impressed or incised), Anita Mc (incised)
- McIntyre, Merle – Merle McIntyre [or MMc] Sth. Aust. [or Sth. Australia.] (painted in gold)
- McKay, Ian -IM in circle (impressed), IM (incised) [1981, 1986]; also with Sturt Pottery mark from 1982-1986
- McKay, Stuart – SM with MRP (impressed) for Margaret River Pottery
- McKenna, Len – Len McKenna (painted)
- McKenna, Moraig – Spiral in square (impressed); also MM (incised)
- McKernan, Scott – Scott McKernan (paper label)
- McLaren, Betty – Betty McLaren (painted or incised) [Ford]; also B. McLaren (painted or incised)
- McLaren, Crystelle – Crystelle McLaren (painted)
- McLaren, Gus – Gus McLaren (painted) [Ford]; also Gus McLaren (incised)
- McLaren, Gus and Les Tanner – Designed by Tanner (incised) on political face mugs
- McLaren Pottery – McL (painted or incised), McLaren (painted or incised)
- McLaughlin, Hildegarde – in 1973 but no mark recorded
- McLean, Martin – MMc (on raised lozenge) in a map of Australia
- McLean, Merilee – M mostly inside a vessel shape [1986]
- McMahon, Bev – BM (impressed), bev (incised)
- McManus, Pip – PIP [1990]
- McMeekin, Ivan – IM (impressed) with crossed pick and shovel (impressed) from 1954-1959, IM (impressed) from 1954-1993 [Ford]
- McMeekin, Susie – SM (impressed)
- McMiles, Kathrin – K (impressed) with an oriental feel [1977]; also Kathrin McMiles (painted)
- McMillan, Adrian – Leonard’s Bridge Pottery Adrian McMillan (impressed), A McMillan (painted)
- McNabb, Jenny – JMc (incised), Jenny McNabb (incised)
- McPherson, Joan – in 1964, 1973 and 1977 – m over p, the first leg of the m is curved like a J and the last leg forms the stem for the p.
- McSwain, Heather – no mark recorded yet
- McWhinney, Bruce – B in circle (impressed) – the bowls of the B are triangles – with a house in a square in an oval (impressed); also McWhinney (painted), Bruce McWhinney (painted)
- Mead, Ailsa – Ailsa (incised), A (impressed), AM (impressed), Handmade pottery by Ailsa Mead Albany Western Australia (paper label)
- Mearing, Lawrence – in 1988 and 1990 but no mark recorded
- Mee, Helen – no mark recorded yet
- Meiklejohn, Bill – Bill (incised), WD (incised) for Willyabrup Dreaming, WD (impressed)
- Mein, Jenny – JM (incised)
- Mellor, Angela – A (cursive), A in square with triangular centre [1996]
- Memmott, Cootch – Cootch (incised)
- Memmott, Harry – Harry Memmott (incised), Harry Memmott Australia (painted) [Ford]
- Mentz, Marie – M. Mentz (incised)
- Mercer, Anne – AM – A reversed over M [1981], same in circle [1985, 1986]
- Mercer, Sandra – Sandra (incised) with Pottery by Sandra Mercer (045) 77-4767 (printed)
- Merritt, Jan – Jan (incised) – or possibly JM (incised)
- Metcalf, Thomas – T.M. (TM) on Epsom ware from 1968-73; in 1977 under Maldon Pottery but no personal mark recorded
- Micale, Chrissie – ChRISSIe [1996]
- Michalski, Willi – WM (impressed) with eagle figure (impressed) [1981, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1996]
- Middleton, Judy – in 1973 but no mark recorded
- Miller, Duncan – DM (incised)
- Miller, Maryke – MARYKE (incised)
- Miller Nixon, Jenny – Jenny Miller Nixon (painted or incised), JMN (impressed or incised)
- Miller, Ross and Rebecca Cool – R (painted), or unmarked
- Mills, Bevan – Bevan Mills Bridgetown Pottery (impressed)
- Mills, Anna – Anna (painted), Anna Mills (incised), Mooliabeenee Farm Pottery Handmade by Anna Mills Gingin (paper label)
- Mills, Robert / Birregurra Potttery – RM (painted)
- Milne, Susan – in 1990 but mark not recorded
- Mincham, Jeff – M (incised) in loosely drawn circle [1977, 1981]; also Mincham (incised)
- Minko, Peter – Peter Minko Bendigo Australia (painted)
- Mishido Pottery – MPK (impressed) for Mishido Peter Knuckey 1969-
- Mitchell, Cynthia – CM (impressed) in house shape [1977], same with T in lozenge for Tasmania [1981, Ford]
- Mitchell, Madelaine – (Scott-Jones, Madelaine) impressed SJ in a square, incised S Jones
- Moffitt, Kerry – Kerry Moffitt (incised), Kerry/ M Hervey Bay Queensland Handcrafted Pottery (paper label)
- Mogo Pottery – Mogo (painted)
- Mole Creek Pottery – MOLE CREEK POTTERY (impressed) , YOONA DESIGNS (Impressed)
- Molony, Kevin – Kevin M (incised)
- Molony, Ray – Molony (incised)
- Molony, Russell – Russell M (incised)
- Mondrook Pottery – Mondrook Pottery (impressed)
- Monkeys of Melbourne – Monkey (painted or incised), © Monkeys Handpainted Melbourne (painted or incised), © Monkeys Handpainted Melb (painted or incised)
- Monteco Potteries – Monteco Gold Coast Handmade (printed), Monteco Handmade (printed)
- Montville Pottery – Montville (incised or impressed) – jaunty lowercase, Montville (impressed) – lowercase or uppercase, or Montville (painted) – lowercase; also Montville Pottery (printed), Montville (painted and outlined)
- Moon, Damon – three circles arranged in a triangle (impressed) [JAC 54/1], also Damon Moon (incised), Damon Moon (printed as a decal on some conceptual pieces)
- Moon, Milton – Milton Moon (incised) [1977], M (incised) with long first stem [1981], both also in Ford
- Moonshine Pottery – Moonshine Pottery Malmsbury (impressed)
- Moor, Lyndal – Moor. and also a cursive LM monogram [1981]
- Moore, Lorraine May – LM (incised)
- Moore, Rici – RM Cursive) or RM in slightly rounded square [1977], just the cursive RM [1981, 1985]
- Moore, Sue – SM [1977, 1981, 1986]
- Moorfoot, Warren – GraphIc Ceramics – W Moorfoot (incised), GRAPHIC CERAMICS (impressed)
- Moorhead, Tim – Moorhead (incised), Moorhead Tathra (incised), Moorhead Studio Tathra NSW Australia (impressed)
- Moorhead, Tim and Susan – Moorhead (impressed) [1981], Moorhead Studio, Tanja, NSW, 2550 Australia (impressed) [1985]
- Morecroft, Trixy – Trixy [1985, 1986]
- Morgan, Bryan – image of drop bear (impressed)
- Moroney, Marg – Hand Made by Marg Moroney (impressed) with Clay Birds Pottery Caulfield (impressed); also Marg Moroney (painted)
- Morpeth Pottery – Morpeth Pottery (impressed in two versions)
- Morris, Frank – no mark recorded yet
- Morris, Liz – Liz Morris (incised), EM (incised); seed (impressed) dotting the ‘i’ in Liz
- Morrison, Pru – Pru Morrison [JAC 50/3]
- Morrow, Bruce – BM (impressed), Bruce Morrow (incised)
- Morse, Pamela – Pam Morse (painted) [1977, 1986]
- Mosey, Anne – in 1988 but no mark recorded
- Moule, Shirley – SM [1977]
- Mountain Ash Pottery – Mountain Ash Pottery Coramba NSW (incised), Mountain Ash Pottery (painted or incised)
- Mt Ben Pottery – Mt Ben Pottery Yackandandah (impressed or painted in oxide)
- Mucha, Javier – JM (impressed in diamond), Made Javier Mucha TAS (impressed in diamond)
- mud Australia – mud Australia (printed transparent label)
- Mud Factory Pottery – Molony (incised)
- Mudgee Pottery – Mudgee Pottery Australia (impressed), Mudgee Pottery Australia (impressed with LF in the centre)
- Mudlark Pottery – Mudlark Pottery / Poowong Australia (impressed) [1996 under Trevor Clark]
- Mueller, Ingrid – IM or I Mueller (painted or incised)
- Mulcahy, Jenny – JM in square, plus a cursive version [1996]
- Mulders, Annemieke – AM (painted or incised)
- Mundoy Craft Pottery – Mundoy (painted or incised), Mundoy made in Australia (printed)
- Mungeribar Pottery – M (impressed) [Ford under Ian Sprague]
- Murdoch, Judy. Siubhan Pottery, JM (impressed), paper label
- Murphy, Danny – Murphy (impressed in oval)
- Murphy, Fiona – Fiona Murphy (incised)
- Murphy, Penny – Penny Murphy (incised)
- Murray, Edith-Ann – ea (monogram) [1990]
- Murray, Kaye – KM (painted)
- Murray, Richard – RM (impressed) – the M in the lower half of the R [1981, 1985]; also RM (painted)
- Myers, Chris – CM in square with triangular motif for Kaligda Pottery [1981], CM in square with crab in circle for Beachside Pottery [1996]
- Myers, Sheila – Sheila Myers (painted)
- Myoora Pottery – Myoora Pottery (impressed) (1972-2007), M (1978-)
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