Australian potters' marks
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Selected images P
- Packtrack Pottery – Gordon or Robert Gordon (painted in oxide in various forms); also an early incised version of Robert Gordon
- Page, Marion – MP (incised)
- Page, Rod – Rod Page (incised)
- Paisley, Judith – Asian cypher (impressed) – like an A with a high crossbar, another with two crossbars
- Palecek, Garry – GP [1981 under Fran & Garry Palecek, 1986 under Garry & Fran Palecek]
- Palecek, Garry and Fran Ifould – P with a circular stroke for The Potters’ Wheel [1981 under Fran & Garry Palecek]; also Tallaganda (impressed) for Tallaganda Pottery
- Palmateer, Warrick – Warrick Palmateer (incised) [JAC 54/1], also W. Palmateer (incised), Palmateer Pottery (impressed)
- Palmer, Carolyn – CP in hexagon [1977], CP CP – one inverted over the other [1981]
- Palmer, Davida – DP (impressed), Davida Palmer (impressed)
- Palmer, Narayani – NP (impressed)
- Palmwoods Pottery – Palm tree (impressed), Suttor Palmwoods impressed)
- Paluma Pottery – PP (impressed) [JAC 49/1]; also Paluma Pottery (impressed)
- Pancoast, Mary – Pancoast (painted)
- Pancoast, Mary and Peter Petruccelli – Petruccellis Ceramics UBeaconsfield (impressed) [1981]; also Stoney Creek Pottery (impressed)
- Panogana Pottery – Panogana Pottery Tasmania (impressed)
- Pappinbarra Creek Pottery – CE (impressed in circle), alone or with Pappinbarra Creek (impressed) or Pappinbarra Creek Pottery (printed)
- Paris Creek Pottery – Paris Creek Pottery (incised)
- Park, Ruth – Ruth Park (incised)
- Parker, Andrew – Andrew Parker with obp for Over the Bridge Pottery [1996]; also Parker (painted) and Jekyll Ware by Andrew Parker of Uralla, NSW (paper label)
- Parker, Shirley – S in square (impressed), S. Parker (painted)
- Paroissien, Danielle – in 1973 but no mark recorded
- Parsons, Gwen – in 1981 but no mark recorded
- Passlow, Vicki –V. Passlow (painted)
- Pate, Klytie – Klytie Sclater (incised) 1935-1937, Klytie Pate (incised) 1937- [Ford]
- Patey, Megan – mP [1986, 1996]
- Patmore, Isaac – flourished scroll (impressed)
- Paton, Del – Del (incised)
- Patton, Valerie – Valerie Patton (incised)
- Paul, David – Paul (painted)
- Paw Pottery – Paw (impressed) with Pat (impressed) for Pat Walker
- Paydirt Pottery – LeRoy (impressed) with Paydirt Pottery York W.A. (impressed)
- Payne, John – J Payne (incised), Robertson Pottery (impressed) 1985-2002, Bingie Pottery (impressed) 2002-
- Paynter, Jeanie – in 1973 but no mark recorded
- Peach, Dianne – Dianne with bird under bell for Bellbird Pottery [1981], Dianne Peach (incised) [1985]
- Pearce, Merelyn – MP in circle (impressed)
- Pearce, Ray – Pearce (impressed) [1985]; also with COW (impressed) for Blind Cow Pottery
- Pearse, Mark – Pearse’s Pottery Uraidla (impressed), Pearse’s Pottery, Yankalilla (impressed)
- Pearson, Pat – P in triangle (impressed) [1977, 1981, 1985, 1986]; also Pat Pearson (cursive) [1981]
- Peascod, Alan – Peascod (painted)
- Pedler, Barbara – Pedler (painted)
- Pedler, David – David Pedler (painted in ceramic crayon)
- Pedler, Rod – Rod (incised), Low fired decorative vase / made by Rod Pedler South Australia / Will not hold water (paper label)
- Pedro’s Pottery – Windmill (impressed) with Pedro (impressed) or just Pedro (impressed)
- Pegler, Joan – Joan Pegler (impressed in two versions), Joan (impressed)
- Pemberton, Kaye – KP (impressed), Kaye Pemberton (painted)
- Pengelly, Barbara – bbp – second b and p smaller and above the bowl of the first b [1986]
- Pengelly, Tom – TP – looks like a needle and thread [1981]
- Pennington, Pat – in 1990 but no mark recorded
- Pennisi, Carmelo – in 1981 but no mark recorded
- Penny’s Peace Pottery – PPP (impressed next to a map of Australia)
- Penwhaupell Pottery – Penwhaupell Pottery (painted)
- Pepper, Chris – CP in circle with PP in circle for Peppers Pottery [1981]; also C Pepper (painted)
- Peppi Pottery – Peppi (incised) for Dixie Butler
- Perceval, John – Perceval (painted or incised) [Ford]; also P (painted)
- Perth Studio Potters
- Peterkin, Les – LP – looks like LAP (incised), Peterkin (incised), L.P. (incised) next to Mosman with whale (impressed), Peterkin Tyalgum (painted or incised), Peterkin Tyalgum (impressed in three versions) [Ford]; also Peterkin (painted), Old Sydney Town (incised)
- Peterkin, Sharon – Sharon Peterkin W.A. (painted), Purple Betty Designs W.A. (painted), Handpainted by Sharon Peterkin, handthrown by Russell Deane (paper label)
- Petersen, Ruth – R Petersen (painted)
- Petruccelli, Peter – P inside house in circle [1981]; Petruccelli (painted) [Skepsi]; also earlier marks P (painted) and Peter (painted)
- Petruccelli, Peter and Mary Pancoast – Petruccellis Ceramics UBeaconsfield (impressed) [1981]; also Stoney Creek Pottery (impressed)
- Phelan, Robyn – RP (incised) [JAC50/3]
- Phillips, Catherine – Catherine Phillips (incised)
- Phillips, Howard – Eldorado Pottery (impressed), H. Phillips (incised)
- Phillips, Jill – Jill Phillips (painted)
- Phillips, Maria – Maria (incised)
- Phoenix Pottery (WA)– no mark recorded at this time
- Pickard, Libby – LP (impressed)
- Pickett, Brigitte – in 1988 but no mark recorded
- Pierce, Judy and Ric – One Tree Hill Pottery Beechworth (impressed), six-petal flower (impressed), One Tree Hill Pottery (impressed), One Tree Hill Pottery Beechworth RjP (impressed), OTH (incised)
- Piggford Agnew, Joan – Piggford (incised), P.J. Piggford (impressed), JP (impressed) with eight-spoked wheel (impressed)
- Pigott, John – O (impressed) with a dividing line, JP (impressed); also unmarked
- Pike, Graham and Christian Vocke – CVGP (painted or incised)
- Pile, Dennis – DP in circle [1977]
- Pill, Stephen and Silvana – Clay Impressions Australia (printed)
- Pilliga Pottery – Pilliga Pottery (incised) [1996 under Richard C. Rickert]
- Pilven, Janine – Janine Pilven [1996]
- Pilven, Peter – Peter Pilven [1996]; also P. Pilven (painted), Pilven (painted), P.P. (impressed)
- Pilven, Ruby – RP – the R reversed [JAC 50/1]
- Pine, Peter – in 1981 but no mark recorded
- Pine Ridge Pottery – pinetree in circle (impressed) with K or R (impressed) for Kathleen or Russell Whiteoak
- Pitt, Greg – P in circle [1981, 1985]; also Pitt (impressed), Greg Pitt (impressed – two versions), Greg Pitt South Australia (impressed)
- Pitt, Trevor – TPitt inside The Claypitt original Australian pottery (printed) [1996]; also TPitt inside Original Australian Pottery (printed), TPitt inside Handcrafted in Australia (printed), Mt Gambier Pottery / Rock from Mt Shank was used to make the glaze on this pot / Trevor Pitt (paper label), TPitt Australia (incised)
- Pittard, Chris – Chris Pittard (painted)
- Pittard, Mary Lou – M Lou, M Lou Pittard or Mary Lou Pittard (painted or incised)
- Plant, Jo – JP (impressed)
- Plant, Viv – Viv Plant [1977, 1981]
- Plum Pottery – no mark yet recorded
- Plumridge, Christopher – CP (impressed) with Claystone (impressed) and map of Australia
- Point Lookout Pottery – Point Lookout Pottery (impressed)
- Pomeranz, Ric – FP (impressed) for Frederic Pomeranz, kanji character in circle (impressed), cat with barber’s pole (impressed) for The Barber’s Cat Pottery, Pomeranz Studio Pottery Sherbrooke (impressed)
- Port Curtis Pottery – Port Curtis Pottery Australian made around a W in square (printed), Port Curtis Australian Pottery (impressed)
- Port O’ Freo Pottery – Port O’ Freo Pottery (impressed)
- Port Stephens Pottery – Port Stephens Pottery Australia (impressed), the same stamp with DSL in the centre for Daniel Stephen Limon
- Porter, Roz – Roz (painted)
- Portnoy, Sallie – egg crossed by wriggly line in square [1982]
- Possum Gully Pottery – Possum Gully Pottery Healesville Australia (impressed)
- Possum Pots – Possum Pots / Original ceramics / Made in Australia / Bev Puckridge / Ian Winter (printed)
- Potiphar, Reg and Ivy – Ivy Potiphar (incised), Potiphar (incised)
- Potpourri Pottery – P (impressed) with an impressed butterfly
- Potter, David – D. Potter (cursive) [1981]
- Potter, Kim – Kim Potter (incised), KP (impressed or incised)
- Potters Arms Studio -Potters Arms with Z motif [1986 under Garry Bish]
- Potters Wheel – P with circular stroke [1981 under Fran & Garry Palecek]
- Pottery Loft – Pottery Loft (painted)
- Pottery Window – NC (incised) for Neville Cutts with Pottery Window Richmond NSW (paper label)
- Pottique Pottery – Pottique (painted)
- Potts, Hedley – Hedley Potts (incised)
- Poulton, Donna – D (impressed) – in a medieval font
- Poulton, Irene – IP (impressed)
- Povey, Freya – Freya S. Aust (incised), F. Povey Adelaide incised), F. Povey S. Australia (incised), F.P. (painted), Freya Povey Australia (printed)
- Powell, Billie – Billie Powell (painted) [1996]; also Billie Powell (impressed), Billie Powell Tasmania (impressed)
- Powell, Jeanne – JP (impressed)
- Powell, Max – MP (painted)
- Powell, Noel – Noel Powell (incised)
- Pozzi, Colleen – POZ (impressed), Neergabbie Pottery / Colleen Pozzi (paper label), CP (incised)
- Pratley, Pam – Pam Pratley (incised)
- Preston, Reginald (Reg) – Preston (incised or painted), RP (incised or painted), .P. (painted) [Ford]; also Ceres (painted) and Regus (painted), with Gus McLaren
- Pribaz, Marina – mp (painted)
- Priest’s Gully Pottery – PG (impressed) for Robert (Bob) Forster
- Prince, Stephen – S Prince (incised), SP (incised)
- Pritchard, Leon – LP in a circle [1982]
- Procter, Sue and Will – Barham with map of Australia (impressed) [1985]
- Pryor, Bruce – B, P and a Japanese gate (separetely impressed), BP under the gate (impressed), with and without impressed shells
- Ptak, Armin and Christian Vocke – APCV (painted or incised)
- Puckridge, Bev – in 1977 under Ian Winter but no mark recorded
- Puckridge, Bev and Ian Winter – Possum Pots / Original ceramics / Made in Australia / Bev Puckridge / Ian Winter (printed)
- Pudney, J. – J. Pudney (incised)
- Pugh, Michael – M Pugh (incised)
- Pullar, Aleida – a in lozenge, Aleida Pullar [1996]
- Pullum, Elaine – Turnpike Pottery Victoria Australia (impressed) with ESP (impressed) for Elaine Sangster Pullum
- Puls, Megan – Megan (cursive)
- Pumpa, Roman and Karin – Pumpa (incised), Pumpa Terrigal (incised), Pumpa Australia (incised)
- Punton, Kerry – K. Punton with head of chook in circle [1996]
- Purantatameri, Eddie – EP (painted or incised)
- Purcell, Louise – lb (impressed) for Louise Bailey, Carcoar Pottery (impressed), Louise Purcell (cursive)
- Purcell, Nicola – Nicola Purcell (painted) [1996]
- Purple Betty Designs – Purple Betty Designs W.A. (painted)
- Pyke, Janet – JP (incised)
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