Australian potters' marks
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Selected images W
- Wakefield, Bernadette – Handcrafted pottery by Bernadette Wakefield (paper label)
- Walford, Angela – figure of a potter (impressed) [JAC 54/1]
- Walker, David – in 1988 and 1990 but no mark recorded
- Walker, Pat – Paw (impressed) with Pat (impressed)
- Wallace, Mary – MW (impressed) – two versions, Spiral (impressed), Mary Wallace Spiral Studio Denmark Western Australia (painted), Handcrafted by Spiral Studio Denmark W.A. (paper label)
- Wallace, Peter – Peter (incised)
- Wallambine Pottery – tree in house (impressed) [1990 under Suzanne Startin]
- Wallan Pottery – L. Dinan Wallan (incised), Wallan Pottery L. Dinan (incised)
- Wallis, Rose – Rose Wallis (painted), Rose Wallis handmade in Australia (painted)
- Warna Ware – Warna Ware (impressed) sometimes with Hervey Bay (impressed) or Australia (impressed)
- Warner, Amanda – AWarner (incised), Amanda Warner (incised)
- Warner, Sallee – SW (impressed) with impressed shell
- Warren, Peggy – Peggie Warren (painted) [Ford]; also Glathe [Ford] and possibly Warren Glathe
- Warrnambool Pottery – Warrnambool (impressed) for Ken Sadler [Ford]
- Wartook Pottery – Wartook Pottery (impressed)
- Wassing, Walter – Walter Wassing (incised), WW (impressed)
- Waterson, Ingrid – Pottery of Central Australia by Ingrid Lahe (printed label), Pottery of Central Australia by Ingrid Waterson (printed label)
- Waterson, Robert – Robert Waterson Redbyrne Potteries (impressed), Waterson (painted)
- Watkins, Jane – JW (painted), Jane Lanyon (painted), Jane (incised)
- Watson, Don – W [1981] – W or perhaps DW – looks like a trident
- Watson, Carol – C (incised)
- Watson, Lois – LW. (painted)
- Watson, Peter – W (impressed) – looks like bird on wing
- Watson, Ruth – in 1973 but no mark recorded
- Watson, Ted – Rosebud Farm Pottery Bateman’s Bay (impressed), TW (impressed) – we think
- Watt, Alan – AW (impressed) [1977]; also Alan Watt (incised)
- Watt, Allen – Lightning Ridge AW (incised)
- Watts, Robert – R Watts (incised)
- Weatherly, Lilia – LW [1977, 1981, 1986]
- Webb, Hilda – in 1973 but no mark recorded
- Webb, Kym – K Webb (incised)
- Webb, Roger – W (incised)
- Webber, Judith Anne – Judith Webber or JW (cursive) [1996]
- Webster, Barbara – BW (impressed), Webster (incised)
- Webster, Joan – Joan Webster (incised)
- Wedd, Gerry – GW or Gerry Wedd (cursive)
- Wein, Michael – Michael Wein (incised), M. Wein (incised)
- Weiner, Miriam – in 1981 but no mark recorded
- Weise, Bernd – bw (impressed), image of toucan (impressed) for Toucan Pottery, Weise (painted)
- Weiss, Renate – RW (impressed) with Australia (impressed)
- Welch, Robin – Robin Welch (painted) [Ford]; also Robin Welch (impressed), Robin Welch Pottery (impressed)
- Weller, Gaye – Gaye Weller (painted or incised)
- Wellfare, Pauline – PW (impressed) – in two forms with sheaf of three wheat stalks (impressed); also Pauline (incised)
- Wells, Karen – in 1988 and in 1990 with Hidé Kobayashi but no mark recorded
- Wells, Maura – MW (incised)
- Wentholt-Dwyer, Lisette – in 1986, 1988 and 1990 but no mark recorded
- Wesolowski, Chris – Chris (incised)
- West, Frances – in 1973-1988 but no mark recorded
- Weston, Frank – rectangle crossed by a horizontal line at the top and a vertical line to the right and filled from the base with a half oval with dot [1977]
- Wheeler, Paul – P. Wheeler (impressed) with Australian Handcrafted Pottery (impressed)
- White, Heather and Graham – ef in circle with three flames [1981, 1986]
- White, Jan – Jan T. White (painted or incised)
- White, Kevin – KW (painted) [Skepsi]
- Whitehand, Dawn – Dawn W (incised) [JAC 49/2]
- Whitehead, Helen – HW (incised)
- Whitehead, Jan – Jan Whitehead (incised)
- Whiteman Creek Pottery – W (impressed), Whiteman Ck Pottery Grafton (impressed) from 1980-1986
- Whiteoak, Graham – no mark yet recorded
- Whiteoak, Kathleen – K with pinetree in circle (impressed)
- Whiteoak, Russell – Russell Whiteoak Pine Ridge Pottery Arthurs Seat, VIC. (incised), R with pinetree in circle (impressed)
- Whitford, Neil – organic and curved t (impressed)
- White, Cynthia – CNW (incised)
- Whitie, Gwen – GW (painted) [1977]
- Whitney, Diana – DW (incised) – the W over the D [1986]; also with Charters Towers (impressed)
- Whittaker, Dianne – Dianne Whittaker Darwin. N.T. (impressed), Whittaker Darwin. N.T. (painted)
- Whittaker, Rosemary – RW (impressed, painted or embossed)
- Whittle, Margaret – W (impressed)
- Whyte, Alistair – Alistair Whyte (impressed or painted), A. White (painted), AW (painted)
- Whyte, Harry – Hand made in Australia by H.W. Pottery, HW – Studio, H.W. Studio, HW and H.W. (all incised) [Ford]
- Widdows, Juliet – dragonfly (impressed), JCW (incised)
- Wiedenhofer, Yuri – YW (impressed) [JAC 49/1]
- Wilkie, Graeme – GW (incised) [JAC 49/1]
- Wilkinson, Ann(e?) – AW (impressed) with Berridale Pottery (impressed)
- Wilkinson, Joan (South Hurstville) – JW [1977, 1981]
- Wilkinson, Joan (Kalaru) – Wilkinson
- Williams, David – DP Williams (painted) [1996]; also David Williams or David WIlliams Handcrafted in Australia (both impressed)
- Williams, Kate – Kate W (incised)
- Williams, Steve – SW
- Williams-Levy, Maureen – MW (incised)
- Willis, Craig – Craig Willis Redbyrne Potteries Shepparton (impressed)
- Willis, Martin – MR Willis [1996]
- Willis, Rhonda – RW (incised), RWillis (incised), Rhonda Willis (incised on raku clay buildings)
- Willmott, Lyn – L Willmott (incised)
- Wilson, Lew – LW (with each character impressed in separate circles), a version of the LW mark with an extra empty circle forming a triangle, Lew Wilson (impressed) with an impressed kangaroo
- Wilson, Maryann – MEW (impressed), Maryann (painted)
- Wilson, Michael – Wilson (painted), MW (impressed) with flourished characters, MW (impressed) with map of Australia, MW (impressed) with map of Australia and bottlebrush
- Wilson, Neville – Maldon Pottery (impressed)
- Wilson, Peter – Wilson (incised) [1985, 1986]; also Peter Wilson (incised)
- Wilson, Thelma – TW (impressed or incised)
- Wilson, Valerie – VW – the W inside the V [1977, 1981, 1985]
- Wilton, Charles – Charles Wilton (incised) [Ford]; also C Wilton (incised)
- Winbourne Pottery – WP (impressed) with LP (impressed) [1977 under Leonard Smith]
- Winchcomb, Glad – Winchcomb Gleeson (impressed)
- Winchester, Bruce – Bruce Winchester (incised) with kookaburra (impressed)
- Windmill Pottery – Windmill Pottery in map of Australia with Totally Australian
- Winter, A – A. Winter (incised)
- Winter, Ian – IW – I above W [1977]
- Winter, Ian and Bev Puckridge – Possum Pots / Original ceramics / Made in Australia / Bev Puckridge / Ian Winter (printed)
- Winter, Kirk – Animal figures from the chinese Zodiac for each year from 1998- , plus two squiggly lines with two dots, an eight-petal flower, a leftward-facing horse, K.W. (KW) and K.Winter for 1992-1994 [JAC 49/1]
- Wishart, Wendy – Wendy Wishart (incised), Wendy (incised)
- Witt, Sonja – SW (incised)
- Woergoetter, David – W (impressed in square), Port Curtis Pottery Australian made around a W in square (printed), Port Curtis Australian Pottery (impressed)
- Wolfe, Lawrence – W in circle (impressed)
- Wolfhound Pottery – Wolfhound Pottery Quinninup (impressed)
- Wood, Jo – JW (impressed) with a lizard between the letters
- Wood, Rick – RW [1981, 1985, 1986]; also Rick Wood (incised)
- Wood, Valeska – no mark recorded yet
- Woodcock, Bess – BW (incised)
- Woodforde, Roma – RW in square [1977]. R in circle [1981, 1986]
- Woodfyre Pottery – Woodfyre Pottery (incised)
- Woodland, David – David Woodland (incised)
- Woodstock Pottery – WP (impressed) [1981 under Leonard Bell]
- Woodvale Pottery – Woodvale Pottery (impressed)
- Wordsworth, Don – W sideways in D with METUNG VICTORIA in an oval (both impressed) [Skepsi]
- Workman, Peter – PW in triangle (impressed) with Peter Workman (painted or incised) [1977, 1981]
- Wright, Christine – Christine Wright (incised)
- Wright, Elizabeth – EW (impressed)
- Wulff, Roswitha – Triangle inside triangle [1977], Roswitha and RW [1996]
- Wyatt, Fleur – FLEUR (incised)
- Wyllie, Cath – Cath Wyllie (incised)
- Wynn, Paul – PW (impressed) in two versions, with Sturt Pottery seal from 1978-80
- Wynstra, Aleida – in 1977 but no mark recorded
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