Showing posts with label syltetøy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label syltetøy. Show all posts
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Stavangerflint Syltetøy Jar
This was my grandma's covered syltetøy jar. The bottom is marked only with the Stavangerflint logo and "Norway." I don't know who this designer was.
You'll notice the small smudge at about 3:00 on the Stavangerflint logo. I used to think those were just smudges, but I recently read that there was a pattern to them - but no one seems to know what that pattern was! One contemporary pottery studio, Ephraim Faience from Wisconsin, uses a similar method to indicate the year of production (a hatch-mark at 3:00 meant it was produced in 2003). I assume the Stavangerflint mark was used in a similar manner. The glaze marks seem more prevalent on the older pieces. Now we just have to find out what they considered year-zero.
You'll notice the small smudge at about 3:00 on the Stavangerflint logo. I used to think those were just smudges, but I recently read that there was a pattern to them - but no one seems to know what that pattern was! One contemporary pottery studio, Ephraim Faience from Wisconsin, uses a similar method to indicate the year of production (a hatch-mark at 3:00 meant it was produced in 2003). I assume the Stavangerflint mark was used in a similar manner. The glaze marks seem more prevalent on the older pieces. Now we just have to find out what they considered year-zero.
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