A ceramic/pottery bowl, Evans

[Duer 157099]

Found this large bowl, tureen-ish, pottery piece, has 2 handles and interesting glazing (photo to come later) and on the bottom it's signed "Evans" and so a bit of googleing reveals that it's probably Tony Evans, who has a local studio around here. On ebay, there are several pieces under "Evans Raku" and the pricing is all over the place. But all of the pieces I've seen so far have more than just "Evans" signed on them - a number, or "Raku" or whatever.

So I'm wondering if maybe this is just a very early piece by Tony Evans himself. It's very crazed, so I guess that means it's old, right? What causes crazing anyway, and is it inevitable? When I see crazing on something, I take it as a sign of age, so when someone advertises something as having no crazing, I just think that it's not that old. Am I mistaken?

What's interesting is that it seems that maybe this Evans is also the Evans who is associated with that Desert Sands type pottery that I posted about a few threads back - so I may have another Evans piece too.

Oh, I just remembered I also found an interesting glass bottle, hourglass shaped, looks like a flask - and has markings on the bottom I cannot interpret.

Just posting for the sake of posting! :hi:

[grasswire]

1. keep it up

We're with ya.

Just to reinforce your instincts on mid-century stuff: I was in a vintage store yesterday that has nothing but teak and walnut at prices that I'm sure will bring a fine profit to the seller, considering the fact that many people are still willing to unload mid century as junk. Dining tables for a thousand dollars, for example.

[Duer 157099]

4. Yes, now I'm constantly on the lookout for wooden things

I picked up one old bowl, a light color, salad bowl size, nice grain, but the varnish is really all messed up and I'm tempted to try my hand at refinishing just because this one is useless as it is, and it's unmarked so probably only valuable for it's aesthetic appeal, which when refinished might be stunning.

[zabet]

2. Crazing is not 100% sure way to identify age.

Some glazes actually craze intentionally, in reference to old pottery, what it was used for, the type of clay and the type of glaze are all contributing factors to the crazing.

[Duer 157099]

3. Is it possible for something that's really old to *not* craze?

I know that some recent stuff can either be deliberately crazed, or that poor quality (materials or method, or both?) can cause premature crazing.

But if something is very old and not crazed, what could that mean? Maybe kept in a very controlled environment?