We knew David Sharp well - he's mentioned here... When Senora O'Blene's parents eventually retired from the pub where we usually met David, they bought several of his creations, some of which we still have, and treasure!
When her parents left us all alone, The Otter stayed with us, and has pride of place on a central shelf, as he really is a masterpiece, and we love him! Various other items in that genre followed over the years, and only recently, we've bought several more, and have now run out of shelf-room...
They don't have huge value, just enough to make their lovely faces and shapes a comforting recall of a pretty good bloke, and we even saw his wife Dot a few years ago, and had a lovely chat!
Our own otter has much bigger eyes than the pic, and therefore is even more appealing, but you can see that David was pretty damn good with his kilns and painting!
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We like studio pottery and on our travels see lots of pieces we like. Our bits and bobs don't have huge value either which is good when buying, but there is so much talent out there it is hard to resist filling the house with more and more.
We've never really bothered too much, AK, but when Rye had several potteries (none now), we have a few of their vases and plant pots with the original distinctive designs, and they're used every day!
Ebay etc still have most of the style we like of DS - pale blue on white, and that's the design we like - as well as having our house nameplate made by him - to my design of course...
There are quite a feq dotted around here, as they were his alternative speciality!
Typo - 'FEW'...
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