Titian Studio Pottery Blog

 The Fortune Teller's face was based on a photograph of who?   Sherwood - The Fortune Teller (1953) For the majority of us we have only ever known Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth as our monarch, however for my ninety-one-year-old father, King Charles will be the fourth King he's known (1) . The morning I heard the news of the Queen's death was the anniversary of my mother's passing thirty three years ago. I cried. Mum loved Princess Elizabeth, who later became the Queen of England. She purchased many royalty books over her life time. Her childhood scrap books were filled with magazine and newspaper cuttings of the two princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret growing up, and colourful pictures of flowers, dogs and birds.  (1) George V (died 1936), Edward V111 (abdicated 1936), George V1 (died 1952), Elizabeth (died 2022), King Charles 111.  King George V and Queen Mary with their grand-daughter Princess Elizabeth (The lives of the Kings & Queens of England edite...

  The fragile nautilus shell is carefully cradled in coral. Sherwood Nautilus on Coral vase  from Cam & Bev's private collection The original hand-painted Nautilus on Coral vase was modelled by Cameron Brown Senior, and decorated by Dorothy in the Sherwood era from 1950 until 1953/1954, at Waitakere. This was prior to their name change to Titian Studio, which I believe is around this time. This example, photographed by me, is from Cameron and Bev's private collection and was included in the Auckland Museum's Titian Exhibition in June 2004.  Sherwood Nautilus on Coral vase  (base) from Cam & Bev's private collection Bisk fired blanks were supplied by Sherwood Pottery to Owen Salisbury's Royal Oak Pottery. It was at his factory that they were painted gold or a dark cream then a shellac clear coat to seal the paint. You'll find many of the Sherwood supplied Royal Oak pieces, like this vase, the fish with bubbles toothbrush holder, and the wall moth vas...