Can anyone read the signature or identify time period?

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  1. Holzy

    Holzy Member

    Hi!
    Can anyone read the signature on this pitcher or give me any idea on the style or time period? I'm not entirely sure if I'm even looking at the signature right side up! IMG_6658-1.jpg
    Thanks! IMG_6653.jpg IMG_6659-1.jpg
     
    Holzy, Aug 22, 2020
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  2. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    @Any Jewelry????? Sure doesn't look English!! At least not to me..........either which way!!
     
    Aquitaine, Aug 22, 2020
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  3. Holzy

    Holzy Member

    Haha, I know! Every time I look at it I get more confused--both ways seem possible! Thanks for trying!
     
    Holzy, Aug 22, 2020
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  4. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Second way up looks more promising to me. E. Janz? Tanz? Otherwise, Czuo? F. In my world signatures sometimes have the letter 'F' after the name for fecit, 'made it'; would be surprised if that were the case here.
     
    Bronwen, Aug 22, 2020
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  5. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Shape is that of a French pichon or pichet.
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Wasn't this type of ceramics made in one of the Baltic states? Lithuania maybe?
    I know someone called Ernst Jansz, but although he is multi-talented, I don't think ceramics are his thing.
    He used to be a pop musician, one of our Dutch Indonesians, which means teenage girls used to faint when they saw him.:hilarious:
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    Any Jewelry, Aug 23, 2020
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  7. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Teen heartthrob for sure.
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    They had ambulances on stand-by. It was one of the reasons why he stopped for a while. Now he makes Dutch Indonesian music, and he writes books.
    He also collects Bali Art Deco and the occasional keris, which is how I got to know him.

    Anyway, none of this has anything to do with the lovely black pitcher.:)
     
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  9. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    He'd DO in a PINCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:joyful::joyful::joyful::joyful::joyful::joyful:
     
    Aquitaine, Aug 23, 2020
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  10. rene Zen Bali

    rene Zen Bali Member

    Hi Any Jewelry, I hope this finds you in the best of spirits and that all is well in your part of the world. I came across this interesting sculpture with the name Ketut Rodja carved on the bottom. just wondering if you may know more
     

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  11. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Best to page her. This thread is 5 months old.
    @Any Jewelry
     
    916Bulldogs123, Jan 14, 2021
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  12. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    @Any Jewelry - Yoohoo!!

    @rene Zen Bali - She is probably fast asleep right now but the above will get her to look in on this thread tomorrow. :happy::happy:

    Mike beat me to it but now it is for sure she will check it out. ;) :playful::playful:
     
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  13. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Hi rene! Been missing you, hope you are all right. I will reply in the Bali Art Deco thread:
    https://www.antiquers.com/threads/bali-art-deco-thread.30201/page-6#post-3419600
     
    Any Jewelry, Jan 15, 2021
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