Signed Modern Pottery Vessel and Fossil

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  1. dude

    dude Well-Known Member

    Hi all,

    Does anyone recognize the sig (Hursch? Hirsch?) and/or what kind of fossil that is?

    Thanks

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  2. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Think the fossil may be more like the mineral formation called a 'desert rose'.
     
    Bronwen, Sep 29, 2022
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  3. silverbell

    silverbell Well-Known Member

    !!!
     
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  4. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Yes, for the "fossil"= gypsum crystals.
     
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  5. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    That's absolutely desert rose, I've got some. Found in Texas but also in the middle east.
     
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  6. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Maybe the signature is Hüsch? There might be a "u" with two very light marks above it.
     
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  7. Rclinftl

    Rclinftl Well-Known Member

    hirsch pottery - Bing images -there is a vessel that look identical with a cork lid that someone called a cookie jar - and there is a listing for similiar wares posted on pintrest

    I think it is Peter Hirsch of Rock Brook

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  8. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Looks like it!
     
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  9. dude

    dude Well-Known Member

    You guys never cease to amaze me.

    I agree that it's his work . . . I discovered that he perished from mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure from the NYTAL® 100 talc he used in his ceramics, and his widow got 3.5 mil: https://www.levylaw.com/blog/2006/november/nation-s-first-mesothelioma-compensation-verdict/

    Makes me wonder how safe it is to have a bunch of vintage and antique pottery when ceramics, clays, and glazes often contain asbestos, lead, silica, and even arsenic. I know the airborne forms are the most dangerous, but still . . .

    I also wonder how much Hirsch's pottery has sold or retails for.
     
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