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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 28538, member: 30"]This clay color also appears in all of southern Louisiana. There appears to be a mark (a number in a circle) at the pointed center tip (tail) of the bottom - am I seeing something there? </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the color, it appears to be very close to CamArk green, McCoy also used this style of dark green glaze. It more resembles a McCoy type bottom than a CamArk but CamArk may have used circles with numbers. I have not researched this and I don't have any of my books with me. These are just guesses on my part and of course, everyone's monitor displays a bit different color variation. Yes the sun and minerals in the rain play havoc with a ceramic glaze over time but I don't think that happened here. This may not be as old as it looks. There was a "resurgence" of dark green "planters" in the late twentieth century and the bottom clay bisque part looks way too clean to have ever been used outdoors as a planter. </p><p><br /></p><p>The eye looks to have been repainted - no biggie. It's a nice piece, whatever / whenever it was made. </p><p><br /></p><p>What is that little green round thingy in the background?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 28538, member: 30"]This clay color also appears in all of southern Louisiana. There appears to be a mark (a number in a circle) at the pointed center tip (tail) of the bottom - am I seeing something there? As for the color, it appears to be very close to CamArk green, McCoy also used this style of dark green glaze. It more resembles a McCoy type bottom than a CamArk but CamArk may have used circles with numbers. I have not researched this and I don't have any of my books with me. These are just guesses on my part and of course, everyone's monitor displays a bit different color variation. Yes the sun and minerals in the rain play havoc with a ceramic glaze over time but I don't think that happened here. This may not be as old as it looks. There was a "resurgence" of dark green "planters" in the late twentieth century and the bottom clay bisque part looks way too clean to have ever been used outdoors as a planter. The eye looks to have been repainted - no biggie. It's a nice piece, whatever / whenever it was made. What is that little green round thingy in the background?[/QUOTE]
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