O. B. Pottery Mark on Ott and Brewer Belleek

by Becky
(North Ogden, Utah)

O. B. Pottery Mark on Ott and Brewer Belleek:- I have been researching this find I believe it to be the early Ott and Brewer Beleek. I was wondering the value and the pattern.

Becky

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O. B. Pottery Mark on Ott and Brewer Beleek

Hi Becky

The short answer is I don't know. Research patterns with replacements.com - I tell you how on this page....

www.figurines-sculpture.com/china-patterns.html

Values, we don't cover in this section which is more about identifying what you have. Go here for some personally delivered expert advice on valuations:

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Meantime so as to make this page useful for people finding it on Google or Bing searches, here are a selection of Ott & Brewer marks I know of:-



Ott & Brewer were first established in 1863 as Bloor, Ott & Brewer. Brewer had the forsight to employ great design and worked with sculptor Isaac Broome who worked superbly in the fashionable parian ware of the time - a white marble looking ceramic body. Broome famously created the Baseball Vase and also won many awards for his work.



The Ott & Brewer historic parian busts by Broome, like the two above - guess who those two guys are! ;-) - tend to go for four figure sums. The amount varies according to the subject matter, but I have seen $1000 to £4000 at auction hammer prices

Ott and Brewer also figured out how the Irish made Belleek (the secret was a special clay body - you can read more about this if you use my in-house search engine at the top right of this page - keyword = "belleek") and made some of the most outstanding American porcelain ever made. I saw that a small O & B beleek vase went for $2350 in 2004 in a sale at Rago Auctions, Lambertville, NJ

So I am pleased to have had this submission if only to have put this great maker on show a little.

Please post if you have any Ott & brewer to tell us about. I like this maker very muchly.

Best regards

Peter (admin)

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Researching the identity and value of antique and vintage fine china.

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