After an evening walk I was out on the porch enjoying a glass of wine (it finally feels like spring!) and I was looking at all the pots that we have displayed out here. Our collection is so large we that we don't have room for it all in the house! I was admiring these two pots that I found in the closet after JZ died. I packed them up and moved them twice. It was until I came to North Carolina that they have been on display. The one thing that I hadn't noticed before is that these have both John's JZ chop and Bill van Gilder's chop. I know that these were made when he and Bill were in business together and I think that John made them, but I am not 100% sure. When I pick them up they feel like John's, but maybe I am a sentimental romantic!
I have quite a few pots that have both of their chop marks. Most are smaller and have more of a Byron Temple influence.
This card has been tucked inside John's kiln log & glaze recipe notebook. I treasure the notebook and refer to it often. The back of the card says the opening reception was on March 24, but there is no year. I am thinking sometime in the 80's. Perhaps John's family or Bill can help me figure out the date.
That's all the news from the back porch, sorry there was no musical accompaniment (lame reference to NPR's Back Porch music).
