It was one of those dreary wet rainy April
days in 2012, just after the hose pipe ban had come into effect and out of the
blue a parcel landed on my door mat. I wasn't expecting anything, so
this alone added a little excitement to my day. When I opened it I
discovered a pristine copy of the Briglin book by Anthea Arnold.
Now I am a huge Briglin fan and as such I already own a copy of this book thanks to my lovely sister. As you can imagine I was quite confuddled. I quickly checked my Amazon, Abe and eBay accounts to check I hadn't pressed the wrong button at some point, but no. On the back of the packaging I discovered one of those little gold address labels and there was a phone number. Moments later I had explained my confusion to a lovely lady on the telephone and she was able to explain everything to me.
A week or so before I had bought an unusual Briglin item on eBay. It was a lamp base with a bird added, using the scraffito technique, I hadn't seen one like it before.
The base arrived and it was so well cushioned I could hardly contain
myself when unpacking it. I was utterly pleased with it in every way
except for the fact that there wasn't a Briglin back stamp. I was
quite disappointed by this although I still thought it probably was
Briglin, ideally I like to know if something is unmarked and I mentioned
this in my Ebay feedback.
Back to the telephone call... the lady on the telephone explained to me that her husband was upset that he hadn't told me the lamp base wasn't marked and as such he had decided to send me a copy of the book. She asked me to open the book as her husband had photocopied the first photograph in the book and popped inside for me. The photograph was of all the potters stood outside the Briglin pottery and here is the copy...
Look closely at the picture and then it will dawn you as it did me, that
I was talking to one of the Briglin Potters! Back in Briglin days the
lovely lady was Lyn Colavecchia, now she is Lyn Lovitt. I have to admit
I was slightly star struck. We chatted for a few moments about my
Briglin collection and I have to admit I began to feel quite guilty
about the comment I had made on eBay. So Mr and Mrs Lovitt just in case
you read this, I believe you, I now know the lamp base is Briglin and
thank you very much for the book too. By the way Mrs Lovitt, to me you
are like a Super Star! That is how the kindness of strangers is what
turned my day from dreary to bright!
Now I am a huge Briglin fan and as such I already own a copy of this book thanks to my lovely sister. As you can imagine I was quite confuddled. I quickly checked my Amazon, Abe and eBay accounts to check I hadn't pressed the wrong button at some point, but no. On the back of the packaging I discovered one of those little gold address labels and there was a phone number. Moments later I had explained my confusion to a lovely lady on the telephone and she was able to explain everything to me.
A week or so before I had bought an unusual Briglin item on eBay. It was a lamp base with a bird added, using the scraffito technique, I hadn't seen one like it before.
Back to the telephone call... the lady on the telephone explained to me that her husband was upset that he hadn't told me the lamp base wasn't marked and as such he had decided to send me a copy of the book. She asked me to open the book as her husband had photocopied the first photograph in the book and popped inside for me. The photograph was of all the potters stood outside the Briglin pottery and here is the copy...
