Unidentified Potter. Maybe Chinese?
Unglazed oval.
I bought this from Mike Lee maybe in 2013 for $25.00. For a while, it had a nice small Kingsville Boxwood forest in it. But in 2014 I moved that group to a larger pot. This is still just sitting around, waiting to be used. The darker color in the photos below is the most accurate. It’s made from a brown clay, not tan.
March 2018 I put the remains of the trident forest I bought at Brussel’s in 2014 in this pot. Nothing has died since then, but only two have thrived. Time will tell, but I predict I’ll sell this group eventually, pot and all.
12″ x 8 3/4″ x 1 3/4″
Two drainage holes — sort of big ones. |
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Unidentified Chinese. Rectangle
I think I paid $40.00 for this one, maybe in 2012 or 2013. I wasn’t keeping records on pots at that time. There’s a chip on one corner, but it’s a very strong pot, slightly rounded flare to the sides. All I need now is a very large juniper to put in it. |
 Chop  Back (chipped corner) |
| Unidentified Chinese. Round |
 Front
 Chop  Interior  Bottom  Bottom |
Unidentified Japanese Potter.
Unglazed Oval Tray. I bought this February 12, 2018 ABS sale of Mike Lee’s pots and tools. Brian had marked is as “Tokoname?” — so I’m going to believe it is. Until I decide to send a bunch of chop marks to Ryan Bell and ask him what it is. I paid $60.00 for it.
Seven drain holes.
The first photo below shows the cutouts I had made to plan the placement of trees in a forest in this pot. I did that in March 2018, but the reality is a little bit different. See the photo below.
18 3/4″ x 13 1/4″ x 1 1/2″. |
 Fitted out for a maple forest. February 2018  Potter’s mark  Potter’s mark and central drain  Overly Cluttered Photo  Summer, 2018. Japanese Maple Landscape Planting. (The trees are not identical, so it’s not a true forest.) |
Unidentified Japanese Potter.
Glazed Oval. Blue. The first Saturday Workshop I went to, Brian gave Judy a beautiful honeysuckle (the other native kind, not the wild azaleas or the vines we have here) in this pot. The next spring I repotted it, and it died a month later. I offered Brian the pot back, but he said, “Just keep it. It didn’t come out with the right color.”
So I’ve kept it.
Five drain holes, 4 wire tie-down holes.
I haven’t really measured it yet, but it’s about 16″ at its widest point. |
 Just after a wash  Potter’s mark  From above  Potter’s mark |
Unidentified Chinese.
Unglazed Square Semi-Cascade. Jane and John Walker went to Brussels in March 2017 to buy plants for the BBG sale, and I asked them to look at unglazed pots for the “Father’s Day” juniper. I was thinking of planting it at an angle, so a semi-cascade like this made sense. But in Rodney’s workshop a day or so later, he didn’t like the idea. So — I now have this large semi-cascade pot lying around waiting for a tree. It cost $45.00.
Spring 2018. I planted the wisteria from Cook Hill in this pot. I think it looks great. YMMV.
Measurements later.
Five drainage holes, two tie-downs. |
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Unidentified Japanese.
Unglazed round shallow bowl. This is perhaps the worst choice I’ve made on a FaceBook auction page. It was billed as a Tokoname pot, and maybe it is. But I was very disappointed in it when I unpacked it. I honestly think I grossly overpaid at $45.00.
7″ x 1.25″
One drainage hole, no tie-downs. |
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