Topic: Signature help please? ID = Amanda Angus, New Zealand

[davem]

I can not figure out this signature on this small pot at all so was hoping someone here may be able to help .

Has a rough pontil and base shows age wear .
 
4 1/2 cm high x 8 1/2 cm wide

Below this signature is either NZ N3 N2 or ZN

Many thanks in advance , Dave from Ireland .

[ahremck]

I reckon a definite NZ.  Try http://newzealandglass.blogspot.com.au/ where Stuart Park runs a blog.  He is very knowledgeable.

Ross

[davem]

Thanks Ross , I will look into that , Dave.

[gaspy1]

Yes, it's NZ all right, a nice example of the kina (Māori name for sea urchin) vases made by Amanda Angus in New Plymouth in the 1990s. The signature says A Angus.

I have had an email from Dave directly also, so I will respond to him offline as well.

[gaspy1]

Here is a photo of two of Mandy's kina forms from my collection. These are rather squatter than yours, and perhaps more typical of those I have seen. These are not signed or dated, as many of her pieces are not, but I purchased them new, identified as being her work, from a studio glass gallery in Napier (North Island NZ) in January 1998, so presumably they were made in 1997 

[davem]

Thank you very much with the ID here Stuart .
I did search New Zealand glass and sea urchin before I came here but had no results . It's a lovely delicate item , Dave.