This early large troika terracotta plate / charger was thrown by
Benny Sirota probably within the first year of the pottery opening. It has strong blue/turquoise & black glazes with a stylised leaf design which also adorn many of the various plates the pottery produced.
When I purchased this from the seller he told me that he knew of only one other in ‘red clay’ and that one had been damaged.
I cannot substantiate this but in all my years of collecting Troika pottery I have never seen another plate/charger produced in this larger size and in ‘terracotta’.
It has very
early 'scratched' Troika St Ives mark with separate
impressed troika trident mark.
Diameter 29.3 cm
This early large troika terracotta plate / charger was thrown by Benny Sirota probably within the first year of the pottery opening. It has strong blue/turquoise & black glazes with a stylised leaf design which also adorn many of the various plates the pottery produced. When I purchased this from the seller he told me that he knew of only one other in ‘red clay’ and that one had been damaged. I cannot substantiate this but in all my years of collecting Troika pottery I have never seen another plate/charger produced in this larger size and in ‘terracotta’. It has very early 'scratched' Troika St Ives mark with separate impressed troika trident mark. Diameter 29.3 cm
This is a very early beautiful hand-thrown terracotta bowl by Benny Sirota. Height: 12cm Diameter: 19cm