Martha Carver Pottery

Active in the 1970's and 1980's Martha Carver sold her pottery at craft fairs organized by the Prince Edward Island Crafts Council.

This example of her work, a tiny potpourri jar was unsigned but indicates the reddish clay body and glaze technique she used.

Any additional information on the work of Martha Carver would be appreciated.

Patricia Richardson - Patsy Pots, Charlottetown

Patricia Richardson operated her studio under the name Patsy Pots, working out of her home workshop on Queen Elizabeth Drive in Charlottetown in the 1980's.

In retirement she has devoted more time to painting and continues to enjoy summers visits on the Island along with her husband Tom Richardson, while maintaining their main home in Nova Scotia.

Her work was in a white stoneware and used a number of different bright coloured glazed. She signed her work Patsy Pots PEI

Arden Howard Pottery

Arden Howard established her pottery on PEI in the 1980's and benefited from a time when Holland College School of Visual Arts was providing pottery training at that time.

Arden and her husband Bill Howard relocated to Alberta where she continued her pottery work.

While on PEI her work was signed Arden as well including PEI.

Daphne & Ian Scott Family Collection

Daphne & Ian Scott Family Collection

Daphne & Ian Scott Family Collection

Ramsay Pottery, Summerside, PEI

Charlotte Ramsay operated Ramsay Pottery in Summerside, PEI during the early 1970's. She also operated an antique shop along with her husband Lorne. Her pottery, made of red clay, used underglaze techniques where oxides were used for decorative purposes with a clear glaze over the top to produce a shiny red clay surface and black figures and illustrations showing through the glaze. The location of  Ramsay Pottery and antique business was the historic MacLennan-Hunt house.

The work was signed with the Ramsay Pottery mark on the bottom along with the location Summerside P.E.I. - on some pieces the year is also included. Charlotte was also a weaver and studied at Holland College School of Visual Arts.

Charlotte M. Ramsay died in 2010 at the age of 89, according to her obituary.

Research is ongoing on this work and any assistance is appreciated.

Courtesy of Blue House Antiques & Collectibles, 22 Brackley Point Road, Charlottetown - 2016