Troika Pottery Marks

Troika marks and artists monograms are present on all Troika pottery pieces.

Almost all Troika pottery was made in moulds, with most items having one basic mould.

Textured pieces had moulds with several different designs and decorators were given the freedom to modify textured moulds providing principal colour combinations were used.

Troika pottery marks are handwritten and Troika artists monograms can vary over time.

Particularly when female artists married and changed their surnames, as with Honor Curtis/Perkins.

In addition several artists had matching initials, as with Stella Benjamin and Sue Baden.

Both the above artists used the initials 'SB', and the monogram has to be visually checked to make sure the Troika piece has the correct attribution.

Example Troika Marks, Artists Monograms and Production Period Dates

Mary Baker (MB) - 1970's	Sally Bart (SB) - 1970's	John Bedding (JB) - 1967 to 1968
Roland Bence (RB) - 1965 to 1968 1970 to 1981 Pottery Manager	Stella Benjamin (SB) - 1963 to 1967	Avril Bennet (AB) - 1973 to 1979
Teo Bernatowitz (TB) - c1974	Penny Black (PB) - 1960's to 1976	Sue Bladen (SB) - 1975
David Bridge (DB) - 1969 to 1970	Alison Brigden (AB) - 1977 to 1983	Penny Broadribb (PB) - 1975 to 1976
Honor Curtis (HC) - 1969 to 1973	Tina Doubleday (TD) - 1977 to 1979	Vicky Drew (V) - 1980
Beverley Ellwood (BE) - late 1970's	Jane Fitzgerald (JF) - 1976 to 1983	Louise Graham (LG) - 1970's
Julian Greenwood-Penny (JP) - 1977-1983	Linda Hazel (LH) - early 1970's	Judith Illsey (JI) - 1980
Leslie Illsey (LI) - 1963 to 1983	Holly Jackson (HJ) - 1977 to 1978	Louise Jinks (LJ) - 1976 to 1981
Anne Jones (AJ) - 1976 to 1977	Simone Killburn (SK) - 1975 to 1977	Anne Lewis (AL) - 1966 to 1972
Sue Lowe (SL) - 1976 to 1977	Marilyn Pascoe (MP) - 1960's to 1974	Honor Perkins (HP) - 1968 to 1973
Tasmin Ruhrmund (TR) - 1978	Benny Sirota (BS) - 1963 to 1980	Linda Taylor (LT) - 1965 to 1975
Sylvia Vallence (SV) - 1967 to 1969	Annette Walters (AW) - late 1970's	Shirley Wharf (SW) - 1979 to 1981

Table TP:1i - Troika Pottery Marks and Monograms

Recommended Reading for Troika Pottery ...

Troika 63-83 is a book published on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Troika Pottery Company.

It details how the mould-cast sculptural pieces developed, the materials used and even tin glazed pieces by Brancusi and Klee.

And how Aztec designs influenced the decoration and the heavily textured pottery that became the Troika trademark

It is definitely recommended reading for the serious Troika pottery collector and can be found in most good bookstores or libraries.