We go to estate sales regularly and come across a wide array of unique and rare items.  We add to our growing online inventory daily.  We pick up new items from all over the world and all over the US.  We also have a growing customer wish list.  If you'd like to, feel free to add us to your saved seller's list and let us know what you collect and/or need.  We’d be honored to add you to our customer wish list.

We ask what we consider to be a fair price for anything we sell and understand that our idea of a fair price may be someone else's 'that's too much' price.  If that's the case, feel free to make us an offer and we will consider it.  We also have sales regularly, so check back often.

There is always a Sale by TheBay!

I've collected studio pottery for most of my life now.  My love of hand thrown pottery goes back to my early days in Sacramento in the late 70s and early 80s watching my uncle turn a lump of clay into a vessel.  I've managed to amass an incredible collection of studio pottery from around the world.  I've come to the realization that I only have so much room to display my collection.  I end up wrapping every piece I buy these days in bubble wrap and then putting them in a cardboard box filled with packing peanuts since I have no more room to display any pieces.  We've decided to let some of our lesser and more common pieces go to new homes.  Although I may consider many pieces in my collection to be a lesser piece, it doesn't mean that the piece isn't valuable and made by one of the most well known potters, no matter where they're from.  I know who most of the potters are who made the pieces in my collection, but there are still some that I have failed to identify over the decades.  Even after well over 40 years of collecting, I am still learning new potter's marks and adding to my database of known potters and their marks or signatures.  Most of the pieces we'll be listing are from potters we are familiar with, but we will almost certainly be letting go of some unidentifed artists.  If you are a collector of studio pottery and are looking to add to your collection, feel free to check our store inventory under the pottery category as we add pieces over the coming days and weeks.

Now onto the item for sale.

For sale is a great looking hand thrown pottery espresso or coffee cup signed by an unknown potter.

The potter carved their initials very lightly into the bottom of the cup.  It's hard to see, but it looks like RSG.  We tried to identify the potter, but had no luck.

We are assuming this would be more along the lines of an espresso cup given is relatively small size.

The potter spelled "telluride" on the side of the cup in small dots forming each letter. We assume this would refer to Telluride, CO, but we could be incorrect about that.

The espresso cup has a cool glaze around part of its outside body with bare brown clay at the bottom, top and inside the cup.

It is in excellent, undamaged, like new condition.

This espresso cup stands 2" tall with a 3 9/16" diameter at the top.

This cup will weigh a little under one pound when packed for shipping.  We offer several insured shipping options, just make your selection at checkout.

Thanks for looking and God bless!