These are lovely studio pottery stoneware bulbous vases. Made by Chris Zair at Thornbury Pottery in Gloucestershire and has the impressed mark "Zair" on the bases. The vases have a smooth off-white glaze and hand painted leaf decoration in shades of green.
4 and 3" tall, sold together, one price.
Chris Zair, known to many as ‘Chris Pot’, ran a popular pottery on Grovesend Road in Thornbury for almost 40 years, having moved to the area in the mid-70s.
A well-known character in the community, he spent much of his time between the pottery and working at the Anchor Inn pub in Oldbury, before he passed away on November 14 2016, aged 66
Source: https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/15238518.final-work-of-celebrated-thornbury-potter-chris-zair-to-go-on-sale/
