Pates Tulip Glove Vases - Were They Numbered?

[icyfroth]

Picked up these 2 vases at the oppy yesterday:

thought - gee that squiggle looks like a 9. Thought - nah.

then this one definitely looks like a 2

Does anyone know if they were a numbered series?

[twyngwyn]

eBay item number:

162101420872

eBay item number:

162101420872

[samjess54]

Couldn't find anything about your particular vases but lots of internet entries for Pates incl the one below from The Powerhouse Museum about an item they have.

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=128411    "Alf Pate learnt to throw pottery at the Fowler Company in 1933, and began making and selling his own wares from his garage in Campsie. The popularity of his wares led Alf, assisted by his brother John and nephew Ron, to formally established Pates Potteries in 1946. The factory was constructed from Ex-Army Huts in Lakemba and operated until 1990. At its height in the 1950s Pates employed up to 95 staff."

[icyfroth]

Thank you both for your replies. I guess they're not numbers, just decoration artwork after all.