Pottery:
Lowerdown Pottery
Proprietor:
Leach, David
Potter:
Leach, Jeremy
(Possibly)
Buff stoneware with iron-speckled buff glaze, painted in greyish-blue and iron-brown with a stylized plant spray
Buff stoneware, thrown, with applied handle at right angles to the lip, and iron-speckled buff glaze, painted in greyish-blue and iron- brown; base and inside of rim unglazed. The pot has a wide base and tapers towards the projecting rim and lip. The tubular handle expands towards the closed and rounded end which is pierced by a hole. The cover is concave on top, with an almost flat circular knob. The front of the pot is decorated with a plant spray of two leaves flanking a tall composite flower with two blue curving stems on either side. A wide brown band encircles the rim and lip, the edge of the cover and the exterior of the knob. Originally part of a set with C.49-2007 and C.50-2007
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by P.H.D.S. Wikramaratna in memory of his brother P.H. Diananda
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2007-11-19) by Wikramaratna, P. H. D. S.
20th Century, Late#
Production date:
circa
AD 1970
The mark is that of the Lowerdown Pottery which was run by David Andrew Leach (1911-2005) from 1956 to 2003. Jeremy Leach also worked there from 1970 to 1974 (?) and again from 1983-97/8 and from 2001.
Whole Except Base
composed of
glaze
( iron-speckled buff)
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
( probably)
iron
Base
Diameter 11 cm
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown,
Glazing
Inscription present: in rounded square seal
Accession number: C.48 & A-2007
Primary reference Number: 157655
Entry form number: 976
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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