Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Pottery:
Lowerdown Pottery
Proprietor:
Leach, David
Potter:
Leach, Jeremy
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
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
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor
Legal notes
Given by P.H.D.S. Wikramaratna in memory of his brother P.H. Diananda
Measurements and weight
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Bovey Tracey
⪼ Devon
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2007-11-19)
by
Wikramaratna, P. H. D. S.
Dating
20th Century, Late#
Production date:
circa
AD 1970
Note
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.
School or Style
Studio Ceramics
Components of the work
Whole Except Base
composed of
glaze
( iron-speckled buff)
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
( probably)
iron
Base
Diameter 11 cm
Materials used in production
Stoneware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown,
Glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: in rounded square seal
- Text: L+
- Location: At bottom of side below handle
- Method of creation: Impressed
- Type: Pottery mark
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.48 & A-2007
Primary reference Number: 157655
Entry form number: 976
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
