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Bernard Leach
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Bernard Leach (1887-1979) is widely regarded as the father of British studio pottery. He did so much through his pots, writings and teaching to advance the cause of this 20th century craft across the world. He came to pottery from a fine art background, having trained at the Slade School and London School of Art, where he studied etching under Frank Brangwyn. In 1920, with the assistance of Shoji Hamada, he established a pottery workshop in St Ives, where many apprentices over the next sixty years leant their craft. His ability as a draughtsman were evident in the fluid marking and decoration of his pots, which were essentially a synthesis of influences, principally from China, Japan and Korea on the one hand, and early British earthenware and stoneware on the other.
Leach’s pots generally became increasingly assured over the years, the language of form and marking more economic and concentrated in later life. If he concentrated more on individual pieces, with later assistance from his foreman William Marshall, the well designed Leach 'Standard-ware' made at St Ives aimed to produce inexpensive tablewares for everyday use, and influenced functional pottery internationally.
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AVAILBLE WORKS
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Bernard Leach
Bowl , c. 1960porcelain with iron brushed repeated motif of leaping salmon
8 x 13.5 cm
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in
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Bernard Leach
Vase, c. 1960sporcelain with incised design
piece to the right
+ ARR
17 x 11 cm
6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in -
Bernard Leach
Dish, c. 1960sstoneware, shallow circular form, the centre with quatrefoil decoration in blue and splattered tenmoku
condition: small glaze fake to rim, artist repair to centre, gold repair to outer edge
+ ARR
7 x 35 cm
3 x 14 in -
Bernard Leach
Summer TeabowlStoneware with brushed hakame slip design,
a small area of gold repair 'kintsugi' to rim
+ ARR
5.5 x 16 cm
2 1/8 x 6 1/4 in -
Bernard Leach
Fluted Pot, c. 1960sPorcelain
ARR inclusive
11 x 11 cm
4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in -
Bernard Leach
Stoneware TileCondition: minor glaze losses to the edge
1 x 10 x 10 cms
3/8 x 4 x 4 inches -
Bernard Leach
Slipware JugEarthenware
Condition: Minor glaze losses to rim
Provenance: Likely to have been made at Dartington Hall
Piece to the right
9.5 x 10 cms
3 37/50 x 3 47/50 inches -
Bernard Leach
Bottle Vase, c. 1930Early Korean style vase, with porcelain slip inlay
+ ARR
22 x 10 cm
8 1/2 x 4 in -
Bernard Leach
Large Decorated BowlCondition: gold repair to rim
Attributed to Bernard Leach
11 x 30 cm
4 1/2 x 12 in -
Bernard Leach
Teapot, c. 1930stoneware with painted decoration
+ ARR
12 x 20 x 12 cm
4 1/2 x 8 x 4 1/2 in -
Bernard Leach
Tiny Jug, c. 1925made at St Ives
earthenware with scratched 'st Ives' monogram on front of the jug
piece to the left
9 x 6 cm
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in -
Bernard Leach
Stoneware TileStylised flower design in cobalt and scratched BL and St Ives marks
Condition: minor glaze losses to the edge
1 x 10 x 10 cms
3/8 x 4 x 4 inches -
Bernard Leach
Hexagonal Incense Potwith carved flower design
porcelain
piece to the far left
5.5 x 6.5 cms
2 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches
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ARCHIVE WORKS
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Bernard Leach
A rare and important Leaping Salmon Vase, c1950stoneware
28.5 x 15 cms
11 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches -
Bernard Leach
Vase with Willow Designstoneware
19 x 17 x 14 cms
7 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches -
Bernard Leach
vase -
Bernard Leach
Tea Caddy, c1960stoneware with a tenmoku glaze -
Bernard Leach
teapot with gold repairprovenance: from the estate of the writer and art critic Maurice Collis. -
Bernard Leach
Porcelain Bowl11 x 18.5 cms
4 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches -
Bernard Leach
Bowl with Leaping Deerstoneware
height 30 cms cms
height 11 3/4 inches -
Bernard Leach
tenmoku bottlestoneware with a tenmoku glaze
12.5 x 19 cms
4 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches -
Bernard Leach
Fluted Bowlwith carved flower decoration
porcelain
+ ARR
6.5 x 20.5 cm
2 1/2 x 8 1/2 in -
Bernard Leach
Early Fratilary Bowl, c1920sstoneware
ARR
8 x 30 cms
3 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches -
Bernard Leach
Large Tile, 194623 x 23 cms
9 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches -
Bernard Leach
Stoneware Bowlgold repair to some firing cracks on foot
10 x 30 cms
4 x 11 3/4 inches -
Bernard Leach
Charger, grass designwidth 33.5 cms
width 13 1/4 inches -
Bernard Leach
Oak Leaf Dish, c1932made at Dartington
width 16 cms
width 6 1/4 inches -
Bernard Leach
Raku Tulip Dish3.5 x 16.5 cms
1 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches -
Bernard Leach
Preserve Jar11 x 10.5 cms
4 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches -
Bernard Leach
Plate with fishheight 26.5 cms
height 10 3/8 inches -
Bernard Leach
Two TankardsSlipware with incised text 'Drink about brother, when this is down we'll have another' and 'St Ives, 1925'.
11 x 8 cms
4 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches
11 x 8.5 cms
4 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches -
Bernard Leach
Porcelain bowlwith blue glaze and decoration -
Bernard Leach
Square Bottle Vasetones of grey and white swirls
19.5 x 13 x 8 cm
7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in -
Bernard Leach
Vase, c1928stoneware with cream glaze sgrafitto
20 x 13 cm
8 x 5 1/2 in
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