Three Bernard Leach (1887-1979) Studio Pottery Items

Description:

Three Bernard Leach (1887-1979) Studio Pottery Items, England, 1920-72, a small pitcher with scrolled handle, with brown glaze and bearing the artist's cipher, and a large salt-glazed pitcher incised with the phrase "One & All" with an applied bunch of grapes and a mug, both with scrolled handles and bearing the St. Ives Pottery cipher, ht. 7 5/8, 10 1/4, 4 5/8 in.

Provenance: Collection of Malcolm and Marjorie Wright.
Estimate $300-500


Note: Bernard Howell Leach was a British studio potter and art teacher. He is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery."

Large pticher has a large crack that runs from the rim to the right of the spout facing to the base that include a repair where a shard has been glued in place and a second crack that runs from the rim to the left of the spout to the ampersand. The mug also has significant damage and repairs with some loss.


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