Stoneware Medium Dish with Pale Green Ash Glaze
MakerMade by
Richard Batterham
(Woking, Surrey, 1936 - 2021)
StudentTaught by
Bernard Leach
(Hong Kong, 1887 - 1979)
StudentTaught by
Leach Pottery
(St Ives, Cornwall, England, founded 1920)
StudentTaught by
Donald Potter
(1902 - 2004)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Datelate 20th-early 21th Century
Object NameDish
Mediumstoneware and ash glaze
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 65 x 303 mm,
Base (Diameter): 152 mm
Base (Diameter): 152 mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.381
About MeStoneware medium dish or open bowl with deep flared sides. The bowl is glazed in a pale green ash glaze with rust iron spots. The glaze covers all of interior and upper side of the dish. The remainder of the exterior and base are unglazed.
It is decorated inside around the interior with incised rings and a ring of triangular-shaped nicks in the clay, which Richard Batterham termed 'chatter' marks.
Batterham trained at the Leach Pottery with Bernard Leach before establishing his own pottery in Dorset in 1959. He preferred to work alone, overseeing all aspects of making ceramics, including making his own stoneware clay. He specialised in pale green coloured wood-ash glazes and rich dark iron glazes and made no distinction between the domestic wares for everyday use and his large decorative objects.
Richard Batterham
late 20th-early 21th Century
Richard Batterham
c. 1995
