Stoneware Small Mug with Mottled Green Ash Glaze

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Stoneware Small Mug with Mottled 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)

Datec. 1995

Object NameMug

Mediumstoneware, green ash and iron brown glazes

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall (Height x Width (inc Handle)): 84 x 111 mm,
Rim (Diameter): 67 mm
Base (Diameter): 58 mm

AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDMS095708.385

Keywords

About MeStoneware small mug with rounded body rising to a short straight neck from a central rib. Rolled rim and small strap handle pulled from central rib to the foot.

Glazed all over in a pale green ash glaze over a mid-brown iron glaze, possibly manganese, which gives a speckled appearance and shows through around the rim. Khaki green celadon glaze is brushed over the ash glaze, pooling around the handle, central rib and towards the foot.

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.