Stoneware Handled Dish with Green Ash Glaze

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Stoneware Handled Dish with 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, celadon and green ash glazes

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall (Height x Width Handle to Handle): 58 x 237 mm,
Rim (Diameter): 179 mm
Base (Diameter): 130 mm

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

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDMS095708.386

Keywords

About MeStoneware two-handled baking dish with shallow sides, rolled rim and two pulled loop handles. Glazed in a pale green ash glaze under a pale green celadon glaze, which has pooled around the handles and inside.

Decorated with an incised band and ring of incised notches (termed 'chatter' marks by Richard Batterham) around the inside base, where the celadon has pooled emphasising the pattern.

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.