Stoneware Small Vase or Bottle with Tenmoku and Green Ash Glazes
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. 1998
Object NameVase
Mediumstoneware, brown iron, tenmoku and ash glazes
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width): 161 x 114 mm,
Rim (Diameter): 82 mm
Base (Width): 60 mm
Rim (Diameter): 82 mm
Base (Width): 60 mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.387
About MeStoneware small vase, or bottle, with beaten sides and a broad everted and upturned circular rim. It is glazed all over in a pale green ash glaze. A reddish-brown iron glaze and dark tenmoku glaze have been applied over the exterior below the shoulder and these glazes merge together giving a mottled appearance which has been allowed to dribble and pool irregularly on the exterior.
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
