Stoneware Small Cut-Sided Jar with Mottled Green Ash Glaze

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Stoneware Small Cut-Sided Jar 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)

Datelate 20th-early 21th Century

Object NameJar

Mediumstoneware, ash glaze and manganese

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall (Height x Width): 92 x 104 mm,
Rim (Diameter): 90 mm
Base (Diameter): 54 mm

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

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDMS095708.388

Keywords

About MeStoneware small cut-sided jar with thick rolled rim. It is glazed all over in a dark green ash glaze with manganese brown to create a soft mottled effect. The glaze has been wiped from the edges of the cut sections and around the rim to emphasise the shape. Cut facets are one of Richard Batterham's distinctive and dramatic ways to decorate a piece of pottery. He cut slices of clay away, often using a paint scraper as a tool, before the piece was glazed and fired in the kiln.

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.