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Stoneware Jar 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 NameJar

Mediumstoneware, brown and ash glazes

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall (Height x Width): 106 x 113 mm,
Rim (Diameter): 97 mm
Base (Width): 86 mm

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

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDMS095708.390

Keywords

About MeStoneware small barrel-shaped jar with distinct collared and rolled rim. The jar stands on 4 integral feet with a pierced base. It may be intended to hold utensils or cutlery. It is glazed all over in a pale green ash glaze over a mid brown glaze. The ash glaze is partially wiped back around the rim to reveal the brown beneath. Glaze stops short of the feet which are unglazed, as is the base.

Decorated with an incised band and circle of incised marks (termed 'chatter' marks by Richard Batterham) beneath the rim.
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.