Stoneware Covered Jar or Caddy with Green Celadon Glaze and Fluted Decoration
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 NameJar
Mediumstoneware and green celadon glaze
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width): 126 x 123 mm,
Rim (Diameter): 89 mm
Base (Diameter): 73 mm
Cover (Height x Diameter): 35 x 110 mm
Rim (Diameter): 89 mm
Base (Diameter): 73 mm
Cover (Height x Diameter): 35 x 110 mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.392
About MeStoneware small fluted caddy with barrel-shaped body and flush fitted domed cover which rises to a shallow pointed apex .
Both pieces are glazed in a pale green celadon, with crackelure, which has pooled in the fluted ribs, creating darker stripes. The glaze stops short of the base which is unglazed, revealing a pale beige-grey stoneware body.
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