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Stoneware Footed Bowl or Tazza

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 NameBowl

Mediumstoneware, green ash glaze, celadon and tenmoku

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 107 x 184 mm,
Base (Diameter): 93 mm

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

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDMS095708.394

Keywords

About MeStoneware small footed bowl, or tazza, with deep ringed and stepped foot. The bowl is glazed all over in a pale green ash glaze with celadon, which has pooled around the middle. On the exterior a rust brown iron glaze (tenmoku) has been applied to the lower section, with a mid brown glaze around the foot.
It is decorated with an incised ring and regular small nicked marks, known as 'chatter' marks, around the inside well of the bowl and a broad band of chatter marks around 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.