Stoneware Large Bottle with Chatter Marks

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Stoneware Large Bottle with Chatter Marks

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 NameBottle

Mediumstoneware, ash glaze, celadon and tenmoku (iron glaze)

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall (Height x Width): 325 x 178 mm,
Rim (Diameter): 118 mm
Base (Length x Width): 106 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 numberABDMS095708.398

Keywords

About MeStoneware large slim bottle rising to a broad everted and flattened circular rim. It is glazed in a reddish-brown iron glaze, pale green ash glaze and thick black celadon glaze which has been allowed to dribble and pool irregularly on the exterior. The iron glaze is prominent around the incised banding on the shoulder and on the rim edges where the green glaze has been wiped away to create subtle decoration. Decorated with Batterham's signature chatter marks (small regular nicks in the clay) around the shoulder.

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.