Stoneware Large 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, ash glaze, celadon and tenmoku
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 142 x 271 mm,
Base (Diameter): 128 mm
Base (Diameter): 128 mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.399
About MeStoneware large 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. Decorated with two incised rings around the inside rim and a deep band of incised marks around the exterior.
Richard 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
Richard Batterham
c. 1995
