Vase
ca. 1961 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Michael Leach, a retiring person who devoted himself quietly to pottery and spent little effort promoting himself or his work, was one of the sons of a leading studio potter, Bernard Leach, who founded a pottery at St Ives, Cornwall, in 1920. This pot was selected for the Museum by Michael Leach himself, who stated that he had made three further versions of it, each one a commission from a different person, a practice he did not like and which he did not intend to repeat. This pot he described as the 'original'.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, with mottled yellow and brown glaze |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'ML' in monogram and 'Y', impressed |
| Object history | Acquisition details: the potter RF number: 62/24 |
| Production | Pottery: Yelland Pottery, Pottery Lane, Yelland, Fremington, Barnstaple, Devon |
| Summary | Michael Leach, a retiring person who devoted himself quietly to pottery and spent little effort promoting himself or his work, was one of the sons of a leading studio potter, Bernard Leach, who founded a pottery at St Ives, Cornwall, in 1920. This pot was selected for the Museum by Michael Leach himself, who stated that he had made three further versions of it, each one a commission from a different person, a practice he did not like and which he did not intend to repeat. This pot he described as the 'original'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.440-1962 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2000 |
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