Reference: 00345
Description: A delightful studio pottery jug from John Leach's Muchelney Pottery.
John Leach is the eldest son of David Leach and the eldest grandson of Bernard Leach. He was born in St Ives in 1939. He studied under his grandfather and father at St Ives, Colin Pearson at Aylesford and Ray Finch at Winchcombe.
In 1963 he went to the USA to teach and opened a pottery in Northern California. He returned to England in 1964 and set up Muchelney Pottery in Muchelney in Somerset. The stoneware produced at Muchelney is glazed on the inside and on the outside shows the beautiful warm flame marks produced by the toasting of the 1300°C firing, as typified by this jug.
Working at the pottery with John are Nick Rees and Mark Melbourne. The oven-to-table ware is of very high quality, as are the studio pieces produced at the pottery. In recent years John has lectured and staged demonstrations in Europe, Scandinavia, North America and the West Indies.
Dimensions: H: 18cm Diam: 8cm
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Price: £28 |
