Thursday 16 May 2013

A lucky find

I rode over to Sandbach this morning, as it was quite sunny and warm. In a bric-a-brac shop I was lucky to stumble across this wonderful bud vase. It's from the Leach Pottery, thrown in porcelain, and possibly made by David, son of Bernard Leach. I love the iron specks in the glaze. A cracking little pot..only 7 cms tall but perfect in every way.




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  1. Midori17 May 2013 at 03:09

    I love the speckles of both silver grey and red. Very attractive! The pale parts look a kind of resist. It is unusual to use this types of glazes on porcelain, isn't it? Congrats on your find! : )

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    1. Mark Smalley17 May 2013 at 05:03

      Hi, Midori, thank you! :) I have seen tenmoku on porcelain which works very nicely in reduction, but never this kind of glaze. I'm really not sure how this effect was achieved.

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