‡ Bernard Leach CBE (1887-1979) a stoneware box...

‡ Bernard Leach CBE (1887-1979)

a stoneware box and cover, rounded rectangular form, the cover painted with two birds in a weak cobalt on an ash ground,

impressed seal marks to base,

10.5cm. wide (2)

Provenance

The Estate of Richard Batterham.

Literature

Exhibition of the Art of Bernard Leach, Ohara Museum of Art, 1980, page 67 catalogue number 54C for a comparable box in porcelain.

Bernard Leach Potter and Artist, Crafts Council, page 95 catalogue number 99 for a comparable porcelain box with the same decoration on the cover.