Box
Bernard Howell Leach (Hong Kong 1887-1979)
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1960
Materials
Glazed porcelain
Measurements
78 mm (H); 87 mm (Dia)
Place of origin
St Ives
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Greenway, Devon
NT 121732.1
Summary
Small, wheel-thrown, porcelain, circular lidded box, on tripod feet with conical lid, by Bernard Leach of the Leach Pottery, St Ives, Cornwall, probably made c.1960; covered in pale green celadon glaze, unglazed rim to both box and lid; impressed personal and pottery marks to base.
Marks and inscriptions
Base: ‘BL’ and ‘SI’ marks
Makers and roles
Bernard Howell Leach (Hong Kong 1887-1979), potter