David Leach

We do have a thread in this section for pots produced at the Lowerdown Pottery, which was set up by David Leach in 1956, but no thread for his individual work produced there or elsewhere by him so here goes.

A squat stoneware vase, 4.4 inches/11.2cm tall: -



Personal LD seal and Lowerdown Cross seal (L+)

The next geometric patterned stoneware vase was made at Loughborough during the time that he was a part time lecturer there during the early 1960s.



So a rare mark: -

Interesting that you leave the exhibition label on philpot. I used to take them off contemporary work I bought but don't anymore as I realise they are part of the history of the pot

How can a red sold dot be part of the history of a piece ?

It was the catalogue number - I file the catalogues along with the pots I buy

Really! , didn't think anybody would do that

Ha ha - I do have Asperger's !!! And am museum trained

Not only did Bill Ismay do that he also took photographs of where the pieces he bought were placed in an exhibition. He got an MBE for his efforts.

Nice" I've started a related thread under General Pottery discussion

studio-pots wrote:Not only did Bill Ismay do that he also took photographs of where the pieces he bought were placed in an exhibition. He got an MBE for his efforts.

He should have seen a doctor

He was a trained librarian and in that line of business it helps.

studio-pots wrote:He was a trained librarian and in that line of business it helps.

MMmmm not really , taking pics of where pots were isn't the action of a sane person imo

Actually I bought that one at the Rev Norman Smith studio pottery sale at Chichester last year. I have kept the label on purely in the desperately vague hope that I might trace what exhibition it came from.

Ha ha - if only all pot buyers were like me *makes annoying smug face*

Lowerdown and personal mark

A lidless pot /jar and a milk jug ..I think

Jar mark

Little milk jug mark

David Leach jam pot - unfortunately missing lid.

lidless ..mucho rarer Naomi   still you never know a lid may turn up at a later date   

If anyone has a lid and wants a bottom, let me know.