Re: The Leach Pottery. St Ives

by **studio-pots** June 24th 2014, 10:30 am

The plate above was part of the Standard Ware range but was discontinued at some point so is not as common as some items from the range.

I have seen it with 4 ramekins/egg bakers that looked similar vintage on top and think that was its original purpose. I imagine that the bread plate term was brought in to try and boost sales.

by **denbydump** July 6th 2014, 2:19 pm

Do we have any idea who made thes little pots?
I'm guessing they were nade in huge quantities
over a long period.

The Leach Pottery. St Ives - Page 7 Stives10

The Leach Pottery. St Ives - Page 7 Stives10

The Leach Pottery. St Ives - Page 7 Stives11

The Leach Pottery. St Ives - Page 7 Stives12

by **studio-pots** July 6th 2014, 2:35 pm

They were part of the Standard Ware range although the decoration did vary quite considerably over the years - some had copies of Hamada's brushwork. So could have been made by any of the apprentices.

In the 1975 catalogue they were priced at £2 each, so relatively expensive for the size.

by **denbydump** July 6th 2014, 7:30 pm

A nice couple of 3.5 in porcelain pots by Trevor Corser,
reident potter to 2006. (marks glazed over, so difficult
to photograph).

The Leach Pottery. St Ives - Page 7 Stiver10

The Leach Pottery. St Ives - Page 7 Stiver10

by **big ed** July 15th 2014, 12:59 pm

The Leach Pottery. St Ives - Page 7 J_leac10

Just over 7" high ,I would like to know when it was made and am I correct in calling it Bizen ? Ware / style .

by **big ed** July 15th 2014, 1:00 pm

The Leach Pottery. St Ives - Page 7 J_leac11

Janet Leach personal seal & SI Mark

by **studio-pots** July 15th 2014, 8:29 pm

It is not really correct to call this one of Janet's Bizen-style pots, as typical Bizen ware is unglazed. I know that this vase only has a little glaze but she did make unglazed wares in the Bizen style also. I say style as the type of stoneware she used was not absolutely correct and they weren't wood fired. What she produced were interesting pots and knackered kilns.

I'll dig out an image.

by **studio-pots** July 15th 2014, 8:37 pm

Here's one that I sold last year.

The Leach Pottery. St Ives - Page 7 Image010

by **big ed** July 29th 2014, 1:34 pm

by **big ed** July 29th 2014, 1:35 pm

by **big ed** July 29th 2014, 1:37 pm

The Leach Pottery. St Ives - Page 7 Janet_13

Janet Leach Vase , Black/purple glaze

by **big ed** July 31st 2014, 12:09 pm

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Large Lidded Bussa Pot Janet Leach

by **big ed** July 31st 2014, 12:10 pm

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by **big ed** August 3rd 2014, 9:12 am

Just had word from Joanna Wason about the large lidded pot above , she told me she hasn't seen anything like it before , she worked with Janet for the last 9 yrs and told me this must have been made in the early 80's or even before she hasn't seen these handles on an upright piece before , she said it's stoneware from John Dobles pit St Agnes which she wedge iron into, the glaze is stone & ash , if anybody can find a similar piece that would be great , Ta Ed

by **big ed** August 7th 2014, 2:46 pm

The Leach Pottery. St Ives - Page 7 Janet_16

Two More By Janet Leach

by **big ed** August 7th 2014, 2:53 pm

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Got these today, they are my first St Ives pots.

by **denbydump** October 31st 2014, 6:33 pm

Nice cups, nice glazes Zippy, SP will tell us I'm sure, but didn't "standard" wares have
"England" impressed somewhere?

by Guest October 31st 2014, 7:03 pm

denbydump wrote:Nice cups, nice glazes Zippy, SP will tell us I'm sure, but didn't "standard" wares have
"England" impressed somewhere?

Oh I'm not sure Denby, I saw Eds coffee mug (the first post on this thread) and Studio said they came in 3 colourways. Mine looks the same shape so is probably right.

by Guest October 31st 2014, 7:06 pm

slopingsteve wrote:Ahh! St. Ives....Quite like Royston Vasey -once in, YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE!

"Your my wife now" that guy was really scary.
Loved the shopkeepers.
It's only about 15 miles away where they filmed it.

by **mowen** November 2nd 2014, 7:36 pm

Hello,
please does anyone know if there is a resource/list of the stamps the individual potters used at the leach? Shrugs

I'm asking because I have a pot marked with the leach stamp and L: any ideas?
Thank you

by Guest November 2nd 2014, 7:40 pm

It would be great to see a pic of the stamp Mowen : )

by **NaomiM** November 2nd 2014, 8:59 pm

studio-pots wrote:This mug was part of the Standard Ware range that was produced at the Leach Pottery up until Bernard Leach's death in 1979. In an illustrated catalogue of Leach Standard Ware that I possess from 1975 this was one of three mugs produced at the time and was called a "Coffee Mug" with a retail price of 90p. They were available in 3 different glazes referred to as A, B and C. A - Black to rust tenmoku. B - Mottled grey brown, C- Pale celadon green (as above).

The Standard Ware range was made by the students and apprentices so cannot be attributed to any individual potter. However, they were certainly never thrown by Bernard.

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