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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Bowl

ca. 1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
Leach, Bernard (makers)
Place of origin
St. Ives (made)

Bowl of salt-glaze stoneware. Inverted cone shape surmounted by a cylindrical turret.


Object details

Categories
Studio Ceramics
Ceramics
Stoneware
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Salt glaze stoneware
Stoneware
Salt Glaze
Brief description
Bowl of salt-glaze stoneware, Bernard Leach, St. Ives, Cornwall, ca. 1925.
Physical description
Bowl of salt-glaze stoneware. Inverted cone shape surmounted by a cylindrical turret.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 13.80cm
  • Height: 9.80cm
Marks and inscriptions
'BL' and 'SI' (In monogram, impressed)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
Acquisition details: given by Lt-Col. K. Dingwall, DSO, through the NACF
Production
Pottery: Leach Pottery, St Ives
Bibliographic references
  • Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
  • Curtis Penelope. Wilson, Keith. Modern British Sculpture. London: Royal Acadamy of Arts, 2011. p.ill. 143. ISBN978-1-905711-72-7
  • Denison, Paul., Matson, Sara., Smith, Rachel., Stephens, Chris., and White, Michael. Modern Art and St Ives: International Exchanges 1915-65. Tate Publishing: London, 2014. ISBN 9781849763028.
  • Adamson, Glenn, Martina Droth and Simon Olding (ed.s) Things of Beauty Growing British Studio Pottery. New Haven, London, 2017 fig. 34, p. 242
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.148-1926

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
Record URL
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