Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Bernard Leach








Bernard Leach Condiment Jar
Sold for $110

Bernard Leach "Father of a British studio pottery", was a British studio potter and art teacher. He was born in Hong Kong January 5, 1887 and died May 6, 1979 in the United Kingdom. He attended the Slade School of Fine Art during his earlier years. He created pots that had oriental and western influences, along with tableware in earthware and finally stoneware. Leach had a mission to travel cross country to introduce his works and ideas abroad. He had accomplished a lot during his years of ceramics, he wrote a few books and received The Binns Medal for Ceramics from The American Ceramics Society.

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