15th Jun, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
David Leach O.B.E. (1911-2005): Lowerdown Pottery Stoneware Vase, waisted cylindrical form, covered in a green ash glaze, impressed Lowerdown Pottery mark,
21.5cm high
Literature: Emmanuel Cooper & Kathy Niblett David Leach, Richard Dennis Publications, page 84 catalogue number 29 for a comparable form illustrated.
Auction: 20th Century Design, 15th Jun, 2024
On offer in the June 20th Century Design Sale will be the Michael Claxton Collection, an extraordinary collection of over 350 pieces of British pottery put together between 1974 and 2024, the majority of which were purchased directly from the potters. Potters represented in the collection include David Leach, Richard Batterham, David Roberts, Philip Marston, and Jim Malone.
The sale will also include a good private collection of furniture by Stanley Webb Davies, a fine large Lancastrian Lustre Vase by Gordon Forsyth for Pilkington's Tile & Pottery Co, and a good range of Mouseman and the Yorkshire Critters furniture and furnishings.
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