Bernard Leach Fine Post War British Smokey Carbon Trap Shino Ash Art Studio Pottery Set Lidded Teapot & Creamer By the Father of British Pottery

Extraordinary Shino Ash glazed, Bernard Leach British/St. Ives School teapot, with lid; and lidded creamer. Both original Leach British pottery pieces, (and lid), are in mint, original condition. The smaller pouring vessel's/creamer's lid is not perfectly flush with the top of that vessel, and does not fit perfectly; as the artist made the piece like this, it would be advisable to perhaps put a small grip to keep the lid in place. The two are absolutely beautiful, and distinctly unique, examples by Leach; considered the "Father of British Potter". Subtle, gorgeous Shino glaze; colors of baby blue, cream, tan, peach/pink, and  light grayish white/mushroom; very light olive green, with light magenta, and lavender. This is a stunning smokey carbon trap Shino Ash glaze. Studio art pottery pieces such as these two, by Bernard Leach, are more valuable, and rare, than many of the faster produced simple, functional pieces from this artist's pottery studio.

REF: "The importance of wood-ash as a glaze material were revealed to Western potters by Bernard Leach in 1940, when his "Potters Book" was first published by Faber and Faber. Leach had first hand experience of ash preparation and mixing for glazes from his travels and work as a potter in China, Korea, and Japan, over the preceding 30 years. Leach also incorporated in his 1940 book some recent experiments by the English potter Katherine Pleydell- Bouverie, who, inspired by Leach, had tested hundreds of ash glaze recipes; often using exotic trees and shrubs from the large estates and gardens around her home, Coleshil Manor in Wiltshire." Page 7, Glazes from Natural Sources: A Working Handbook for Potters
 By Brian Sutherland

The technique is highly masterful, many different patterns within the colors; detail is stunning, even on the inside. The taller teapot's measurements are approximately 6 1/3" tall, with spout, at 9 1/3"; from outer arm, to tip of spout, is approximately 9 1/3". The smaller teapot/creamer is approximately 4" tall; from outer arm, to spout, is 5". Both are signed on the bottom, with the artist's St Ives mark, and initialed. Bernard Leach is widely regarded as the Father of British Studio Pottery; a far more diverse artist than this description allows. Bernard Leach was influenced by, and worked with many prominent early modern Japanese potters, as well. He was fascinated by early Japanese raku type pottery, and brought this technique to a studio at Cornwall, where he worked with bringing eastern influence in pottery, to the West, with Shoji Hamada. His work is flawless; gorgeous, classic. The lines in this teapot, with the stunningly detailed, light glazes. 

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