Lot 662: A Collection of British Studio Pottery including John Leach Muchelney Pottery

A collection of British studio pottery featuring pieces associated with the St Ives tradition. The assortment includes a stoneware mortar and pestle from Muchelney Pottery, characterized by a wood-fired, toasted orange-brown salt glaze with dark iron speckling. The mortar features a pouring lip and a buff-coloured glazed interior. The base of the mortar bears an impressed rectangular stamp reading MUCHELNEY. A yellow adhesive label on the base reads JOHN LEACH 29. and a white adhesive label reads Descendent of BERNARD LEACH St Ives 1921-end. BERNARD He was almost father of Eng. Modern Pottery Bought-Exhib Poulton d DORSET.

Also included is a small flared stoneware bowl with a matte dark brown exterior and a glossy metallic brown glazed interior showing visible throwing rings. The base features an impressed circular seal mark containing the letters P and E. A white adhesive label on the base reads 1. PATTY ELWELL? 2 Newlyn Cornwall 3 West Penwith A 1953 w/y…

The collection further contains a wide, shallow stoneware dish with two square lug handles and a flat overhanging rim. The coarse, sandy-textured exterior is unglazed, while the interior is finished in a pale celadon-grey glaze. An impressed circular seal mark showing a stylized design is located on the exterior wall, and a smaller impressed circular seal mark containing the characters C and P is on the base.

Completing the group is a conical flared stoneware bowl with a coarse, unglazed reddish-brown exterior and a dark, mottled olive-green glazed interior.