Vintage Lowerdown Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl. Thrown stoneware bowl with small foot. Thick dark tenmoku glaze. Measures 4″ tall and 5.25″ wide. Impressed LD (Lowerdown) stamp on foot with additional illegible marks/signatures. Not certain if this bowl was specifically made by David Leach or another potter/apprentice at the studio. Minimal signs of age and wear, refer to photos. Very well crafted, a joy to hold. DAVID LEACH (1911 – 2005). British potter David Leach was the eldest son of Bernard Leach, known as “the Father of British studio pottery”. He was taught to pot at a young age at the instruction of his father and Shoji Hamada. At the age of 19, David began working at the Leach Pottery in St. Ives, producing everyday functional stoneware taking heavy influence from the Japanese Mingei folk art movement. In 1955, David went on to open his own studio, Lowerdown Pottery.
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Vintage Wayne Ngan Studio Canadian British Columbia Art Pottery Bowl. Up for sale is a fine vintage art pottery tenmoku glazed bowl by pre-eminent British Columbia potter Wayne Ngan from British Columbia. The base is impressed with his mark. Please see photos below for more details. Measurement: The bowl measures approximately 8.3 cm tall and 19 cm wide across the top. Condition: It is in very good pre-owned vintage condition with normal wear commensurate with age. No chips, cracks or repairs. International Buyers – Please Note: 1. There is nothing we can do about it. The item “Vintage Wayne Ngan Studio Canadian British Columbia Art Pottery Bowl” is in sale since Friday, March 30, 2018. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\Other Canadian Pottery”. The seller is “vtgcollectables778″ and is located in Vancouver, British Columbia. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.
Japanese influence, most likely British? Measures about 5 1/2″ across the rim and 2″ tall. The Campbell’s soup can is not included in this sale. THE HONOLULU CABINET newspaper & magazine articles are also not included but for scale only. Federal government must simply take action for the cabinet’s return back to the islands and/or placement into a secured State or Federally run institution i. Iolani Palace, Washington Place, Mission Houses Museum, DOI warehouse or The Smithsonian. Belonging to the last reigning monarch of The Kingdom of Hawai’i, and designed around her 1878 Aloha’Oe and 1895 tower imprisonment, it could well-be the most important discovery in Hawaiian history. Or Parcel Post for large or heavy items. The item “BRITISH mid-century modern studio pottery japanese rice bowl vtg swirl table art” is in sale since Friday, January 22, 2016. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\Studio/ Handcrafted Pottery”. The seller is “wetinwashington” and is located in Tracyton, Washington. This item can be shipped worldwide.