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| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Potter | Bernard Leach | |
| Description | Hexagonal box with slightly domed lid and recessed foot glazed in the centre, oxidised stoneware; pale greenish blue, clear glaze overall excluding part of foot and rim. | |
| Decoration | Incised. Seaweed motif on lid. Cross hatching on 3 sides alternating with 19, 35 and BL. | |
| Id Number Current Accession | P.74.7 | |
| Inscription | BL and 1935 incised on side | |
| Location Creation Site | Leach Pottery, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK | |
| Subject | ceramics, box, plants | |
| Measurements | 6 centimetres | |
| Material | stoneware | |
| Glaze | clear | |
| History | Bought by Mrs. William Simmonds from the Little Gallery circa 1935 and given to Muriel Rose in 1972. | |
| Relation Exhibition | īConcept and Formī, James Hockey Gallery, The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, 13 December 2002 to 3 February 2003 | |
| Rights Owner | David Leach/Crafts Study Centre 2004 | |
| Style Period Period | 1930s | |
| Technique | moulded | |
| Process | Stoneware, oxidised. Opaque porcellainous body tempered with iron sand. Brushed with cobalt and ochre. | |
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