Richard Batterham (UK) – small lidded pot

Richard Batterham (UK), small lidded pot, thrown on the wheel, horizontal lines, beautifully glazed with a greenish celadon feldspar glaze, the rims of the high fired lidded pot are unglazed. This is one of the characteristic features of a Batterham pot, height 14,2 cm, 1970s. This lidded pot was purchased around 1979 from Galerie Onder de Vier Linden, Asperen (NL). Provenance: the Ineke Tirion-Beijerinck collection.

Richard Batterham trained at the Leach Pottery in 1957 and 1958. Returning to his native Dorset in 1959 to set up his own pottery. His intention was to make pots to enrich rather than to
adorn. In the first few years after establishing the pottery he was producing a range of pots that satisfied the needs of table and kitchen. He is regarded by many as the potter following most closely within the Leach tradition. Though his pots are instantly recognizable as his own. He has worked alone, firing his two chambered kiln several times a year for over thirty years. Batterham’s work has strengh and rightness of purpose. Simply beautiful pots (source text: www.oakwoodceramics.co.uk ).