Simon Leaper

Simon Leaper, son of Eric

plaque by Simon Leaper,unsigned but 'Cornwall 'inscribed on the back

Simon Leaper wall plaque



incised decoration,pewter glaze background then high gloss coloured glazes

Simon also made unmarked pieces,ones marked Cornwall and ones marked St Just

Simon Leaper fish plaque



hand painted on the back is 'Cornwall'

Here's a Simon Leaper duck



Simon sometimes used the L stamp on the tail,this one has a Cornwall sticker too

another piece by Simon Leaper,he had used the same glazes and molding technique as his father but his style is quite different

Simon leaper fish pintray

Son of the great Eric.

http://www.tremaen.com/history.html

Davee wrote:http://www.tremaen.com/history.html

earlier today I asked the owner of the website for his input

I would guess that they not only sold their own work in the shop hence the label.

'earlier today I asked the owner of the website for his input'

and what did he say?

he hasn't replied to my email yet but I bet they sold Leaper pottery at their Penzance shop,the only thing that doesn't make sense to me is the date,surely Simon was very young in 1965?

big ed wrote: however if they had a shop in penzance then maybe this is they label they used there .

Didn't I just say that

As it appears to be a shop label, its not beyond imagination that they carried on using it up untill the early 80's, even though they had moved their retail side to The Sloop Craft Market.

Looks like the most likely explanation to me

I got a reply to my email

When Peter Ellery opened his shop in Penzance it was run by Sue Ellery
his neice.She showed me some photographs of the inside of the shop. You
can see clearly that they sold Tremaen alongside a wide range of other
pieces from Potteries in the West Penwith area.The shop was called
Tremaen hence the paper label. I really only denotes that the tray was
purchased from the shop

Any marks?

dantheman wrote:

Love this........

no marks, it's one of my favorite pieces

sadly Simon passed away in 2003