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Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by big ed August 29th 2011, 6:56 pm
Small vessel , probably for salt , Muchelney pottery somerset ,established by John Leach in 1965.
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by Davee August 29th 2011, 8:11 pm
Its a salt pig Ed, and they still make them if you check the website.
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by skipposal February 24th 2013, 4:28 pm
Love Muchelney pottery - that toasted clay effect is so attractive. Here are a couple in my collection:
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Byron Temple
by skipposal March 13th 2013, 9:26 pm
Just seen a couple of possible Byron Temple pots in the ID thread so thought I'd post this Muchelney beaker I got in an auction lot recently. It was one of a pair the other sold to an American buyer. I tentatively identified the other mark as by Byron Temple given that BSPM says he worked at Muchelney as well as Leach St Ives in the 1958-61 period. However, other sources including a research essay by Rob Barnard I found online disagreed. Anyone have any idea?
Wheelthrown fine white stoneware faceted beaker. Toasted unglazed exterior, greenish speckled glaze inside. 10.2cm (height)
Rob Barnard essay Byron Temple - A Romantic Pragmatist
Wheelthrown fine white stoneware faceted beaker. Toasted unglazed exterior, greenish speckled glaze inside. 10.2cm (height)
Rob Barnard essay Byron Temple - A Romantic Pragmatist
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by philpot March 14th 2013, 9:16 am
I have a Byron Temple vase which looks very much like a Mulcheney one.Plus I previously owned another Byron Temple vase-and have seen one other in auction- which had John Leach's atypical 'Black smoke' dry glaze.Without the Byron Temple mark,you would have assumed it was a John Leach.
So,yes definitely,he did work at Mulcheney.
So,yes definitely,he did work at Mulcheney.
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by skipposal March 15th 2013, 8:16 am
SP has kindly confirmed the ID via John Leach himself. Byron didn't work there but did visit and make a few pots. Means this one is very rare. I've let the American buyer of the other one know.
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by big ed November 16th 2014, 11:04 am
Bottle 7.5" High Marked M 1967 And incised Muchelney
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by big ed November 16th 2014, 11:06 am
Why were these marked with dates ?I saw a 1968 one as well on the studio pottery site
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by NaomiM November 8th 2015, 2:32 pm
Big bread crock
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by NaomiM June 13th 2016, 12:20 pm
Muchelney Pottery Jug
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by cycladelic June 15th 2016, 4:48 am
A humble Muchelney eggcup...
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by cycladelic June 15th 2016, 4:55 am
A 5" dia pot and lid with a green glazed interior...
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by NaomiM July 9th 2016, 9:55 pm
Early Muchelney Pottery teapot or coffee pot
(Happy to say this has gone back to John Leach at Muchelney).
(Happy to say this has gone back to John Leach at Muchelney).
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by denbydump February 25th 2018, 10:40 am
A rather heavily potted stoneware vase.
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by NaomiM April 26th 2018, 9:33 pm
Muchelney Pottery bottle. Stamped on the base, plus ‘England’. I believe it dates from the 60s-70s when John Leach first set up the potter and was oil firing, before turning to wood firing.
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Muchelney vase inscribed "INB"
by hadfield March 26th 2021, 3:28 pm
I have a large vase with impressed Muchelney and inscribed "INB" checked their potters but cannot find who that was. Any ideas welcomed
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by hadfield March 27th 2021, 9:37 am
Suppose by the lack of replies this is stumping the experts. I tried all the avenues to track it down but as of yet no ideas
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by studio-pots March 27th 2021, 10:23 am
It isn't the usual way that people working there were allowed to mark their individual work. Therefore, it might be a code for the stoneware body mix that was being used and marked to see how it fired compared with the usual stoneware body.
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by philpot March 27th 2021, 10:30 am
The problem is, its probably unlikely that we could provide you with much more information than you already have. Mulcheney standard ware was always very uniform, and this would have been a personal piece, and would normally have a personal mark. Probably by John Leach himself, as he was the one who who made the bigger personal pieces. I have had a similar looking one myself in the past.
But after that? Why it has no personal mark? The initials might possibly refer to a glaze code or a new style indication, but that would be speculation.
Where did you get it from? What size is it? Further details might possibly help.
But after that? Why it has no personal mark? The initials might possibly refer to a glaze code or a new style indication, but that would be speculation.
Where did you get it from? What size is it? Further details might possibly help.
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by NaomiM March 27th 2021, 1:07 pm
I’ve not seen a mark like that before so I think glaze code is most likely
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by hadfield March 30th 2021, 3:47 pm
Thank you all for the info. pleased to learn about glaze marks and possibly stoneware mixes.
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by studio-pots March 30th 2021, 7:15 pm
hadfield wrote:Thank you all for the info. pleased to learn about glaze marks and possibly stoneware mixes.
Usually clay body recipe mixes are denoted by an incised code and glaze codes are written on after glazes are applied i.e. not incised.
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Muchelney Green Ash Glaze Drunk poem tankard
by benwilliams November 2nd 2021, 7:05 pm
Muchelney Green Ash Glaze Drunk poem tankard
Incised Motto - “I am not so think as you drunk I am” with JS initials
The lines are from a John Squire poem (1884-1958)
Muchelney stamp on base
I can’t see similar online. Not sure when it was made or by who. Any ideas?
Incised Motto - “I am not so think as you drunk I am” with JS initials
The lines are from a John Squire poem (1884-1958)
Muchelney stamp on base
I can’t see similar online. Not sure when it was made or by who. Any ideas?
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Re: Muchelney Pottery (standard ware)
by NaomiM November 14th 2021, 10:04 pm
Nick Rees, Mark Melbourne, John Leach, Jeremy Leach, and Ben Leach have all potted at Muchelney but without a mark it’s impossible to say which individual made it. I guess it was a commission and maybe a set were made and they all had a hand in them
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