David Leach, Lowerdown Pottery
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Re: David Leach, Lowerdown Pottery
A good size and, I assume, you got it for a very competitive price!
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studio-pots wrote:A good size and, I assume, you got it for a very competitive price!
Afraid so SP. My first boot of the year, That's my one good find ticked off for 2019, just junk from now on I fear.
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denbydump wrote:studio-pots wrote:A good size and, I assume, you got it for a very competitive price!
Afraid so SP. My first boot of the year, That's my one good find ticked off for 2019, just junk from now on I fear.
You put in the miles and so thoroughly deserve it.
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MCWebs wrote:Nice to find a lowerdown mark (and even nicer to find a hand signed D.L. on bottom) seen the LD stamp often but not a personal sig.
Happy Days!!!
He did that when the original plan was to sell it as a Lowerdown piece i.e. cheaply but after decorating he was especially pleased with that aspect and so "upgraded" it.
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studio-pots wrote:denbydump wrote:studio-pots wrote:A good size and, I assume, you got it for a very competitive price!
Afraid so SP. My first boot of the year, That's my one good find ticked off for 2019, just junk from now on I fear.
You put in the miles and so thoroughly deserve it.
Strangely this was only 15 mins away, but was there at 0540 with a torch.
Re: David Leach, Lowerdown Pottery
Interestingly the sgraffito motif either side of the writing, is identical
to that on Naomi's storage jar shown earlier in the thread.
to that on Naomi's storage jar shown earlier in the thread.
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Re: David Leach, Lowerdown Pottery
I think It's more likely for cheese. Nice thing amyway.
I'll move it to the DL thread.
I'll move it to the DL thread.
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Very small, just over 14 cm wide and I thought a small round butter maybe. Cheers for the bump over to DL thread.
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Ok, yes that is small, but just right for a small round Stilton or Camambert!
Re: David Leach, Lowerdown Pottery
Earthenware piece made for about 5 years from the mid 50's after he left the Leach pottery and moved to Lowerdown. Butter dish perhaps?
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STONEWARE TANKARD - Lowerdown Pottery
A large stoneware tankard with a fantastic tenmoku glaze, mainly brown if you're right-handed, mainly black if (like me) you're left-handed. The upper half of the seal is filled with glaze.
Everything about it screams Lowerdown to me, and the visible lower part of the seal could be the bottom stroke of the Lowerdown L. But there's no way to tell if this signifies the generic L+ mark or David Leach's personal LD mark.
Or maybe it's not the bottom of an L at all? Maybe it's something else entirely?
Any comments, please?
Everything about it screams Lowerdown to me, and the visible lower part of the seal could be the bottom stroke of the Lowerdown L. But there's no way to tell if this signifies the generic L+ mark or David Leach's personal LD mark.
Or maybe it's not the bottom of an L at all? Maybe it's something else entirely?
Any comments, please?
Re: David Leach, Lowerdown Pottery
Definitely a Lowerdown tankard. I think the mark is the L+ where the + has a split tail. It’s not an LD mark
https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t9953p25-lowerdown-pottery#141537
https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t9953p25-lowerdown-pottery#141537
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Thank you Naomi. That's it! I've never seen the Lowerdown cross with a bifurcated tail. Any idea if it has some particular significance?
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I assumed it was an early version of the mark. Tbh I don’t even know why he used a cross in the first place
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Re: David Leach, Lowerdown Pottery
The site of the bungalow and pottery is near a cross roads at Lowerdown, which is just a few houses. That's my understanding and it was called that before David bought the property.
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Re: David Leach, Lowerdown Pottery
Cheers.
Other Leachs have potted there over the decades and it’s possible each would have made their own version of the Lowerdown stamp, just as potters training at Winchcombe made their own WP stamps
Other Leachs have potted there over the decades and it’s possible each would have made their own version of the Lowerdown stamp, just as potters training at Winchcombe made their own WP stamps
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Re: David Leach, Lowerdown Pottery
Looks like the Lowerdown pottery mark.
If the top of the rim is unglazed, it may be missing a lid.
If the top of the rim is unglazed, it may be missing a lid.
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