The Leach Pottery, founded in 1920 by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, is among the most respected and influential studio potteries in the world.
Over the last hundred years, it has forged the shape of Studio Pottery in the UK and beyond.
Leach Pottery Standard Ware
This collection of reduction-fired stoneware comes from the famous pottery established in Cornwall in the 1920s by Bernard Leach. The concept of a range of functional and beautiful everyday tableware made with local clay was central to Leach’s philosophy.
Leach Standard Ware pottery is thrown on the wheel by an international team of production potters, volunteers, and apprentices. The clay used is stoneware clay from Doble’s claypit in St Agnes, Cornwall – much the same clay as was used in the original Leach Standard Ware production.
The range of glazes are selected and developed for their quality and colour; the pots are fired to 1280 degrees Celsius resulting in a dense and durable product. During the firing, the amount of oxygen in the kiln’s atmosphere is reduced and the flame pulls oxygen from the clay and glazes instead, infusing the glazes with deep, rich, iron tones.
Across each colour there can be significant variation in the glaze and shape – each piece is unique and handmade.
Bowls shown are in Dolomite glaze – this creamy blue-white glaze is named after the high percentage of the mineral dolomite found in the glaze mix. Iron in the clay body comes through, giving a hint of blue.
EH/LP01
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: small (h 5.5 cm x w 12.5 cm)
colour: dolomite
£17 / $36
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EH/LP02
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: medium (h 7 cm x w 17 cm)
colour: dolomite
£28 / $60
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EH/LP03
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: large (h 9.5 cm x w 22.5 cm)
colour: dolomite
£52 / $110
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EH/LP04
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: extralarge (h 12 cm x w 29.5 cm)
colour: dolomite
£90 / $190
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Bowl shown is in Tenmoku glaze. The four sizes are as shown in the set of 4 photo in Dolomite
EH/LP01
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: small (h 5.5 cm x w 12.5 cm)
colour: tenmoku
£17 / $36
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EH/LP02
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: medium (h 7 cm x w 17 cm)
colour: tenmoku
£28 / $60
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EH/LP03
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: large (h 9.5 cm x w 22.5 cm)
colour: tenmoku
£52 / $110
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EH/LP04
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: extralarge (h 12 cm x w 29.5 cm)
colour: tenmoku
£90 / $190
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TENMOKU: originating in China, this iron-rich glaze gives a deep black finish, breaking to red-brown where it is thinner.
Bowl shown is in Ashgreen glaze. The four sizes are as shown in the set of 4 photo in Dolomite
EH/LP01
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: small (h 5.5 cm x w 12.5 cm)
colour: ashgreen
£17 / $36
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EH/LP02
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: medium (h 7 cm x w 17 cm)
colour: ashgreen
£28 / $60
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EH/LP03
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: large (h 9.5 cm x w 22.5 cm)
colour: ashgreen
£52 / $110
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EH/LP04
Leach pottery stoneware bowl
size: extralarge (h 12 cm x w 29.5 cm)
colour: ashgreen
£90 / $190
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ASH: mixed using locally sourced wood ash, this glaze is a soft translucent GREEN with subtle variations, depending on the ash supplied.
EH/LPP2
Leach pottery porcelain bowl with iron oxide edge
size: medium
colour: porcelain
£45 / $89
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Reduction-fired using a Chinese Ying Ching glaze, then brushed with Iron Oxide.
EH/LPP1
Leach pottery porcelain bowl with iron oxide edge
size: small
colour: porcelain
£29 / $59
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Reduction-fired using a Chinese Ying Ching glaze, then brushed with Iron Oxide.
EH/LPP5
Leach pottery porcelain jug with iron oxide edge
size: small
colour: porcelain
£35 / $75
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Reduction-fired using a Chinese Ying Ching glaze, then brushed with Iron Oxide.
