British Art Pottery - 27th November 2019
Lot 417
‡Bernard Leach CBE (1887-1979) a tile dated 1934
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £600
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Description
‡Bernard Leach CBE (1887-1979)
a tile dated 1934, painted with a stylised flying hawk, in circular border the corners dated 1934, in tenmoku on an oatmeal ground, painted BL monogram, 1934 date and impressed M pottery seal marks to reverse, 10.5cm. square
Provenance
Mary Gibson-Horrocks,
Literature
Bernard Leach Potter's Book, Faber & Faber, page 104 for a similar design of a dated tile with two swallows, illustrated.