The connection between this vase and the previous Leach pot
may not be immediately apparent but Leach was a friend of the Ruskin proprietors
and a frequent visitor to their pottery. They shared a love of “oriental”
shapes and glazes but stylistically they were very different.
Edward Richard Taylor and his son William Howson Taylor are
often credited with being the first potters to successfully re-create ancient
Chinese high fired glazes in this country. This simple and beautiful vase was
made in 1933 just before the pottery closed although they had mastered the
technique in the early 1900s - but were they the first in England to do so?
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