Studio Pottery

A Richard Batterham studio pottery cut-sided stoneware circular bowl, covered to the foot in an ash glaze, unmarked, diameter 26.5cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery cut-sided stoneware circular bowl, the exterior with a dark iron glaze beneath an ash rim and interior, unmarked, diameter 17.5cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery melon shaped stoneware teapot and cover, with incised vertical line detail, covered to the foot in an ash glaze, unmarked, height 15cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery cut-sided stoneware teapot and cover, salt glazed, unmarked, height 13cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery melon shaped stoneware teapot and cover, with incised vertical line detail, salt glazed, incised ’27’ to base, height 15cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

Two Richard Batterham studio pottery ash glazed stoneware coffee pots and covers, the first with combed vertical decoration to the lower body, height 18cm, the second with incised vertical line detail to the lower body, height 14.5cm, unmarked. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery stoneware coffee pot and cover, covered in a two-tone salt glaze, incised ‘28’ to base, height 17.8cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery stoneware coffee pot and cover, covered to the foot in an ash glaze, a horizontal band of small impressed shapes running beneath the spout, unmarked, height 17.5cm, three Richard Batterham ash glazed covers and three casserole dishes and covers with ash glazed interiors, unmarked, two 17cm long and one 21cm long. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery small stoneware pot and cover with ash glaze, a chatter band to the exterior and pointed cone shaped cover, height 8cm (small glued chip to cover), together with a Mike Dodd circular pot and cover with spiral detail to the flattened cover, height 6.5cm, impressed seal mark to side edge and base, and a Batterham cut-sided small circular ash glazed bowl, unmarked, diameter 11cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014)).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery cut-sided stoneware jar and cover, the cover of pointed cone shape, covered in an ash glaze to the foot, unmarked, height 14cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery stoneware jar and cover, of rounded square shape with an incised chevron pattern and pointed cone shaped cover with indistinct spiral detail, unmarked, height 14cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery cut-sided stoneware vase, of ovoid shape with flared neck, covered in a pale ash glaze, unmarked, height 15.5cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery cut-sided stoneware lily vase, of ovoid shape, with dark iron glaze beneath an ash rim and interior, unmarked, height 21cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A graduated pair of Richard Batterham studio pottery stoneware jugs, the ash glazed rims and interiors above probably manganese glazed bodies, unmarked, 28cm and 17cm high. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A large Richard Batterham studio pottery stoneware jug, with two-tone salt glaze, incised ‘27’ to base, height 34cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A large Richard Batterham studio pottery stoneware vase, the ovoid body of gentle square shape, covered to the foot in an ash glaze, the neck with concentric line detail, unmarked, height 36cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery stoneware pouring bowl and dish, of circular shape with ash and iron glazes, unmarked, diameter of dish 18cm, diameter of bowl excluding spout 18cm, together with a Richard Batterham small ash glazed jug, unmarked, height 11cm (small chips). Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A large Derek Davis studio pottery stoneware vase, of cylindrical shape raised on a smaller cylindrical foot, the top half with a running blue/green glaze over a grey/blue glaze, the grey glazed interior with manganese splashes, black painted mark to base, height 33.5cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Derek Davis studio pottery stoneware vase, of swollen shape with small top aperture, covered in a brown striped pattern, black painted mark to base, height 20cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).