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Over the last few years I have
visited a number of museums armed with my digital camera.
Studio pots by master potters are very expensive these days
so I have built up a library of images some of which I will
share with you here.
Paisley Museum and
Art Gallery
The Paisley Museum has an extensive collection of around
500 pots by some of the most important British potters of
the Twentieth century. A fraction of these are currently
exhibited in a set of themed display cases, e.g., masterpieces,
functional pots, sculptural pots. A more comprehensive display
is planned for the near future, showcasing individual artists.
The Victoria and Albert
Museum, London
The V and A have an extensive collection of studio pottery
built up over the years by enthusiastic curators. Some of
you will be familiar with Oliver Watson's book which catalogs
the pots. Not all are of course on show but there many pots
by famous potters such as Bernard Leach, William Staite-Murray
and Shoji Hamada are on display in traditional glass cabinets.
York
City Art Gallery
The Rev. Eric Milner-White left his collection of studio
pottery to York City Art Gallery when he died in 1963. The
collection is displayed in full in a small room in the gallery
and includes pots by Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, William
Staite-Murray, Michael Cardew, Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie,
Norah Braden and Ladi Kwali.
The Potteries Museum,
Stoke-on-Trent
As its name suggests, the Potteries Museum houses a huge
collection of pots made in the Potteries area of England.
The studio pottery collector Henry Bergen bequeathed his
pots to the museum and these are displayed together with
more recent studio work by potters such as Phil Rogers,
Mike Dodd and Richard Batterham.
Leach Pottery,
St. Ives, Cornwall
Janet Leach's collection of Bernard and Shoji Hamada pots
is displayed in the cottage at the Leach Pottery. Also displayed
is work by potters who started their careers as students
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