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Bernard Howell Leach and Leach Pottery

Pilgrim Bottle

1919

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Pilgrim Bottle

1919

Physical Qualities Stoneware, 12 x 9 x 4 1/2 in. (30.5 x 22.9 x 11.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Shirley Brown, Baltimore
Object Number 2013.110
Round pilgrim bottle with cream glaze and bird design.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Shirley Brown, Baltimore

Markings: On bottom: Chopmark "BL" and impressed mark for St. Ives, "ENGLAND"

Maker

Bernard Howell Leach

1886–1978

English, born Hong Kong, 1887-1979
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Factory

Leach Pottery

b. 1919

founded 1920
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