Blue Aylesford pot
Blue Aylesford pot (marks)
Brown Aylesford slipware jug
Brown Aylesford slipware jug (mark)
David Leach bottle
David Leach bottle (mark)
David Leach bottle vase
David Leach bowl
David Leach candle holders
David Leach candle holders (mark)
David Leach celadon jug
David Leach dish
David Leach dish (mark)
David Leach earthenware pot
David Leach earthenware pot (mark)
David Leach egg dish
David Leach egg dish (mark)
David Leach eggcup
David Leach eggcup (mark)
David Leach faceted bowl
David Leach faceted bowl (marks)
David Leach globe vase
David Leach jar
David Leach jar (mark)
David Leach lidded pot
David Leach miniature slipware tub
David Leach miniature slipware tub (mark)
David Leach plate
David Leach porcelain bottle
David Leach porcelain bottle (mark)
David Leach porcelain bowl
David Leach porcelain bowl (mark)
David Leach porcelain vase
David Leach porcelain vase (mark)
David Leach quart jug
David Leach quart jug (marks)
David Leach slipware bowl
David Leach slipware bowl (mark)
David Leach slipware jug
David Leach slipware jug (mark)
David Leach slipware jug II
David Leach slipware jug II (mark)
David Leach slipware vase
David Leach slipware vase (mark)
David Leach tenmoku bowl
David Leach waisted vase
David Leach waisted vase (mark)
David Leach willow pot
Early Aylesford jam pot
Early Aylesford jam pot (mark)
Faceted bottle by David Leach
Large Aylesford dish
Large David Leach bottle vase
Large David Leach jug
Large David Leach jug (mark)
Leach / Bowen dish
Leach / Bowen dish (mark)
Lowerdown bottle
Lowerdown bottle (mark)
Lowerdown coffee set
Lowerdown coffee set (mark)
Lowerdown vase
Lowerdown vase (mark)
Oval David Leach dish
Oval David Leach dish (mark)
Rectangular Aylesford dish
Rectangular Aylesford dish (mark)
Six Lowerdown porringers
Six Lowerdown porringers (mark)
Small David Leach dish
Small David Leach dish (mark)
Small David Leach pedestal dish
Small David Leach pedestal dish (mark)
Small Lowerdown vase
Small Lowerdown vase (mark)
Square David Leach vase
Tenmoku/celadon Leach bowl
Tin-glazed David Leach pot
Tin-glazed David Leach pot (mark)
Yellow David Leach bowl

David Leach

David Leach - May 2000

David Leach
May 2000

David Leach was born in Tokyo in 1911, and was first taught to pot not by his father Bernard but by Shoji Hamada. He studied at North Staffs Technical College and in 1930 joined the Leach Pottery where he stayed, on and off, for twenty-five years. He helped the family business in artistic, practical, technical and managerial capacities.

In 1953 he headed the ceramics department of Loughborough College. He started the Aylesford Pottery in 1954, handing it over a year later to Colin Pearson.

After the handover of Aylesford Pottery he moved to Bovey Tracey in Devon and set up Lowerdown Pottery.

He was awarded the O.B.E in 1987, and is important for his development of porcelain suitable for studio pottery and his services to education. David died in February, 2005.

His three sons; John, Jeremy and Simon are all potters.


 
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