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Ray Finch (1914-2012)
Lot 179

Ray Finch (1914-2012)

1950S

Fermé15 October 2013

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GBP 2,500

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Ray Finch (1914-2012)
1950s
A large earthenware pot and cover decorated in a black glaze and incised with a band of stylised fish, RF and Winchcombe seals to the base
31.5cm. high

Bernard Leach was given this for his fiftieth birthday in 1937 and he used it as his bread bin.

Note du spécialiste

Ray Finch (1914-2012) was born in Streatham, South London. He visited Michael Cardew at Winchcombe Pottery in 1935 to ask for employment but was advised to aquire basic skills first. And so he studied for a year at Central St. Martins, joining the Winchcombe team in 1936. In 1939 when Cardew moved to Cornwall to establish a new pottery, Finch, by then his partner, took over the Winchcombe Pottery. Although he handed management of the pottery over to his son, Mike, in 1979, he continued working well into his 90s.