David Leach Lowerdown Pottery Bud Vase in Deep Red

Lowerdown pottery bud vases by David Leech 

Height 8.5cm

David Leach was born in Tokyo in 1911,  trained by Shoji Hamad, not his father, the prolific potter Bernard Leech. He studied at North Staffs Technical College and in 1930 joined his family pottery studio, Leech Pottery in St Ives. 

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.