Size: 10.9 cm across rim, external depth 7.5 cm.

Condition: Very good condition, no chips, cracks or restoration. Please note the piece is in grogged clay and handmade with typical small imperfections/throwing marks etc., which are part of the character of the piece.

This attractive small deep sided bowl is made in Alan Brough's typical style, quickly thrown in a buff clay with no further turning and neatly finished with a thick tenmoku glaze with Brough's characteristic "splash" of glaze on the body -  simple in design but once you inspect and handle it you see and feel the quality and attention to detail which attracted Bernard Leach to hire Alan to work with him at St Ives.

Alan Brough was born in 1924 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. His father (also Alan Brough) was a Manchester sculptor, well-known for his busts of George V and George VI and for his carving in coal of coalminers working at the face. After studying at the Camberwell School of Art in London from 1946 to 1950 he became a potter. He won the first prize of £200 at the International Handicraft Exhibition at Earls Court in 1953 for his exhibit - a three-legged bowl.

In 1956 he started Deacon Pottery in Central London with his friend from art school, Tony Deacon. By 1968 his reputation was such that when Bill Marshall had to give up some of his duties at the Leach pottery, Alan was hired to assist Bernard Leach, who was getting too old to throw his own pots. Later, Bernard asked Alan to to come to St Ives to take care of organising the students' work and learning activities.

He stayed at the Leach for four years before starting his own pottery, Alan Brough Pottery, in nearby Newlyn, Cornwall. He now lives just outside Penzance, and does his potting in a small workshop not far from home. Alan's work is noted for his attention to form. He works mainly in porcelain and stoneware, and his work is now sold at the Leach Pottery.