Size: 24.5 cm tall including lid, 17 cm to rim, maximum width about 19 cm.

Condition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration. Firing crack to base which is typical.

This stoneware jar and cover is a typical example of Trevor Corser's personal work, solidly potted with bold glazes from the Leach pottery.

Trevor Corser was the longest serving member of the Leach Pottery. Born in Oldham in 1938, he arrived in St Ives as a fisherman, but began to work for Bernard Leach in 1966, packing pots for transit and mixing clay. Over the years he went on to learn the skilled craft of a production potter, making the Pottery’s iconic standard ware and becoming one of the last to remain here until the Pottery’s closure in 2005. Having studied under Bernard Leach, he worked for many years alongside William Marshall and himself became mentor to subsequent Leach apprentice potters. Known for his uncomplicated, functional pots and distinctive glazes, Corser grew to be an acclaimed studio potter in his own right and spent his life making pots firmly within the Leach tradition, many of which are now found in collections all over the world.

Trevor Corser died on 30th November 2015, aged 77, whilst working on his 2016 retrospective at the Leach Pottery.