A stoneware bottle vase by William Marshall, decorated in kaki and tenmoku glazes with an abstract design, incised WM mark within footring, impressed St Ives seal to edge of foot
A stoneware vase by William Marshall, with tall, narrow everted neck and broad body tapering towards the base, decorated in a speckled grey glaze with a brushed floral design in cobalt blue, incised WM mark and impressed St Ives and ENGLAND seals to the edge of the unglazed foot
A stoneware vase by David Leach, decorated in a tenmoku glaze falling short of the unglazed foot, the shoulder with incised concentric lines, impressed DL seal to edge of foot
17.8 cm. (7 in.), 14.3 cm. (5⅝ in.) and 18.7 cm. (7⅜ in.) high respectively

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William Marshall was born in St Ives and joined the Leach Pottery as its first apprentice at the age of 15, later becoming Bernard Leach's foreman and right-hand man. He supervised the making of the Leach Pottery standard ware, but over time emerged as a major potter in his own right. Like Leach, Marshall was artistically much influenced by the far east including by the potters Kitaoji Rosanjin and Shoji Hamada.