Bernard Leach was a British studio potter who strongly disliked factory-made ceramics. He felt that potters should dig their own clay, make their own glazes and throw their own pots. This charger was fired in Leach’s experimental Japanese-style, wood-fired kiln in St. Ives but it was damaged, splitting into 3 pieces. It was later repaired by the Leach family. The Harris has other examples British studio pottery by makers such as Michael Cardew and Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie.