CHARLOTTE RHEAD (1885-1947) FOR BURGESS & LEIGH
'BURLEIGH WARE' TUBE-LINED CHARGER, CIRCA 1926
£1,512
Auction: 11 October 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
glazed and painted earthenware, signed to reverse RHEAD, painted and printed maker's marks 4012
Dimensions
36cm diameter
Footnote
Note: Charlotte Rhead began working for Burgess & Leigh in 1926, following her employment with Wood & Sons. The company announced her arrival in a full-page advert in 1927 in The Pottery Gazette. Burgess & Leigh had not made tube-lined pieces before Rhead joined the firm, but by March 1927 she had produced around fourteen new designs. Rhead's patterns were all numbered and a list of these designs remains in print.