Mike's Pots - Paisley Museum

Paisley Museum 2008

The Paisley Museum has an extensive collection of around 500 pots by some of the most important British potters of the Twentieth century. A fraction of these are currently exhibited in a set of themed display cases, e.g., masterpieces, functional pots, sculptural pots. A more comprehensive display is planned for the near future, showcasing individual artists.

The studio pottery exhibition cases

The Masterpieces Case - Left to right - Bernard Leach, Hans Coper, Shoji Hamada, Shoji Hamada, Lucie Rie, Lucie Rie, Janet Leach, Bernard Leach, Michael Cardew, William Staite-Murray, Hans Coper, Norah Braden

The Functional Case - Including an early Bernard Leach raku dish, a Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie stoneware vase with blue decoration and a Michael Cardew tea pot