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Thrown vase by Lucie Rie in the W.A. Ismay Collection

William Alfred Ismay[1] MBE (10 April 1910 – 13 January 2001) was a librarian, writer and collector in Wakefield, West Yorkshire known for his significant collection of post-war studio pottery.[2] The collection called the W.A. Ismay Collection was bequeathed to the Yorkshire Museum and is one of the world's largest collections of 20th-century studio pottery.[3] It includes work by Bernard Leach, Hans Coper, Shoji Hamada, Takeshi Yasuda, David Leach Dan Arbeid and Lucie Rie.[4]

  1. ^ "Wakefield Civic Society unveils latest plaque to commemorate the life of William Alfred ('Bill') Ismay MBE". Wakefield Civic Society. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. ^ Schutz, Dana (2014). "Matthew Darbyshire: The W.A. Ismay Collection | What's On | Hepworth Wakefield". hepworthwakefield.org. Retrieved 29 January 2014. William Alfred Ismay
  3. ^ "Family 54 - pafn06 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File". ismayons.com. 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ "View Collection - York Art Gallery". yorkartgallery.org.uk. 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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