Geoffrey Whiting studio pottery teapot

A beautiful Japanese pottery inspired studio teapot, made by Geoffrey Whiting (1919-1988) of Avoncroft Pottery, made c1949-1971.   The grey/brown clay body is glazed in black Tenmoku glaze, with an unglazed handle applied over the top of the pot. There are also impressed maker's marks near the base. The Tenmoku glaze is disturbed by random patterns in wax-resist technique leaving parts of the surface a striking design of unglazed fired clay. The pot has an unglazed base with indistinct pencil marks, possibly 35/-.