Len Castle, important early earthenware vase, with matt wood ash glaze. This vase was made and fired at 52 Westmere crescent, Auckland in a single chamber down-draught firebrick kiln fuelled by atomised diesel oil, circa1954, impressed initials, height 32 cm. Illustrated: Ron Sang and Len Castle, Len Castle potter, Sang Publications 2002, p.23. Provenance: Neil and Fay Castle collection