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The Marvin Hurnall Collection — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:1,052
Sale Title:The Marvin Hurnall CollectionLots with images:963
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:958
Date:1-Oct-2007
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, oval earthenware float bowl, with koala moulded handles, green ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 21 cm wide
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, baluster earthenware vase, moulded with gum leaves, yellow ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 23.5 cm high
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An Australian pokerwork vase cylindrical, painted and incised with gum blossoms, within a geometric border 31 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, pair of earthenware bookends, moulded with gum leaves, green ground, each stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, one with additional paper label, 14 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware jug moulded as a koala, yellow ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 15 cm high
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An Australian pokerwork tray painted and incised with three kookaburras perched in a eucalypt tree paper label inscribed Humphrey, 57 cm wide across the handles
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Pamela, Victoria, 1934, ovoid earthenware branch handled jug with applied gum nuts and eucalyptus leaves, green ground. Incised 28 Pamela hand made, 1934, 13 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware baluster vase, moulded with gum leaves, green and brown glaze. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 16 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, Toby jug modelled as a tavern character. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 18 cm high
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Mashman Brothers, New South Wales, circa 1936, earthenware figure modelled as Loma Latour, brown glaze. Unmarked, 15 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, compressed ovoid earthenware vase, moulded with gum leaves, blue ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 10 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, baluster earthenware jug, yellow drip glaze. Incised Remued 54L, 25.5 cm high
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An Australian pokerwork vase painted and incised with a cluster of Australian native flora, in colours of white, red and yellow on a burgundy ground 25 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, tapering cylindrical earthenware vase, moulded with gum leaves, green ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 16 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, cylindrical earthenware vase, impressed with eucalyptus leaves, pink ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 24 cm high
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An Australian pokerwork tray oval, painted and incised with a pair of koalas perched in a eucalypt tree, within a caned gallery surround, 47 cm wide
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1940, earthenware planter, moulded with eucalypt leaves, yellow ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 34 cm wide
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1940, compressed ovoid vase moulded with gum leaves, blue ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 8 cm high
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Grace Seccombe pair of earthenware cruets modelled as koalas. Unmarked, 8.5 cm high
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Philippa James, Victoria, dated 1925, compressed ovoid earthenware jug, with applied gum nut and leaf, blue ground. Incised Philippa James, 1925, 8.5 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1940, Father Christmas toby jug, blue ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 19 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1940, earthenware branch handled vase with applied gum nuts and leaves, green and brown iridescent glaze. Incised Remued, 54 Lm, 25.5 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, compressed ovoid earthenware vase, moulded with gum leaves, green ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 10 cm high
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H. McHugh Tamania, 1935, cylindrical earthenware vase, brown glaze. Incised H. McHugh, Tasmania, 1935, 54, 16.5 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1940, tapering cylindrical earthenware vase, moulded with gum leaves, green and brown ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 16 cm high
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A. Cornwall, Victoria, circa 1900, earthenware tree trunk vase, blue glaze. Unmarked, 17 cm high
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Philippa James, Victoria, circa 1935, compressed ovoid earthenware vase with handkerchief rim, cream ground. Incised Philippa James, 10 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, compressed tapering cylindrical vase, moulded with gum leaves, green ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 10 cm high
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E.G Greenway, circa 1960, Toby jug moulded with the face of a sea Captain impressed marks and paper label E.G Greenway Australia, 15 cm high
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A 'Seven little Australians' pokerwork tray painted and incised with a scene showing seven kookaburras perched on a branch, within a stippled surround and a gallery edge 53 cm wide
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware toby jug modelled as a tavern character, green ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 18.5 cm high
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Philippa James, circa 1930, ovoid eartheware branch handled vase. Incised Philippa James, 8 cm high
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An Australian pokerwork vase painted and incised with a scene showing a kookaburra perched on a leafy eucalyptus branch 20 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, cylindrical vase with applied grapes and leaves, mauve drip glaze. Incised 145/6M, Remued hand made, 17 cm high
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1940, compressed cylindrical earthenware bread crock, green ground. Stamped Bosley Ware, Mitcham, South Australia, 2GAL, 31 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, compressed ovoid branch handled jug with applied gum nuts and leaves, mauve ground. Incised Remued hand made, 185M, 11.5 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, cylindrical, with applied gum nuts and leaves,. Incised 145/9M, Remued hand made, 24 cm high
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Florenz Pottery, New South Walesovoid vase with applied gum nuts and leaves. Incised Florenze, 7 cm high
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Hoffman Co. Pottery works, Victoria Majolica bread plate, shaped serpentine outline, mottled green and brown glaze. Unmarked, 33.5 x 29 cm
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William Ricketts, Victoria, earthenware plaque, showing an indigenous Australian elder unsigned, 14.5 cm high
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An Australian chip carved pine photograph frame oval, with four apertures for photographs within a geometric chip carved surround, 41 x 65 cm
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Marguerite Mahood, Victoria, circa 1933, ovoid vase with an incised stylised foliate design. Incised MM monogram, C466 with dot, Marguerite Mahood 1933, 13 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood, Victoria, circa 1936, ovoid vase moulded with sunflowers, mottled maroon glaze. Incised F1254, Marguerite Mahood, 14.5 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood, Victoria, circa 1945, ovoid reticulated vase with stylised pierced decoration inscribed O1765 with dot, 'Canton', Marguerite Mahood, 7.5 cm high
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Australian school ovoid, the lid and body pierced and moulded with flowers, blue ground. Incised signature, 11.5 cm high
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Melrose, Victoria, circa 1932, jug moulded as a koala, green ground. Unmarked, 14 cm high
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Darbyshire Pottery, Western Australia, circa 1959, figure of an Indigenous male moulded Darbyshire Pottery, swan monogram and painted mark, 13 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1940, branch handled vase with applied leaves, green drip glaze. Incised Remued hand made, 54LM, 25 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, baluster earthenware vase with applied grape, leaf and vine, yellow and green ground. Incised Remued hand made, 42 Lm, 21 cm high
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Two Australian blackwood trays one a fiddle back cut tray of rectangular form with chrome handles, the other centred by an inlaid eight pointed star, the largest 53 cm wide
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A monumental Australian pokerwork vase, South Australia, dated 1933, baluster, painted with a repeating pattern of waratah sprigs. Stamped C Burrow, Burnside, maker, 18/6/33, 47 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware jug moulded as a koala, green ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 15 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, tapering cylindrical earthenware vase, moulded with gum leaves, brown and green glaze. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 22.5 cm high
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Wilson and Ridge, earthenware plate inscribed 'Give US this day Our Daily bread'. Unmarked, 35 cm wide
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An Australian pokerwork tray the handles painted and incised with kookaburras perched on a leafy eucalypt branch, 48 cm wide
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, rectangular earthenware planter, moulded with gum leaves, green ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 33.5 cm wide
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, tapering cylindrical earthenware vase, moulded with gum leaves, green glaze. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 23 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, Toby jug modelled as a woman. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 18 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware branch handled jug with applied gum leaves, yellow and blue drip glaze. Incised Remued 133M, hand made, 25 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, ovoid earthenware vase, moulded with koalas, green ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 9 cm high
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H. McHugh, Tasmania, 1935, double gourd earthenware vase, mottled brown and yellow ground. Incised H. McHugh, Tasmania, 1935, 46, 15 cm high
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Two Australian fiddleback blackwood trays, each of oval form with a chrome gallery and handles, the largest 58 cm wide
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, pair of earthenware figural bookends, green glaze paper factory label, 17 cm high
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An Australian parquetry inlaid tray inlaid with Australian native woods in a geometric pattern, including cedar and silky oak, gallery edge, 56 cm wide
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Alan Finlay, Victoria, circa 1920, baluster high-fired earthenware vase, painted in blue with Aboriginal elders and eucalypt trees, cream ground painted signature Alan Finlay, black rock, hard paste, 15 cm high
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Alfred Cornwall, Victoria, circa 1880 circular earthenware daily bread plate, mottled blue and green glaze 29 cm diameter
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1940, rectangular planter, moulded with gum leaves, blue ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 34 cm wide
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An Australian pokerwork vase painted and incised with a continuous border of Australian native flora, 31 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware branch handled vase with applied gum nuts and leaves, green, blue and red drip glaze. Incised 133M, Remued, hand made, 25 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1931, ovoid earthenware vase, impressed to either side with a koala, cream ground. Unmarked, 9 cm high
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A fine pair of Australian pokerwork vases, circa 1900, each finely painted and incised with an Australian parrot, within a border of Australian native flora including Fuschia, heath and flannel flower 26 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware jug, moulded to either side with a possum, green ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 21 cm wide across the handle
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Gustave Pillig, Victoria, circa 1930, earthenware figure of a reclining nude inscribed G. Pillig, 15 cm wide
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Bosleyware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware 'Billy can't' figure unsigned, 11 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood, Victoria, circa 1945, earthenware reticulated jug, stylised pierced and incised decoration inscribed Marguerite Mahood, O1823 with dot, 7 cm high
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Philippa James, Victoria, circa 1935, miniature earthenware jug with handle modelled as a koala, brown ground. Incised Philippa James, 6 cm high
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Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd and Neil Douglas, Victoria, circa 1950, Murrumbeena Pottery, earthenware cup, decorated with a kangaroo in a landscape setting painted mark Neil Douglas, 7.5 cm high
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware figure of a pigeon, mottled yellow and brown glaze unsigned, 18 cm high
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Grace Seccombe, New South Wales, earthenware figure of a koala perched in a tree paper label inscribed no. 86, Grace Seccombe, 10 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood, Victoria, circa 1935, miniature earthenware vase, incised decoration, red and cream ground. Incised monogram and E1065 with dot, 6 cm high
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Philippa James, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware jug, ovoid, moulded with a eucalyptus leaf, pink ground. Incised Philippa James, 10 cm high
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Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd, circa 1950, Murrumbeena Pottery, circular pin dish painted with Xanthorrhoea in a landscape scene painted AMB, 10 cm diameter
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Mel-Rose Ware figural flower holder modelled as a gentleman wearing a top hat. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 9 cm wide
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Carl Cooper, Victoria, 1946, @circular pin dish painted with shells inscribed Carl Cooper 1946, 10.5 cm diameter
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An Australian pokerwork vase painted and incised with a profusion of gum nuts and leaves, 31 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, circa 1940, earthenware vase impressed with various fish, green ground. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 21 cm high
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H. McHugh, Tasmania, circa 1935, compressed ovoid earthenware vase, mottled yellow and brown glaze. Incised H. McHugh, Tasmania, 1935, 22, 12.5 cm high
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H. McHugh, Tasmania, circa 1935, compressed ovoid vase, mottled green and yellow glaze. Incised H. McHugh, 1935, @and indistinct, 14.5 cm diameter
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A parquetry inlaid Australian cedar tray inlaid with geometric patterns in woods including blackwood and silky oak, 42 cm wide across the handles
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An Australian pokerwork vase baluster, painted and incised with a sceneof a kookaburra perched on a leafy eucalypt branch, 20 cm high
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Merric Boyd, Victoria, 1932, earthenware jug with applied gum nuts and leaf, blue ground. Incised Merric Boyd 1932, 11 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, circa 1940, @tapering circular float bowl, impressed with kangaroos factory paper label, 24 cm diameter
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William Ricketts, circa 1933, earthenware sculpture modelled with the image of Ricketts, the reverse showing the faces of two indigenous Australian children, bearing the inscription 'if humanly possible use your life for the highest purpose'. Incised William, 21.5 cm high
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Mel-Rose Ware, Victoria, circa 1940, @Toby jug moulded as a tavern character. Stamped Mel-Rose Australian Ware, 17.5 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware branch handled jug, with applied gum nuts and leaves. Incised 544M, Remued hand made, 25 cm high
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Ron hall, South Australia, circa 1930, earthenware koala figurine. Incised hall, 16 cm wide
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Remued lamp base modelled as a tree trunk with an applied koala inscribed Remued, 13.5 cm high
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Grace Seccombe, circa 1935, figure group modelled as two budgerigars, blue ground. Incised Grace Seccombe, Eastwood, Australia, 18 cm high
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Gloria Lovelock, Queensland, circa 1935, lidded box, moulded and incised with cherry blossoms and a beetle in blue and yellow on a white ground, inscribed monogram Gla, 21.5 cm wide. Note: illustrated in Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950, K. Fahy et al, Casuarina Press, Sydney, 2004, p. 224, plate 254
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Philippa James, Victoria, circa 1930, jug with branch handle and moulded gum leaf, mauve ground. Incised Philippa James, 16.5 cm high
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