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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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A pair of Australian pokerwork bookends. Incised and painted with kookaburras perched on tree branches. Signed D. M. Rennison, 17 cm high
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Carl Cooper, Victoria, 1964, terracotta earthenware dish, painted and incised with aboriginal motifs. Signed Cooper Australia, 1964, 9 cm diameter
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware figure of a frog, green glaze. Unmarked, 20 cm high
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Martin Boyd, Victoria, circa 1950, earthenware plate painted with an aboriginal female figure. Incised Martin Boyd, Australia, 18.5 cm diameter
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware figure of an Australian blue tongue lizard. Unmarked, 32 cm long
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A pair of Australian pokerwork vases hand painted and incised with Australian bower birds amongst Australian flora, 30 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, shaped earthenware branch handled jug with applied gum nut and leaf decoration, mauve and blue glaze. Incised Remued, hand made, 178M, 9.5 cm high
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Klytie Pate, Victoria, circa 1940, earthenware two handled vase, relief decorated with stylised birds. Incised Klytie Pate, 26.5 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware vase applied with gum nut, leaf and branch decoration, green and brown glaze. Incised Remued, hand made 146M, 12 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, shaped earthenware jug with branch handle and applied gumnut and gum leaf decoration, puce and grey glaze. Incised Remued, 12 cm high
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An Australian pokerwork walking stick heavily carved and incised with panels depicting Australian native flora and fauna 73 cm high
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An Australian pokerwork vase painted and incised decoration of koalas in a gum tree with a mottled brown background, 30 cm high
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Bendigo Pottery, Victoria, circa 1900, earthenware multi glazed tobacco jar in the shape of a dog's head. Unmarked, 14 cm high
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William Ricketts, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware sculpture of the face of an aboriginal boy metamorphosing from a tree stump, together with an inscribed earthenware plaque. Signed Wm Ricketts, 26 cm high
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Premier Pottery Preston, Victoria, circa 1932, squat earthenware two handled vase, multi-coloured glaze. Stamped Ppp, 10 cm high
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Wembley Ware, Western Australia, circa 1950, earthenware ceramic fish plate, lustre glaze moulded Wembley Ware, 32.5 cm length
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Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd, Victoria, circa 1955, Murrumbeena Pottery, shallow ovoid earthenware bowl, blue and yellow ground; together with two nut bowls, each incised A.M Boyd, the largest 18 cm diameter
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware figure of a sitting green frog. Unmarked, 21 cm high
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware figure of a kookaburra, yellow, blue and brown glaze impressed Bosley Ware Mitcham, 20 cm high
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Klytie Pate, earthenware bottle, yellow and brown drip glaze inscribed Klytie Pate, 31 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware branch handled jug with applied gum nut and leaf decoration, mauve and green glaze. Incised mark Remued, hand made, 9 cm high
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Merric Boyd, Victoria, circa 1932, wheel thrown earthenware vase with applied and painted decoration of a windswept tree and a koala in a landscape inscribed Merric Boyd, 1932, 31 cm high. Note: illustrated in Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950, K. Fahy et al, Casuarina Press, Sydney, 2004, p. 80, plate 33
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Klytie Pate, Victoria, circa 1940, two circular earthenware bowls, one with a mauve glaze, the other with a green glaze, each incised Klytie Pate, the largest 13.5 cm diameter
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Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd and Neil Douglas, Victoria, circa 1950, Murrumbeena Pottery earthenware jug, painted with a bush landscape. Incised A.M. Boyd, 12.5 cm high
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Klytie Pate, Victoria, circa 1950, wheel thrown earthenware ginger jar with pierced decoration of magnolias, mauve and green glaze. Incised Klytie Pate, 30 cm high. Note: for a similar example see Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950, K. Fahy et al, Casuarina Press, Sydney, 2004, p. 296, plate 376
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, tapering cylindrical earthenware vase with applied gum nuts and leaves, green and red drip glaze. Incised 181M, Remued, hand made, 21 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, early shaped earthenware branch handled jug with applied gum nut and leaf decoration, yellow and blue glaze. Incised Remued, 21.5 cm high
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William Ricketts, Victoria, circa 1960, large and important earthenware sculpture modelled as a fountain in two mirrored sections, each section moulded with a coolamon surmounted by a water spout tower relief decorated with aboriginal heads, the base moulded with the Dreamtime figure of an aboriginal elder with an elongated beard issuing kangaroo figures. Unmarked, 130 x 34 x 24 cm
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A chip carved cribbage board inset with ivory hole guards. Signed Walker, 38 cm long
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Alexander Murray, New South Wales, circa 1930, press moulded earthenware figure of a platypus, hand finished and fitted as a fountain. Incised to side A.M, 19 cm long. Note: illustrated, Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950, K. Fahy et al, Casuarina Press, Sydney, 2004, p.277, plate 346
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Klytie Pate, Victoria, circa 1955, ovoid earthenware vase, graduated green and white glaze. Incised Klytie Pate, 20 cm high
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Premier Pottery Preston, Victoria, circa 1930, small earthenware jug with a multi-coloured glaze printed P P P, 10 cm high
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, large earthenware figure of a koala on a branch, grey, brown and green glaze. Unmarked, 23 cm high
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Pamela, Victoria, circa 1932, earthenware vase with applied gum nut, leaf and branch decoration. Incised Pamela, hand made, 12 cm high
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Neil Douglas, Victoria, circa 1950, pottery plate painted with kangaroos in an Australian landscape painted mark Neil Douglas, titled indistinctly, 19. 5 cm diameter; together with an unsigned earthenware bowl, painted with an Australian landscape scene, 17 cm diameter
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1938, earthenware branch handled jug with applied gum nut and leaf decoration, mauve, green and brown glaze. Incised Remued, 10 cm high
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Klytie Pate, Victoria, circa 1940, slender neck earthenware vase, graduated red and aqua glaze. Incised Klytie Pate, 12.5 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, compressed earthenware wall pocket, applied gum leaf and gumnuts, cream and green glaze. Incised Remued 15-10 M, 25 cm high
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Premier Pottery Preston, Victoria, circa 1932, squat earthenware two handled vase, multi-coloured glaze. Stamped Ppp, 7 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, cylindrical earthenware vase, with branch, gum nut and leaf decoration, blue, yellow and green glaze. Incised Remued, 145/9M, 9.5 cm high
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An Australian chip carved tea pot stand inset with two floral tiles. Unmarked, 51 cm long
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1940, earthenware figure of a seated green frog. Unmarked, 16 cm high
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Studio Australia, New South Wales, circa 1985, large earthenware figure of a perched owl printed mark Studio Australia, Dawn and monogram, 40 cm high
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Allan Lowe, Victoria, circa 1970s shallow ovoid bowl, pale mauve ground. Incised Allan Lowe, 23.5 cm diameter
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Klytie Pate, Victoria, circa 1960, earthenware night light with floriate fret work, blue and purple glaze. Incised Klytie Pate 17, 18 cm high
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An Australian pokerwork box. Incised and hand painted with two parakeets amongst foliage. Signed Studio Carola, 29 cm wide
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Merric Boyd, Victoria, circa 1930, high fired stoneware vase with tree branch decoration, blue and green glaze foil sticker, Cruffel Art porcelain, Melbourne, 11 cm high
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware grape and leaf plate impressed Bosley Ware Mitcham, 22 cm diameter
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware figure of a seated green frog. Unmarked, 20 cm high
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William Ricketts, Victoria, circa 1965, sculptured earthenware face plaque of a young aborigine. Incised Wm. Ricketts, 16 cm long
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An Australian pokerwork vase painted and incised with blossoming gum tree decoration, 25 cm high
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Merric Boyd, Victoria, circa 1930, high fired stoneware jug with tree branch handle and decoration hand painted, Cruffel porcelain, 11 cm high
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Greg Irvine, Victoria, circa 1970's ceramic sculpture of a dancer in a stretching pose. Unmarked, 35 cm high
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Gustave Pillig (attributed), Victoria miniature stylised earthenware bust of a female, dark green ground. Unmarked, 13.5 cm high
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Martin Boyd, Victoria, circa 1950, earthenware plate painted with aboriginal motifs, brown, green and yellow glaze. Signed Martin Boyd, Australia, 26 cm diameter
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware branch handled jug with applied gumnut and leaf decoration, blue, green and puce glaze. Signed 119M Remued hand made, 11 cm high
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Merric Boyd, Victoria, 1939, earthenware branch handled jug with relief moulded foliage decoration, cream glaze. Incised Merric Boyd, Australian Eucalyptus gum tree, 1939, 11 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware branch handled jug with applied gumnut and leaf decoration, green glaze. Incised Remued, hand made, 166M, 13 cm high
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Premier Pottery Preston, Victoria, circa 1930, earthenware vase with multi coloured glaze. Stamped indistinctly Ppp, 7 cm high
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Merric Boyd, Victoria, 1936, waisted cylindrical earthenware vase, painted with a stylised landscape. Incised Merric Boyd, Australia, 1936, 10 cm high
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Two Australian Mulga wood kangaroos hand carved on plinth base. Unmarked, highest 43 cm
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware branch handled jug, with applied gum nut and leaf decoration. Incised Remued, 12 cm high
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Klytie Pate, Victoria, circa 1940, circular covered earthenware tureen, mottled green ground. Incised Klytie Pate, 18 cm diameter
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An Australian pokerwork vase. Incised and painted with kookaburras perched on a leafy branch, 30 cm high
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Wembley Ware, Western Australia, circa 1945, earthenware figure of a koala clinging to a tree branch moulded Wembley Ware, 27 cm high
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Merric Boyd, Victoria 1933, compressed earthenware vase coloured by Doris Boyd, depicting a stylised tree. Incised Merric Boyd, colour by Doris Boyd, 1933, 9 cm high
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Atholl Ware, Victoria, circa 1955, pair of earthenware bookends modelled as bounding red Setters, cream ground printed Atholl, 21 cm wide
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware lidded bread crock, ovoid with a ribbed exterior, mottled yellow and brown glaze. Unmarked, 40 cm high
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Klytie Pate, Victoria, 1995, flared cylindrical terracotta vase, with incised stylised decoration, green highlights and interior. Incised Klytie Pate, 1995, 48 cm high
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Wembley Ware, Western Australia, circa 1950, earthenware relief moulded lobster dish, lustre glaze. Unmarked, 18 cm diameter
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware figure of a sitting rabbit, speckled grey and green glaze. Unmarked, 25 cm high
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Karl Duldig, Victoria, circa 1955, seven pieces of earthenware, including a large bowl, painted with an abstract face and six nut bowls. Incised Kd, the largest bowl 27 cm diameter
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, large earthenware branch handled jug with applied gum nuts and gum leaf decoration, green and yellow glaze. Incised Remued 54 Lm, 26 cm high
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Wembley Ware, Western Australia, circa 1950, earthenware figure of a kookaburra on a stump with a captured snake printed mark Wembley quality Ware, 19.5 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1930, cylindrical earthenware vase with applied fruiting grape vine decoration, green, blue and brown drip glaze. Incised Remued hand made, 145/9M, 24 cm high
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William Ricketts, Victoria, circa 1945, rare and unique sculptured earthenware head of a tribal elder. Unmarked, 41 cm high
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M. Johnson Alexander Murray school, Sydney Technical College, New South Wales, circa 1930, sculptured earthenware table ornament moulded as a platter with two hollow tree trunks and a lizard, green, brown and blue glaze. Incised M. Johnson, 29 cm wide, 12 cm high
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Neil Douglas and Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd, Victoria, circa 1950, Murrumbeena Pottery, circular earthenware plate painted with a scene depicting a campsite in an Australian landscape painted in the Bush, (possibly) Wandyong Scrubs, Ridge Creek, Neil Douglas, Australia, 16 cm diameter
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A collection of Australian pokerwork book end, blotter and four letter Openers, each painted and incised with Australian flora and fauna the largest 21 cm long
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Remiued, Victoria circa 1935. Shped earthenware jug with branch handle and applied gum nuts and gum leaf decoration, blue, green and yellow glaze, incised Remued. Height 12 cm
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Bendigo Pottery, Victoria, circa 1938, earthenware figure of a sitting frog, green glaze. Unmarked, 14 cm high
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John Howley and Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd, Victoria, circa 1955, Murrumbeena Pottery earthenware plate, painted with the head of a horse, black and white glaze. Incised Arthur Merric Boyd, 22.5 cm diameter
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware figure of a koala Spurious Castle Harris, 14.5 cm high
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F.E Cox (Jolliff), Victoria, 1945, tapering cylindrical earthenware bowl, pale green ground. Incised hand built, Jolliff, 1945, and monogram, 12.5 cm diameter
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Studio Australia, New South Wales, circa 1985, large naturalistically modelled figure of a Magpie printed Studio Australia, monogram, indistinctly signed, 37 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, earthenware branch handled jug, with applied gum nuts and leaf, yellow and blue drip glaze. Incised Remued, 12 cm high
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Merric Boyd, Victoria, 1927, small earthenware vase painted with Australian landscape decoration. Incised to base Merric Boyd 1927, Australia, 6.5 cm high
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Flora Landells, Western Australia, circa 1930, earthenware vase incised and painted with Australian wild flowers. Incised Landells Perth, 225, 8.5 cm high
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1936, earthenware, South Australia Centenary plate. Unmarked, 21.5 cm diameter
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Merric Boyd, Victoria, 1926, compressed circular earthenware pot, painted and incised with a stylised design. Incised Boyd, 1926, 13.5 cm diameter
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Premier Pottery Preston, Victoria, circa 1930, an earthenware multi coloured drip glaze vase. Unmarked, 10 cm high
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An Australian Poker Ware vase ovoid, painted and incised with Australian wildflowers 13 cm high
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June Arnold, Victoria, circa 1977, pair of earthenware mugs, painted with a cockatoo and a koala; together with four ceramic dove figures
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, earthenware figure of a kookaburra. Unmarked, 20 cm high
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Guy Boyd, Victoria, circa 1955, earthenware ceramic lamp base decorated with a native Australian scene. Incised Guy Boyd, 19 cm high
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H. McHugh, Tasmania, 1933, compressed cylindrical earthenware vase and flower frog, mottled brown and yellow glaze 16 cm diameter
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Eric Bryce Carter, New South Wales, circa 1940, circular earthenware bowl with gum leaf and gum nut moulding, green glaze. Incised E.C. Bryce Carter, Sydney, Permit 1P571, 21.5 cm diameter
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Bosley Ware, South Australia, circa 1935, plaster filled earthenware figure of a koala clinging to a tree. Unmarked, 23 cm high
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1936, compressed ovoid earthenware vase, applied with gum nut and leaf decoration. Incised Remued hand made 269M, 14.5 cm
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Remued, Victoria, circa 1935, small earthenware vase, with applied gum nut and leaf decoration, blue, green, pink and yellow glaze. Incised Remued, 10 cm high
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