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Australian & Historical - Day 1 — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:752
Sale Title:Australian & Historical - Day 1Lots with images:744
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:638
Date:25-Jun-2022
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Huntly Pottery kangaroo statue with mottled glaze stamped 'Huntly Pottery, Made in Bendigo, Australia' 29 cm high
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Bendigo Pottery 'Albert Namatjira' character jug impressed oval seal mark to base with edition number 16 cm high, 17 cm wide
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Huntly Pottery kookaburra statue with mottled glaze stamped 'Huntly Pottery, Made in Bendigo Australia' 28 cm high
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Huntly Pottery cockatoo statue with mottled glaze stamped 'Huntly Pottery, Made in Bendigo Australia' 29 cm high
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Huntly Pottery koala statue with Rockingham style glaze 39 cm high
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Huntly Pottery antique style water filter, cover and stand with mottled glaze stamped 'Huntly Pottery' 39 cm high overall
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Five assorted pottery vases and bowls including Robertson and Langley (attributed) the horse example 27 cm wide
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Bendigo Pottery Colonial pottery tobacco jar, 19th century 14 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Alfred Cornwall circular pottery bread plate with mottled blue and white glaze, 19th century, rare incised 'J. Toomey, Union Street, West Brunswick' 29.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Bendigo Pottery basket weave sardine dish and cover with conch shell finial, 19th century 21.5 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Alfred Cornwall Colonial circular pottery bread platter, Melbourne origin, 19th century incised 'J. Gough, Coburg' 30.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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A Colonial Australian pottery bread platter with bramble motif, 19th century 30 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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'The Age' lidded Staffordshire porcelain tobacco jar, 19th century, rare 25 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Stone's Bristol Pottery 'Kangaroo' teapot with mauve and grey glaze, early 20th century impressed oval mark to base 'Bristol Pottery, Brisbane' 15 cm high, 20 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Bendigo Pottery shell shaped Colonial soap dish with frog decoration, 19th century 13.5 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Stan & Geoff Gilbert (Merric Boyd design) koala jug with grey glaze signed 'Koala, VIC, Aust., 1929' 11 cm high, 12 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Merric Boyd pottery lidded bowl with applied windswept tree decoration incised 'Merric Boyd, 1946' 9 cm high, 11.5 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Merric Boyd pottery fruit bowl with rare applied figural decoration in landscape, hand-painted with sgraffito highlights incised 'Merric Boyd, The Gardener, 1948' 13 cm high, 21 cm across. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Merric Boyd pottery vase with applied windswept tree in landscape signature obscured 16 cm high, 18 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Merric Boyd pottery jug with applied windswept tree decoration incised 'Merric Boyd, 1946' 13 cm high, 14 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Merric Boyd pottery lidded bowl with applied quandong and leaf incised 'Merric Boyd, 1936' 7 cm high, 8.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Peggy Whiting mauve glazed pottery jug with windswept branch handle incised 'Peggy Whiting' 9.5 cm high, 12 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Killiney School hand-built green glazed pottery vase with unusual rim incised 'Killiney, Hobart, Tas' 10.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Bosley green glazed pottery frog 16.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Bosley 'Billy Can'T' miniature pottery statue with title on the base 11 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Melrose Ware town crier pottery ashtray stamped 'Melrose Ware Australian' 8 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Reg Hawkins for P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) rare pottery vase with hand decorated dragon motif stamped 'P.P.P.' 26 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Reg Hawkins for P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) green glazed pottery vase with hand-painted cottage scene signed R. Hawkins on the side and stamped 'P.P.P.' 23 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Reg Hawkins, P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) pottery jug with painted boating scene signed 'R. Hawkins' with 'Ppp' stamp 14.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Remued 'Batman, Melbourne Centenary' rare pottery two-handled cup with applied figure in landscape, incised 'This Is The Place For A Village' signed 'Remued' 15 cm high, 22 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Remued 'Cook's Cottage, Melbourne Centenary, 1934' pottery jug with sgraffito and hand-painted finish, rare incised 'Remued' 17 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Remued early pottery vase with windswept tree decoration and incised markings incised 'Remued' 9 cm high, 9.5 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Remued pottery jug with applied gumnuts, leaves and branch handle, early pink, lime green and blue colourway incised 'Remued, Hand Made, 54LM' 25 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Remued cylindrical pottery vase with applied gumnuts, leaf and branch, glazed in pink and green incised 'Remued' 16.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Remued pink and brown glazed pottery jug with applied gumnuts, leaf and branch handle incised 'Remued' 13.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Remued cylindrical pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaves, unusual incised decoration with brown and pink glaze incised 'Remued' 17 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Remued unusual early experimental brown glazed cylindrical pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaves incised 'Remued' 9 cm high, 9.5 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Remued green glazed pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaf incised 'Remued, Hand Made, 93 Sm' 17 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Pamela 'Batman, Souvenir of Melbourne' pottery profile portrait jug with unusual caramel glaze with pink and green highlights incised 'Pamela, 1934' 14 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Remued 'Batman, Melbourne Centenary' green glazed pottery jug with profile portrait incised 'Remued' 12.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P (Premier Pottery Preston) impressive cylindrical pottery vase with dribble glaze stamped 'P.P.P' 26 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) cylindrical form vase with dribble glaze stamped 'P.P.P.' 17 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) baluster shaped pottery vase, yellow ground with blue, pink and green glaze stamped 'P.P.P.' 21.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) multi-stemmed flower vase with pink and yellow glaze stamped 'P.P.P.' 18.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) rare chamber stick candle holder stamped 'P.P.P.' 13.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) bowl with dribble glaze interior stamped 'P.P.P.' 6 cm high, 13 cm diameter. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) dish with dribble glaze stamped 'P.P.P.' 11.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) jug with sponge work decoration glazed in pink, green and brown with yellow highlights stamped 'P.P.P.' 12.5 cm high, 15 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) unusual pottery jug with hand-painted farm scene, most likely the work of Reg Hawkins hand-painted factory mark in brown 'P.P.P.' 11 cm high, 13 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) tall cylindrical form vase with unusual pink and brown glaze with pink highlights stamped 'P.P.P.' 23.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) tall water jug with unusual brown, green and blue glaze with pink highlights stamped 'P.P.P.' and incised '133' 24 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) pink and yellow glazed vase with unusual applied handle 20.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Remued early series green and cream glazed pottery jug with brown and yellow highlights incised 'Remued' 25 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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William Ricketts pottery tree stump teapot with applied koalas in rare and early green glaze incised 'W. M. Ricketts, 1934' 17 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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William Ricketts character jug, rare and early brown high gloss glaze incised 'W. M. Ricketts, Melbourne, 1934' 17.5 cm high, 21 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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William Ricketts pottery face jug with branch handle and feet, incised decoration with rare and early green glaze incised 'W. M. Ricketts, 1934' 8 cm high, 8 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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William Ricketts early pottery tree stump dish with squatting Aboriginal figure, unusual black glaze incised 'W. M. Ricketts, Melbourne, 1936' 7 cm high, 12.5 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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William Ricketts pair of unusual pottery dishes with kneeling Aboriginal figures, rare blue and brown colourway the female example incised 'W. M. Ricketts, Melbourne, 1935' 8 cm high, 10 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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William Ricketts pottery statue of a tribal elder. Note: Pronounced firing crack through base 19 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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William Ricketts pottery statue of a seated Aboriginal figure with koala incised 'W. M. Ricketts, Mt. Dandenong, 1941' 10 cm high, 13 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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William Ricketts double-sided pottery bust with pencil inscription (illegible) incised 'W. M. Ricketts' 22 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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William Ricketts pottery sculpture of an Aboriginal female, reverse adorned with two children's faces incised 'William Ricketts, The Sanctuary, Mount Dandenong, 1958' 22 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Erik Juckert early exhibition quality vase, spectacularly decorated with applied landscape forest scene, rare incised 'Eric Juckert, 1945' 43 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Eric Juckert cream glazed vase adorned with elephants incised 'Eric Juckert' 15 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Una Deerbon green and brown glazed pottery jug with applied branch handle, leaves and fruit incised 'Una Deerbon' 19 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Una Deerbon pottery plate with applied grapes and leaf incised 'Una Deerbon' 21 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Klytie Pate green glazed pottery bowl incised 'Klytie Pate' 5 cm high, 10 cm diameter. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Hand-built pottery jug with applied gumnuts and leaves in the style of Jolliff incised 'Hand Built, Mag, 1942' 12 cm high, 17 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Trixie Rieken grey and mauve glazed pottery vase with sgraffito decoration incised 'Trixie Rieken, 1938, hand made' 13.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Fred Man (attributed) blue and brown glazed pottery vase with applied kookaburras on branches 11 cm high, 15 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Artist Unknown hand-built blue glazed pottery jug with applied rose and wheat decoration incised signature to base (illegible) 18 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Mary Perdikis blue glazed pierced floral pottery vase with lid incised 'Mary Perdikis, Hand Built' 11.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Newtone Pottery two handled vase with blue and brown glaze, together with a cylindrical pottery vase, (2 items) 9 cm and 13 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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John Campbell pair of green glazed 'Tasmania' pottery beakers incised 'John Campbell' 9.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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John Campbell green glazed pottery flower trough incised 'John Campbell, Tas' 13 cm high, 36 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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John Campbell baluster shaped pottery vase with mottled glaze incised 'John Campbell, Launceston' 9.5 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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John Campbell pottery vase with mottled glaze incised 'John Campbell, Tasmania' 6.5 cm high, 8 cm diameter. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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McHugh green glazed pottery cream jug incised 'McHugh, Tasmania, ½ Pt' 10 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Melrose Ware pottery vase with unusual green and satin pink glaze stamped 'Melrose Ware, Australian' 25 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Melrose Ware 'Tragedy' green glazed pottery bookends stamped 'Melrose Ware, Australian' 15 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Newtone Pottery large green glazed jug with unusual dribble glaze stamped 'Newtone Pottery, Sydney' 29 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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An unusual pottery stump vase with applied bulldog and lizard, incised 'Victoria' on the side, most likely Sydney origin incised signature to base (illegible) 9.5 cm high, 18 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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M. Johnson pottery tree stump tray with applied lizard decoration, Sydney origin incised 'M. Johnson' 11 cm high, 21 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Florenz green and yellow glazed pottery vase with applied gumnuts, branch and leaves incised 'Florenz, Sydney' 21 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Grace Seccombe pottery wall pocket with applied koala, gumnuts and leaves, incised 'Taronga Zoo' 15 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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An impressive Australian pottery tree stump vase with applied koala, gumnuts and leaves, most likely Sydney origin 25 cm high, 24 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Australian pottery koala tree stump wall pocket, most likely Sydney origin 19 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Wembley Ware 'Golden Fleece' ceramic ram ashtray impressed factory mark to base 8 cm high, 14.5 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Wembley Ware ceramic ashtray with kookaburra and snake decoration black factory mark to base 12.5 cm high, 14.5 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Wembley Ware ceramic ashtray with dog decoration circular impressed mark to base 8 cm high, 17 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Martin Boyd (attributed) pottery mug with painted fox hunting scene 10 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Valeria Correll (attributed) 'Italian Peasant' pottery statue, rare 20 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Una Deerbon rare pottery dish with applied kangaroo decoration and hand-painted landscape scene incised 'Deerbon' 21.5 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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J. Pearson pottery statue of a lady incised 'J. Pearson, 1937' 23 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Broadbent Pottery unusual coil pot jug with purple glaze incised 'D. Broadbent' 13 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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McHugh Pottery log flower trough with kookaburra and frog decoration, unusual mottled glazed, rare. Later branding added to base 'H. McHugh, Tasmania' 15 cm high, 30 cm wide. Note: Illustrated in 'McHugh Bros. Pottery, Launceston', by Robert Florey [Tasmania, 2018], page 151. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Pat Phillips unusual pink glazed pottery bowl with pierced top incised 'Pat Phillips' 13 cm high, 16 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Deborah Halpern pottery mug signed 'D. D. H. '83' 7 cm high, 13 cm wide. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Martin Boyd (attributed) pottery plate with fox hunting scene 30 cm diameter. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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Diana Pottery 'Waltzing Matilda' musical pottery jug 20 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection
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