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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:684
Sale Title:Australian & Historical - Day 1Lots with images:684
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:556
Date:3-Dec-2022
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Victoria Art Pottery (V.A.P.) impressive pottery vase with floral motif glazed in burgundy and green, impressed three times to the base 'Ferry', 40.5 cm high
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Wilson & Ridge (Yarraville Pottery, Footscray), pottery bread plate, circa 1877-1895, rare. 36 x 24 cm
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Bendigo pottery bread plate (design no. 2), 19th century, 31 x 27 cm
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Bendigo Pottery Colonial cheese dish and cover, 19th century, 19 cm high, 28 cm wide
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Bendigo pottery dog tobacco jar, 19th century, 14 cm high
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Colonial pottery marbles, 19th century
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Lithgow Pottery spittoon in brown Rockingham glaze, A/F, 19th century, 7 cm high, 21 cm diameter
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Bendigo pottery face jug with Rockingham glaze, 19th century, 14 cm high
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Bendigo pottery soap dish with frog decoration, early 20th century, 13.5 cm wide
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Bendigo Pottery ashtray adorned with a seated monkey, 19th/20th century, 9 cm high, 11.5 cm wide
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Harry Harvey 'Mischief' Melbourne Art Society pottery plaque in original oak frame, early 20th century, title label and details verso, 8 x 22 cm, 18 x 32 cm overall
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Martin Moroney blue and white pottery vase painted with gum blossoms and leaves, signed 'M. Moroney, Brisbane, July, 1914', with 'M.Q.' monogram, 22.5 cm high
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Alan Finlay stunning studio pottery vase decorated in the Japanese style adorned with gumnuts and leaves, Museum quality. Signed 'Alan Finlay', 14 cm high, 14 cm wide
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Merric Boyd (attributed) pottery bowl with applied fruit and leaves, incised to the base (illegible), 7 cm high, 14 cm wide
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Merric Boyd pottery jug with windswept tree handle and landscape scene, incised 'Merric Boyd, 1940', 12 cm high, 15 cm wide
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Merric Boyd early green glazed pottery jug, incised gumleaf mark dated 1922, 18 cm high, 18 cm wide
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McHugh pair of mantel vases glazed in blue with yellow highlights, incised 'H. McHugh, Tasmania, 18', 18 cm high, 22 cm wide
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McHugh pottery grape leaf plate, incised 'H. McHugh, Tasmania', 25 cm wide
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John Campbell green and yellow glazed pottery vase, incised 'John Campbell, Tasmania', 33.5 cm high
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John Campbell 'Entally National House' pottery ashtray with majolica glaze. Incised 'John Campbell, Tasmania', 12 cm diameter. Note: this only the second example known to our rooms. Entally house was built in 1819 for Thomas Reibey, Son of Mary Reibey. Mary was transported as a convict to Sydney and later became a successful business woman and is now commemorated on the Australian $20 note.
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John Campbell (attributed) workman's piece pottery bowl with applied decoration, incised 'B.A.B. 1948', 10 cm high, 14 cm wide
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John Campbell brown glazed pottery vase, incised 'John Campbell, Tasmania', 16 cm high
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Melrose Ware 'Possum' trough with green glaze, stamped 'Melrose Ware, Australian', aaaaaa, 11 cm high, 35 cm wide
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Melrose Ware 'Kangaroo' green glazed pottery trough, stamped 'Melrose Ware, Australian', 11 cm high, 24 cm wide
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Melrose Ware 'Kangaroo' bowl with green glaze, stamped 'Melrose Ware, Australian', 10.5 cm high, 25 cm diameter
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Melrose Ware 'Possum' trough with green glaze, stamped 'Melrose Ware, Australian', 11 cm high, 35 cm wide
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Melrose Ware pottery trough with green glaze, stamped 'Melrose Ware, Australian', 7.5 cm high, 22 cm wide
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Melrose Ware pair of bookends adorned with gumnuts and leaves with rare blue glaze, both bearing original paper labels, 14 cm high
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Melrose Ware pink glazed vase with gumnuts and leaves, stamped 'Melrose Ware, Australian', 12 cm high
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Melrose Ware pottery vase with gumnuts and leaves, unusual mauve glaze, stamped 'Melrose Ware, Australian', 19 cm high
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Regal Mashman impressive pottery mantle vase with mottled sponge work glaze, impressed stamp 'Regal Mashman', 35 cm high
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A.E. Cooper 'Fairy' vase with Mashman style glaze, 14 cm high
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Regal Mashman pottery platter with green glaze, 32 cm wide
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Bosley pottery koala statue, 24 cm high, 27 cm wide
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Bendigo Pottery pair of sponge ware mantle vases, 26.5 cm high
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Daisy Merton blue pottery jug with painted landscape scene, stamped 'Newtone Pottery, Sydney, hand Painted', 16.5 cm high
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Daisy Merton hand-painted green glazed pottery vase with gum blossoms, stamped 'Newtone Pottery, Sydney, hand Painted', 11.5 cm high, 16 cm wide
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Daisy Merton 'Rosella' pottery log flower trough, made for Newtone Pottery in Sydney, signed 'D.V. Merton', 10.5 cm high, 23 cm long
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Muriel Foote blue and yellow glazed pottery dish with applied grapes and leaves, incised 'M.F.', 18 cm wide
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Harvey School pottery ashtray with applied gumnuts and leaves, glazed in brown and green, incised 'V.A. Champion', 11 cm wide
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Remued Pottery table lamp base of tree stump form with applied koala and branch decoration, rare, incised 'Remued 13/S3', 14.5 cm high
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Pamela Pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaves, glazed in pink, blue and green, incised 'Pamela, hand made, 1934', 19.5 cm high
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P.P.P. (Premier Pottery Preston) vase with unusual applied spiral decoration, glazed in pink, blue and yellow, 20 cm high
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Remued Pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaves, glazed in pink, mauve and green, incised 'Remued', 11.5 cm high
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Remued impressive pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaves, glazed in lime green and brown, most likely the hand of Margaret Kerr, incised 'Remued hand made, 300 Lm', 21.5 cm high, 20 cm wide
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Remued cylindrical pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaves, glazed in green and brown, incised 'Remued, hand made 145/9M', 24 cm high
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Remued beehive shaped pottery vase with branch handle, glazed in green and brown, incised 'Remued, 18L', an imposing 28 cm high, 25 cm wide
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Remued brown glazed pottery vase with applied branch handle, incised 'Remued 142', 15 cm high
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Remued Pottery vase with applied branch handle, gumnut and leaf, incised 'Remued, hand made, 173/Sm', 7 cm high, 13 cm wide
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Remued early pottery jug with lustrous pink glazed body, green handle and rich blue interior, incised 'Remued 54Z', 25 cm high
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Remued 'Batman, Melbourne Centenary', pottery jug with rare blue glaze, incised 'Remued', 12.5 cm high
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Remued blue glazed cylindrical pottery vase with applied branch handle, incised 'Remued 145/9', 22.5 cm high
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Remued 'Cook, souvenir of Melbourne' blue glazed pottery jug, circa 1934. Incised 'Remued', 13 cm high
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Remued Pottery bowl with applied branch handle, glazed in green and brown, incised 'Remued 1991 Lh', 27.5 cm diameter
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Remued Pottery bowl with applied branch handle, glazed in mauve brown and green, incised 'Remued 1991 Lh', 28 cm diameter
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Remued spherical pottery vase with applied branch handle, glazed in orange and brown, incised 'Remued 53/S', 11 cm high, 16 cm wide
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Remued green glazed pottery bowl and jug, together with a green glazed pottery vase (possibly P.P.P.), (3 items), the largest 19 cm high
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Eric Bryce Carter green and yellow glazed pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaves, incised 'E. Bryce Carter, Sydney', 8.5 cm high
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Florenz Pottery jug with applied gumnuts, leaves and branch handle, incised 'Florenz', 19 cm high
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Peggy Whiting pottery lamp base with applied cottages in landscape with attractive hand-painted finish, incised 'Peggy Whiting', 16 cm high
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Una Deerbon, impressive pottery platter with applied grapes and leaves, incised 'Una Deerbon', 38.5 cm wide
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Una Deerbon cream glazed pottery vase with applied grapes and leaves with facemask handles, incised 'Una Deerbon', 19 cm high, 33 cm wide
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Philippa James pottery vase with applied gum blossom, leaf and twig, incised 'Philippa James', 16 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood spherical pottery vase with floral decoration, incised 'Mahood', 6.5 cm high, 8 cm wide
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Cruffel green glazed porcelain vase, bearing original foil label to base, 6.5 cm high, 9 cm wide
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Klytie Pate pottery vase with turquoise glaze, incised 'Klytie Pate', 26 cm high
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Klytie Pate pierced pottery vase with frangipani decoration, incised 'Klytie Pate', 25.5 cm high
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Marjorie McCLELLAND turquoise glazed pottery jug, incised 'Marjorie McClelland, 1937', 15 cm high, 21 cm wide
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A.J. Reay pottery kookaburra ornament, incised 'A.J. Reay, Bribie Island', 5 cm high, 12 cm wide
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Alice Art pottery wall vase glazed in purple and red, with applied decoration, incised 'Alice', 10 cm high
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William Ricketts pottery face mask wall plaque, incised 'Wm. Ricketts', 11 cm high
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Artist unknown 'Mulga Fred' (also known as 'Pelaco Bill'), glazed ceramic head, engraved verso 'Pelaco' and other words which are not legible. (the only example known to US.), 11 x 8.5 cm, in 1917 the clothing manufacturers Pearson & Law renamed their firm Pelaco Ltd. The company's advertising soon depicted a bare-legged, bare-foot Aboriginal man striding along in a pristine white Pelaco dinner-shirt and exclaiming: 'Mine Tinkit They Fit'. A. T. Mockridge drew the original sketch. By the 1930s 'Pelaco…
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Bendigo pottery chocolate pot with yellow glaze, circular factory stamp 'Bendigo Pottery, Epsom', 21 cm high
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Arthur Merric Boyd & John Perceval fifteen piece pottery coffee service with hand-painted yacht motif, incised 'A. M. Boyd', the coffee pot 20 cm high
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Arthur Merric Boyd & Neil Douglas pottery ramekin decorated with kangaroos in landscape, incised 'A.M.B.', 8 cm high, 15 cm wide
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Arthur Merric Boyd & John Perceval pottery ramekin decorated with bush landscape, incised 'A.M.B. J.P.', 9 cm high, 15 cm wide
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Arthur Merric Boyd & John Perceval early blue glazed pottery vase with sgraffito decoration attributed to John Perceval. In the early days of production at the Murrumbeena Pottery teapot blanks were procured from Hatton Beck and then decorated. This is evidenced in this example by the infill of the spout hole. 9 cm high, 13.5 cm wide
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Martin Boyd pottery plate with unusual hand-painted decoration of an Aboriginal woman spearing a fish, incised 'Martin Boyd, Australia', 27 cm diameter
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Guy Boyd two pink glazed pottery vases with wildflower decoration, incised 'Guy Boyd', 15.5 cm and 12 cm high
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Martin Boyd pottery plaque with an Aboriginal male portrait on blue ground, incised 'Martin Boyd, Australia', 26 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd pottery wall plaque with kangaroos, Aboriginal figures and symbols, incised 'Martin Boyd, Australia', 13 cm diameter
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Guy Boyd pottery dish with Aboriginal motifs, incised 'Guy Boyd', 11.5 cm wide
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Guy Boyd pottery 'Ballerina' plaque, signed 'H. Talbot' on the front, incised 'Guy Boyd', 24 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd pottery plate with wildflower decoration, incised 'Martin Boyd, Australia', 26 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd pottery plate with an aboriginal warrior in landscape, incised 'Martin Boyd, Australia', 26 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd pair of pottery plates decorated with aboriginal warriors, both incised 'Martin Boyd, Australia', 26 cm diameter
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Guy Boyd pottery charger with aboriginal warriors in landscape, incised 'Guy Boyd, Australia', 39 cm diameter
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The Little Pottery circular wall plaque of an Aborigine lighting a fire, stamped 'The Little Pottery, Australia', 29.5 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd & Charles Blackman pottery candle holder with pink glaze and floral painted decoration, incised 'Mr. Martin Boyd, Australia. C.B.', 10.5 cm diameter
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Tom & Elizabeth Sanders pottery fruit bowl with floral decoration, incised 'Tom & Elizabeth Sanders, 1954', 12 cm high, 33.5 cm diameter
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David & Hermia Boyd exhibition pottery owl jug with applied wire work decoration, incised 'D. + H. Boyd', 49 cm high
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David & Hermia Boyd pottery teapot, A/F, incised 'D.+ H. Boyd', 26 cm high
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David & Hermia Boyd exhibition pottery tankard with sgraffito medieval figures on horseback, incised 'David + Hermia Boyd, England', 18 cm high
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David & Hermia Boyd pair of pottery bowls decorated with sgraffito angels (note: one damaged and repaired), incised 'D + H Boyd', 5 cm high, 13 cm wide
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Ellis pierced pottery bull statue with rare purple glaze, incised 'Ellis, F38', 16 cm high, 30 cm long
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McLaren blue glazed pottery bull, incised 'McLaren', 19 cm high x 30 cm long
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McLaren green glazed pottery bull, incised 'McLaren', 18 cm high, 24 cm long
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Wembley Ware 'Lizard' plate, stamped 'Wembley Ware', 27 cm wide
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Wembley Ware pair figural bookends with green lustre glaze, 28.5 cm high
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Wembley Ware set of six lustre ware bowls, impressed 'Wembley' on the bases, 9.5 cm high
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