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Australian & Historical — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:1,250
Sale Title:Australian & HistoricalLots with images:1,232
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:1,148
Date:25-May-2024
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Jolliff turquoise pottery fruit bowl with windswept branch handles,  incised 'Hand built by Jolliff 1940, F.E.C.', 11.5 cm high, 31 cm wide
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Marguerite Mahood 'The Intruder' pierced pottery bowl with applied dragon decoration, incised 'Marguerite Mahood, the Intruder', 5.5 cm high, 12 cm wide
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Artist Unknown blue glazed pottery mermaid dish, incised with artist's monogram (illegible) and appears to be dated ''35', 13 cm wide
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Regal Mashman pair of pottery koala bookends, 15 cm high
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Grace Seccombe rare pottery statue of a kingfisher, incised 'Grace Seccombe, N.S.W.', 7 cm high
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Grace Seccombe impressive pottery kookaburra statue with open beak, incised 'G. S. Aus.', 19 cm high
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Grace Seccombe pottery statue of a kookaburra on tree stump, incised 'Grace Seccombe, N.S.W.', 13 cm high
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Grace Seccombe pottery statue of a kookaburra on a log, incised 'G. S. Aust.', 8.5 cm high
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Grace Seccombe pottery statue of a kookaburra on a log, incised 'Grace Seccombe, N.S.W., Australia' with original paper label 'No.2, Grace Seccombe', 7 cm high
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Grace Seccombe pottery statue of a laughing kookaburra with beak open, 9.5 cm high
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Grace Seccombe pottery statue of a koala, moulded mark 'G. S., N.S.W.', 10.5 cm high
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Grace Seccombe pottery statue of a koala, incised 'G. S., Aus.', 8 cm high
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Grace Seccombe rare pottery statue of a sulphur crested cockatoo, 13 cm high
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Newtone rare pottery vase adorned with three dimensional hand-painted kookaburras in a tree, black factory mark to base 'Newtone Pottery, Sydney, hand Painted', 9 cm high, 12 cm wide
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Newtone Pottery vase with hand-painted landscape on blue ground, attributed to daisy Merton, stamped 'Newtone Pottery, Sydney, hand Painted', 10.5 cm high
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William Ricketts pottery sculpture with two Aboriginal figures, incised 'Out of the rock they come, spirits from the eternal sun. Wm. Ricketts', 8 cm high, 12 cm wide
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William Ricketts miniature pottery face plaque, incised 'Wm. Ricketts', 7.5 cm wide
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William Rickets pottery wall plaque of an Aboriginal elder, incised 'Wm. Ricketts' with pencil inscription dated 1957, and titled 'Atirantura, Arunda Tribe', 25 cm high
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William Rickets pottery sculpture of an Aboriginal boys face, incised 'Wm. Ricketts', 12 cm high
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William Rickets pottery jug with branch handle incised 'P.8. Mt. D.', 22.5 cm high
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Allan Lowe green glazed pottery vase, incised 'Allen Lowe', 18 cm high
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Klytie Pate pottery vase, incised 'Klytie Pate',  15.5 cm high 
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Klytie Pate pieced pottery vase with floral motif in mauve glaze, incised 'Klytie Pate', 28.5 cm high
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Allan Lowe early pottery vase with pierced frieze, incised 'Handmade, Allan Lowe, fern tree Gully, Aust., 1945', 20 cm high
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Allan Lowe brown glazed pottery vase with white interior, incised 'Allan Lowe', 21.5 cm high
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Allan Lowe pottery platter with painted decoration incised 'Allan Lowe' and additionally signed 'B', 30.5 cm diameter
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Allan Lowe blue glazed pottery sugar caster, incised 'Allan Lowe', 17 cm high
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Allan Lowe brown glazed pottery salt and pepper shakers, incised 'Allan Lowe', 12 cm high
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Allan Lowe blue glazed pottery salt and pepper shakers, incised 'Allan Lowe', 14 cm high
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Allan Lowe pottery dish, incised 'Allan Lowe', 16.5 cm diameter
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Pat Phillips stunning pink pottery jug adorned with Aboriginal dancing figures and animals, incised 'Pat Phillips', 28 cm high
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Dorian Sands pottery jug with hand-painted horse racing scenes, incised 'Dorian Sands', 19.5 cm high
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Allan Lowe pottery ice bucket with original rattan handle, incised 'Allan Lowe', 29 cm high overall
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Allan Lowe pottery teapot with original rattan handle, incised 'Allan Lowe', '???'note a near-identical example is held in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney 21 cm high overall
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Carl Cooper pottery plate with sgraffito decoration, incised 'Carl Cooper, 1962', 24 cm diameter
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Klytie Pate square form pottery bowl, incised 'Klytie Pate', 10.5 cm high
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Una Deerbon green glazed pottery jug with branch handle, incised 'Una Deerbon', 7.5 cm high
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Philippa James green glazed pottery jug, incised 'Philippa James', 17 cm high
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Arthur Merric Boyd & John Perceval impressive pottery plaque hand-painted with lyrebird and fern foliage, signed 'John Perceval, A.M.B.', and incised 'A.M. Boyd', 34.5 cm diameter
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Neil Douglas pottery ramekin decorated with kangaroos, incised 'Neil Douglas, A.M.B.', 8 cm high, 15 cm wide
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Arthur Merric Boyd, John Perceval, & Neil Douglas Pottery jug adorned with wildflowers, incised 'A. M. B. Australia, Perceval + Douglas', 25.5 cm high
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Arthur Merric Boyd & Neil Douglas impressive pair of pottery mugs with matching saucers decorated with Aboriginal figures, kangaroos and emus in landscape, (4 items), incised and/or signed 'A.M.B., Neil Douglas', the saucers 16 cm diameter
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Arthur Merric Boyd & Neil Douglas pottery bowl adorned with six bouncing kangaroos, incised 'Arthur Merric Boyd'. 23 cm diameter
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Arthur Merric Boyd pottery vase with hand-painted Aboriginal hunting scene decoration, 9.5 cm high
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Peter and Valerie Herbst Murrumbeena Pottery Melbourne, circa 1950. Extremely rare pottery vase, hand painted with ducks in landscape. Hand signed 'Val. Peter Herbst'. 9.5 cm high.
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Martin Boyd pottery plaque with portrait of a maiden, incised 'Martin Boyd, Australia', 26.5 cm diameter
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Arthur Merric Boyd pair of pottery ramekins with hand-painted decoration, incised 'A.M. Boyd', 5.5 cm high, 13.5 cm wide
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Martin Boyd pottery plaques, dishes and vase, (5 items), incised 'Martin Boyd, Australia', the largest 18.5 cm diameter
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Wembley Ware 'Australian native Stockman' ceramic ashtray with circular crown mark to base, together with a Guy Boyd pottery jug and dish, (3 items), the Wembley Ware 15.5 cm diameter
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Florenz Pottery brown glazed pottery jug with incised Aboriginal boomerang motif, signed 'Florenz', 19 cm high
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Hermannsburg pottery lidded vase with hand-painted melon motif, 15 cm high
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Isobel group of five Australian pottery beakers, all hand-painted with orchid motifs, each titled and signed 'Helen', 10 cm high
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Robert & Margot Beck Australian pottery tea ware for six, comprising six cups, six saucers, a milk jug and sugar basin, (14 items), incised 'R. M. Beck', the milk jug 11.5 cm high
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Harold Hughan studio pottery lidded jar and two milk jugs, (3 items), all signed 'Hughan', the jar 22 cm high
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Harold Hughan pottery lidded jar, with impressed Glen Iris monogram and signed 'Hughan', 18 cm high
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Harold Hughan, attributed pottery vase with faceted sides, 33 cm high
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Eric Juckert pottery lamp base with dragon motif, incised 'Jacqueline', 35 cm high overall
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Dyson pottery vase with sgraffito tribal figure decoration, incised 'Dyson, Australia', 11.5 cm high
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Wembley Ware seagull dish, impressed factory mark to base, 16 cm high
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McLaren blue glazed pottery piggy bank, incised 'McL', 11 cm high, 20 cm long
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David & Hermia Boyd pottery bowl with painted medieval style figure and beast, incised 'D + H Boyd', also inscribed in pen '1959, best Period', 4 cm high, 13 cm diameter
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McLAREN blue glazed pottery horse, incised 'McLaren', 18.5 cm high
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McLaren blue glazed pottery cat, incised 'McLaren', 31 cm long
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Gus McLaren lidded pottery jar with hand-painted decoration, incised 'Gus McLaren '93', 17 cm high
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Gus McLaren pottery piggy bank, incised 'G. McL.', 10 cm high, 21 cm wide
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Gunda pottery fruit bowl, together with an Ellis pottery wall plaque, both signed, 34 cm and 32 cm diameter
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Michael Leunig rare pottery coffee pot with fish decoration, incised 'M. Leunig', 18 cm high
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McLaren, attributed Ned Kelly statue made in three sections, 34 cm high
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Ray Rogers New Zealand studio pottery flying saucer pot, incised 'Ray Rogers', 38 cm across
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Reg Preston Australian studio pottery fruit bowl and tureen, both signed 'Preston', the bowl 31 cm diameter
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Milton Moon Australian pottery bread crock with black and bronze glaze, hand-signed monogram to base, 24 cm high, 31 cm across the handles.
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Two pottery bird statues, the largest 13 cm high
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Sylvia Halpern pair of pottery bird statues with applied feather decoration, signed 'Sylvia Halpern', the larger 18.5 cm high
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Scatterbrook pottery vase glazed in red and green with blue interior, impressed monogram mark, 15 cm high
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Hiro Swen pottery vase, signed 'Hiro Swen', 22 cm high
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David & Hermia Boyd pottery bowl with sgraffito fish decoration to the interior, incised 'David + Hermia Boyd, 1955', 5 cm high, 10.5 cm diameter
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Two studio pottery vases, both bearing square seal marks, 19.5 cm and 15 cm high
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Richard Brooks pottery vase with hand-painted bird and flower decoration, seal mark near base, 34 cm high
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Adrian McMILLAN brown glazed pottery charger, signed 'A. McMillan 1984, 43 cm diameter
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Greg Daly studio pottery bowl, signed 'Daly', 9 cm high, 30 cm diameter
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Artist unknown tall studio pottery lidded vase, bearing seal mark, 52 cm high
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Patricia Flemming green glazed pottery bottle vase, incised 'Patricia Flemming', 31.5 cm high
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Stanislav Halpern pottery sheep statue, 3 cm high, 6 cm long
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Victor Greenway studio pottery vase, signature to base, 32 cm high
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Col Levy studio pottery teapot, 17 cm high
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Ellis two pottery vases, one signed 'Ellis', the larger 10 cm high
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Alan Peascod blue glazed pottery vase, signed near handle, 27 cm high
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Elizabeth Cummings hand-painted pottery bowl, signed 'Cummings, '74', 8 cm high, 29.5 cm wide
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Artist unknown studio pottery pilgrim's flask with bull decoration, incised signature (illegible), dated 1977, 45 cm high
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Lee Goller mottled green glazed studio pottery vase, 30 cm high
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Artist unknown pottery horse statue with turquoise glaze, seal button to rump (illegible), 40 cm high
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Hermannsburg hand-painted pottery vase with echidna lid, together with a book 'Hermannsburg Potters, Aranda artists of Central Australia' by Jennifer Isaacs [Syd. 2000], hardcover with d/j (two items), the vase 17.5 cm high
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Pippin Drysdale studio pottery platter, incised 'Pippin Drysdale, 1987', 34 cm diameter
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Ray Taylor group of three spherical Australian pottery vases with hand-painted finish, each signed 'R. T.', the largest 21 cm high
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Wanda Garnsey lidded pottery jar, Greg Daly pottery vase and two studio pottery vases, (4 items), the largest 18 cm high
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Deborah Halpern self portrait pottery plaque, made in three sections, signed on the back 'Deborah D. Halpern, '84'. Purchased by the vendor directly from the artist, 100 x 45 cm
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Judith Roberts black and white glazed studio pottery vase, impressed studio marks and signed 'J. Roberts', 32 cm high
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Deborah Halpern pottery mug, signed 'D. D. H. '83', 7 cm high, 13 cm wide
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Ray Rogers New Zealand studio pottery vase, incised 'Ray Rogers', 28 cm high
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Louise Taylor pottery mushroom vase, E. Mitchell pottery mushroom dish and Richardson blue glazed pottery lidded jar with gumnut decoration, (3 items), the largest 10 cm high
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