*** | Brett Whiteley hand-painted pottery vase thrown by Derek Smith, impressed mark 'Derek Smith, Blackfriars Pottery', 24 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's, Important Australian Art, Sydney, 27/08/2013, lot no. 30. | *** | |
*** | Marguerite Mahood devil potter statue, incised 'M. Mahood' and with remains of early exhibition paper label to base, 11 cm high. Provenance: The Marvin Hurnall collection, lot 302, sale 77MG. Illustrated: Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950, Kevin Fahy,… | *** | |
*** | Margaret Kerr rare and impressive pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaves, spectacular early pink and green colourway with blue interior, incised 'Margaret Kerr, Melbourne', 21 cm high, 14.5 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Doulton Burslem rare English porcelain plaque in the Pre-Raphaelite style by Charles Noke & William Hodkinson, circa 1900 | *** | |
*** | Merric Boyd & Doris Boyd stunning Art pottery vase with applied trees and hand-painted landscape scene, incised 'Merric Boyd, decorated by Doris and Merric Boyd, 1930', 19 cm high | *** | |
*** | Remued pottery vase with two applied koalas perched on branches with gumnuts and gum leaves, circa 1933, rare orange and green colourway with blue interior (previously unrecorded, possibly a prototype), incised 'Remued, Handmade' with pencil inscription… | *** | |
*** | Remued rare pottery vase with branch handle and two applied koalas, deeply incised and textured tree trunk form, thrown by Allan James with decoration by castle Harris, incised 'Remued 7LB, 23 cm high | *** | |
*** | Marguerite Mahood 'Isolation' pottery statue of a woman, signed in ink 'Marguerite Mahood, Isolation, '48', incised code 2543, on later wooden plinth, 25 cm high | *** | |
*** | Marguerite Mahood dragon and egg vase, signed 'M. Mahood, 7 cm high, 9.5 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Marguerite Mahood pottery mermaid statue on original ebonized wooden base, titled 'Forsaken Mermaid', circa 1936, incised 'Marguerite Mahood' and titled on the plinth, 15.5 cm high overall, 13.5 cm wide, 13.5 cm deep. Illustrated in 'Australian Art… | *** | |
*** | 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 | *** | |
*** | Remued rare green glazed pottery vase with koala and branch decoration, incised 'Remued hand made, F8', 23.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Hugo Lonitz Prussian majolica owl, circa 1870s, 37 cm high | *** | |
*** | Marguerite Mahood 'Sorceress' stunning pottery statue, incised 'Marguerite Mahood', 32.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Castle Harris pottery vase with applied dragon, glazed in green, blue and yellow, incised 'Castle Harris', 21 cm high, 21 cm wide. John Castle (Jack) Harris (1893-1967) was born in May 1893 at North Waratah, New South Wales. Nothing is known his education… | *** | |
*** | Marguerite Mahood pottery statue titled 'The Griffin Puppy', incised 'Marguerite Mahood, 1932, the griffin puppy, B380', 22 cm high | *** | |
*** | Grace Seccombe stunning pottery parrot statue, incised 'Grace Seccombe. N.S.W., Australia', with additional exhibition labels affixed to base, 19 cm high | *** | |
*** | Castle Harris and Allan James wheel-thrown unglazed earthenware vase with applied green dragon decoration, incised 'Castle Harris, Allan James, 1937', 40 cm high., illustrated in 'Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950' plate 57. | *** | |
*** | Grace Seccombe rare pottery flying parrot tree stump vase, signed 'Australia' with large 'S', 18 cm high | *** | |
*** | Marguerite Mahood 'Goblin Potter' statue, incised 'M. Mahood', 6 cm high | *** | |
*** | William Ricketts, superb pottery teapot made for the 1934 Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, tree stump form with gumnuts, branches and leaves, adorned with two koalas and seated swagman lid, incised 'Wm Ricketts, Melbourne, 1934', 25 cm high, 24 cm wide.… | *** | |
*** | William Ricketts rare Australian pottery tree trunk teapot, adorned with gumnuts, leaves and King parrot finial glazed with green and red, incised 'Wm. Ricketts, Melbourne, 1934'. This piece was one of a series of teapots Ricketts made for the Melbourne… | *** | |
*** | Moorcroft 'Fish' pattern English pottery bowl with inscription 'God has given us Memory that we may have roses in December', impressed 'Moorcroft, made in England', 7 cm high, 20.5 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Margaret Kerr exceptional pottery vase with five applied gum leaves, gumnuts and branch handle, glazed in pink, lime green and blue, boldly incised 'Margaret Kerr, Melbourne', 19.5 cm high, 21 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Alexander Dick rare Colonial Australian silver cream jug, circa 1830, stamped 'A.D. N.S.W.' with anchor and castle, 10.5 cm high, 14 cm wide, 154 grams. Provenance: Shapiro Auctions, fine silver, jewellery & luxury design, 16 June 2014, lot 747. | *** | |
*** | Ernest Finlay impressive pottery vase, adorned with Australian landscape scene, incised 'Ernest Finlay, 1915', illustrated in 'Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950' by Fahy, Simpson and Cooke, [Sydney Casuarina Press, 2004], 19 cm high, 20 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A stoneware ginger beer bottle, made in Sydney by Jonathan Leak at his Brickfield hill pottery in the 1820s. It is a rare example of the earliest surviving marked pottery made in Australia, impressed stamp 'Leak' to shoulder, 18 cm high. At the age of 42,… | *** | |
*** | Remued rare pottery jug with applied pomegranates and leaves, incised 'Remued', 18 cm high, 22 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Royal Worcester antique English reticulated porcelain stem vase with gilded highlights by George Owen, puce factory mark to base, 16.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Margaret Kerr, rare Australian pottery vase adorned with gumnuts and leaves, glazed in pink and green, incised 'Margaret Kerr, Melbourne', an impressive 21.5 cm high, 24 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Picasso ' Quatre Danseurs' Medoura pottery plaque with dancing figures, mid 20th century, impressed stamp 'Medoura, Pleim Feu, Empreinte Originale De Picasso' Conceived on February 22nd, 1956 and released as an edition of 450. 26 x 25.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Remued impressive green glazed pottery vase adorned with two koalas perched on branches, rare, incised 'Remued, hand made, C2', 21 cm high, 21 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Merric Boyd impressive pottery jug adorned with applied pears, leaves, and branch handle, plus hand-painted finish. Incised 'Merric Boyd, 1936' 23 cm high, 21 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Allan James rare Remued Pottery vase with applied branch handles, gumnuts and leaves, glazed in early pink, green and blue colourway, incised 'A. James, 1933', 10.5 cm high, 18 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Bendigo Pottery, Colonial coffee pot and cover with bold mottled green, blue and brown glaze, circa 1880, extremely rare. A less striking and the only other known example is housed by the National Gallery of Australia (purchased in 1988). 26 cm high | *** | |
*** | Amphora, wingless horned dragon, Austrian pottery vase, circa 1900, stamped, Stellmacher, Teplitz, 72 cm high | *** | |
*** | Hugo Lonitz (attributed) Prussian majolica owl statue, circa 1870s, 37 cm high | *** | |
*** | Klytie Pate tall pierced pottery vase with bird decoration glazed in green, incised 'Klytie Pate, 1987', an impressive 42 cm high | *** | |
*** | William Ferry (Victoria Art Pottery) rare grotesque glazed in green, stamped 'W. F. Vap, 14 cm high, 15 cm long | *** | |
*** | 'Hobart Town' circa 1825, Staffordshire earthen ware plate with blue & white transfer pattern. (after) George William Evans who originally published the image as a frontispiece to his book on the colony in 1822. Earliest known depiction of Australia on… | *** | |
*** | Castle Harris rare koala mother and joey pottery statue, incised 'Castle Harris', 17.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Marguerite Mahood rare pottery devil doll in original hand-made costume, 35 cm high on stand | *** | |
*** | Bendigo Pottery terrace urn with mottled majolica glaze, lion masks and swag decoration, 19th century, 60 cm high, 49 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Grace Seccombe pottery kangaroo tree stump vase, incised 'Grace Seccombe, N.S.W.' with remains of original paper label. 19 cm high, 18 cm wide. Illustrated in 'Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950', by Fahy, Freeland, Free and Simpson [Casuarina press, Syd.… | *** | |
*** | Marguerite Mahood pottery dragon vase with blue and green colourway, incised 'Marguerite Mahood, MM, CO496', 18 cm high | *** | |
*** | Deborah Halpern (1957 - ), angel, 1987, ceramic maquette, signed 'Deborah Halpern', 63 cm high, 58 cm long. 'Angel' represents one of Halpern's most significant public works. Commissioned for the 1988 Bicentennial celebrations, the full sized statue has… | *** | |
*** | Merric Boyd tall pottery vase decorated with Australian landscape, an exceptional example of Boyd's workmanship, painted in the round with evocative landscape including clusters of gumtrees, mountain ranges and brooding storm clouds. One of the earliest… | *** | |
*** | Arthur Merric Boyd & Neil Douglas impressive and large lidded carafe, superbly painted with goanna and kangaroos in landscape, a museum quality piece, incised 'A. M. Boyd Pottery, Neil Douglas, 41.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Arthur Merric Boyd & Neil Douglas impressive pottery vase adorned with numerous kangaroos in grasstree landscape, incised 'A. M. B. Australia, Neil Douglas, 1951', 27 cm high | *** | |
*** | Klytie Pate pottery bird statue with turquoise glaze, incised 'Klytie Pate', 25 cm high | *** | |
*** | Klytie Pate pierced pottery vase with cockerel decoration glazed in green, incised 'Klytie Pate, 1987', a€‹28 cm high | *** | |
*** | V.A.P. (Victoria Art Pottery) rare green glazed pottery grotesque by William Ferry, 19th/20th century, stamped 'V.A.P. W.F.', 17 cm high | *** | |
*** | Remued rare pottery tree stump vase adorned with two koalas on branch handle, incised 'Remued, 7LB', an impressive 23.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | John Perceval & Arthur Merric Boyd important hand-painted coffee set, signed 'Perceval, AMB, the pot 27 cm high. Exhibited at the National Gallery Victoria, October 2014 - March 2015 | *** | |
*** | John Perceval (1923-2000), pottery teapot with sgraffito female nude decoration, incised 'Perceval, 1958', 37 cm high | *** | |
*** | 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 | *** | |
*** | Klytie Pate green glazed bird statue, incised 'Klytie Pate', 21.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | William Ricketts rare pottery tree stump teapot with koala and branch handle, incised 'Potter's Sanctuary Mt. Dandenong', together with a William Ricketts Sanctuary booklet, (2 items), the teapot 20 cm high | *** | |
*** | Reg Hawkins, Premier Pottery Preston (P.P.P.) pair of pottery mantle vases with windmill and cottage scene. Rare blue glazed bases signed 'Reg Hawkins, P.P.P.' 26.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Remued rare pottery jug adorned with koala, gumnuts and leaves, branch handle and koala scratch marks, glazed in blue and green with pink highlights, the only example seen in our rooms, incised 'Remued', 34 cm high | *** | |
*** | Minton antique English majolica revolving oyster tower, mid 19th century, stamped 'Minton', 25 cm high, 30 cm wide | *** | |
*** | William Ricketts rare and early pottery vase with applied koala on tree stump spirit figure, circa 1939, incised 'Wm. Ricketts, Potter's Sanctuary, Mt. Dandenong, May God Watch Over You Both, Also Edward, To Mr. & Mrs. Roberts, 1939', accompanied by a… | *** | |
*** | Klytie Pate green glazed lidded pottery vessel handsomely adorned with cats in high relief, incised 'Klytie Pate' | *** | |
*** | Bernard Moore flambe porcelain vase with fish motif, early 20th century, signed 'Bernard Moore', 45 cm high, 20 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Klytie Pate, green glazed pottery rooster statue, incised 'Klytie Pate, 479', 20 cm high | *** | |
*** | Eliza Josephson, hand-painted porcelain vase with nude dancing figures in landscape, signed 'E. Josephine, 1915', 21 cm high. | *** | |
*** | Bendigo Pottery cordial barrel made for 'J. J. Trait, Geelong' with mottled majolica glaze, 19th century. Rare. 45 cm high, 33 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | James Campbell & Son Colonial butter dish with mottled blue majolica glaze, 19th century. Rare. 14 cm high, 14 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Grace Seccombe pottery budgerigar statue, rare yellow colourway, incised 'Grace Seccombe', 18 cm high. Illustrated in 'Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950', by Fahy, Freeland, free and Simpson [Casuarina press, Syd. 2004], plate 436. | *** | |
*** | Picasso 'Joueur de flute et Chevre' pottery plaque, circa 1956, impressed stamp 'Madoura Plein Feu, Empreinte Originale de Picasso', from an edition of 450, reference: Ramie, Alain. (1988) Picasso catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1971. Listed in… | *** | |
*** | A Dutch Delft tin glazed earthenware lidded urn, decorated with romantic scene and parrot finial, early 18th century, 38 cm high | *** | |
*** | Marguerite Mahood pottery statue of a lady in a blue dress, incised 'Marguerite Mahood', 28 cm high | *** | |
*** | Klytie Pate pierced pottery vase with decoration glazed in mottled turquoise, incised 'Klytie Pate, 1987', 33 cm high | *** | |
*** | 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 | *** | |
*** | Arthur Merric & Neil Douglas hand-painted pottery charger with Aboriginal scene, incised 'A. M. Boyd Pottery, Neil Douglas, 1953', 35 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | William Ricketts, pottery tree stump sculpture with Aboriginal spirit figures and standing tribal elder, circa 1940, incised 'William Ricketts', 94 cm high, 47 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Marguerite Mahood pottery statue of a lady in a crinoline dress, incised 'Marguerite Mahood', 23 cm high | *** | |
*** | V.A.P. (Victoria Art Pottery) 'Grotesque' pottery spoon warmer glazed in Burgundy by William Ferry, late 19th century, impressed stamp 'V.A.P., W. F.', 14 cm high, 14 cm wide. V.A.P. Is considered to be one of Australia's first true Art pottery firms. It… | *** | |
*** | Bendigo pottery bread plate (design no. 2), 19th century, 31 x 27 cm | *** | |
*** | Remued Pottery tree stump bowl with two applied koalas sitting on a branch, incised 'Remued 5B, 9 cm high, 20 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Merric Boyd pottery statue of a seated woman, incised 'Merric Boyd, 1935, Murrumbeena', 20 cm high | *** | |
*** | Grace Seccombe impressive pottery kookaburra statue with open beak, incised 'G. S. Aus.', 19 cm high | *** | |
*** | Wilson & Ridge Colonial teapot with mottled glaze, 19th century. Rare. 25 cm high, 26 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Klytie Pate rare fairy penguin pottery statue, incised 'Klytie Pate', 23 cm high. Klytie Pate was born in Melbourne in 1912. Discerning an artistic talent in Klytie, her aunt, Christian Waller, directed her early career and arranged for her to study… | *** | |
*** | Rozenburg Dutch Art Nouveau monumental pottery vase, circa 1896, crown and crane make 'Rozenburg, Den Haag', 45 cm high | *** | |
*** | 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 | *** | |
*** | Peter Cooley impressive studio pottery vase with black and white geometric painted designs, incised 'Peter Cooley', 62 cm high, 56 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Merric Boyd, & Doris Boyd, rare pottery vase with hand-painted and sgraffito landscape scene, incised 'Merric Boyd, decoration by Doris Boyd', 14 cm high, 10.5 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Royal Worcester pair of Japanese style porcelain vases, 19th century, with accompanying letter from Henry Sandon who remarks on their rarity and value, factory backstamp, 37 cm high | *** | |
*** | Reg Hawkins (attributed) Premier Pottery Preston rare exhibition quality pottery vase with hand-painted windmill landscape scene and rare blue glazed ground, circular factory mark stamped 'Ppp', an imposing 40.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Grace Seccombe pottery budgerigar figural group, rare colourway, incised 'Grace Seccombe, N.S.W., Australia', 18 cm high | *** | |
*** | Remued rare and important pottery statue titled 'Morning Song', one of only four known Remued statues produced at the Oakover Road factory in Preston, this model bearing a striking resemblance to castle Harris, titled in pencil on the base, with original… | *** | |
*** | Remued Pottery table lamp base of tree stump form with applied koala and branch decoration, rare, incised 'Remued 13/S3', 14.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | 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 | *** | |
*** | Anne Hall 'Shiva and the Birds' pottery vase with applied, painted and sgraffito decoration, exhibited at Powell Street Gallery, South Yarra, circa 1980, 31 cm high, 38 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | McLaren pottery cat statue, circa 1960s, incised 'McLaren', 16 cm high, 23 cm long | *** | |