A pair of Diana pottery bookends, circa 1950, each modelled as a Galleon in full sail, mulberry gloss glaze, Marrickville, New South Wales, 1940-1975, 15 cm high, 6 cm wide 16.5 cm deep, Other Notes: Eric Lowe and brothers John and Winston Christopher started Diana potter in 1940. The owners had been the importers of Bohemian crystal and early in the Second World War they won the contract to produce navy and munition canteen cups and mugs. After the war they were the first to produce commercial art pottery becoming the most prolific of the post-war artwork potteries