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 Pottery 1900-1950', by Fahy, Freeland, Free and Simpson [Casuarina press, Syd. 2004], plate 296