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A large dinner service from the…
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Melbourne
Date:
25-Nov-2024
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A large dinner service from the 'Terry Whelan Suite' decorated by John Olsen, 1970-1971, potted by Robert Mair (b. 1943), decorated by John Olsen (1928-2023), stoneware, seventy-eight pieces comprising fourteen each of dinner plates, entree / dessert plates, cereal / fruit bowls, and goblets, fifteen handled ramekins with covers, thirteen side plates, two large covered serving dishes, and two small pitchers of different sizes, all decorated by Olsen with various freely-drawn motifs and geometric and abstract organic designs in cobalt blue on the speckled pale grey-white ground, many also with details in brown, the well of each plate with initials Tw decoratively drawn to the centre, all with Mair's impressed mark, all variously signed underside by Olsen in full or with initials and dated 1970 and 1971, the larger pieces also inscribed 'Terry Whelan suite', the larger covered dish 14 cm high, 30 cm wide, the dinner plates 27 cm diameter, the goblets 20 cm high (some variations between pieces)
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Unclassified