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A part tea and coffee service…
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Melbourne
Date:
25-Nov-2024
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Description:
A part tea and coffee 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, eleven pieces comprising six mugs, bamboo-handled tea pot, coffee pot, two covered sugar basins (one lacking its cover), and a cream jug, 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, all with Mair's impressed mark, the pots signed underside by Olsen in full, the other pieces with initials, some dated 1970 and 1971, the tea pot 24 cm high (including handle), the coffee pot 23 cm high
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Unclassified