Gertrude E Brown Handpainted Porcelain Plaque #1, Maiden sitting on a wall, signed lower left. Image size 9.5 cm by 15 cm. Reference - Australian studio pottery & China Painting, By Peter Timms. Active early 1900s, Sydney, China Painting. She had her own studio in Neutral bay, Sydney around 1907. She took students and her work was displayed in a number of exhibitions. A piece of her work has been featured on the front cover of the book 'Australian Art Pottery: 1900-1950 ' Produced by: Casuarina Press: Editors, Kevin Fahy, John Freeland, Keith Free and Andrew Simpson