Day 53: Van Diemen Pottery Vase
Photo Caption: Day 53: Today’s piece is by the Van Diemen pottery of Hobart. Van Diemen was a partnership between Mylie Peppin and ex McHugh potter Ross Clifford. It’s uncertain how much involvement Mylie Peppin had in the running of the pottery or indeed if she really made much of it. According to the Glenda King book on Mylie she left for England not long after the pottery was set up and upon her return Ross was gone and the pottery closed. The book doesn’t mention why the pottery ceased operation but an old article in the Mercury tells of an industrial accident involving a child at the pottery who was working there after school and holidays at the request of his mother. Clifford was fined (rather unfairly i reckon) for using child labour. I have nothing to back it up at this time but my thoughts are that after this incident the pottery moved north to the Launceston region. I say this because of two things. At some point the quality increased significantly and these better quality pieces can be found with stickers saying “Souvenir of Launceston”. Or maybe to throw a spanner in the works that story could just as easily work the other way round.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2016
at 9:07pm by Tim
Categories: 365 Days of Australian Pottery,Australian Pottery
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