Day 36: Harry Memmott Jug

Photo Caption: Day 36: Today’s piece is by Queensland potter Harry Memmott. Known by most collectors for his souvenir wares this piece is quite different to say the least. With it’s large strap handle and scrunched up stopper this jug is one helluva brute and I love it!

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Day 35: Port Arthur Vase

Photo Caption: Day 35: Today’s piece is a bit of a mystery. Inscribed “See Port Arthur” around the neck this vase is unmarked but undoubtedly Tasmanian in origin. The shape is not one I have seen before and the glaze is odd too. Part John Campbell part McHugh and by the looks of it too early to be Van Diemen. Circa 1930s.

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Day 34: Amelia Burrows Cup and Saucer

Photo Caption: Day 34: Today’s piece is another early hand painted china piece by Launceston based artist Amelia Burrows circa 1900. I thought i would post another Burrows Studio piece after seeing @robbieburrowsart fantastic photo of her Great Grandmother Amelia hard at work in her studio. Thanks also to @oxalis_curator for the heads up.

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Day 33: Agateware Workmans Shoes

Photo Caption: Day 33: Today’s piece is a pair of shoes (well 2 right shoes). Bought locally here in Tassie and assumed to be Australian made workmans pieces from around 1900. Known as agateware which is made using either 2 or more different coloured clays or white clay tinted different colours which are then mixed together and polished after firing to reveal the marbled effect.

There is one problem however. After researching these shoes for this post i think there might be a good chance they may be made by Belfield pottery out of Scotland circa 1880. I have no real evidence for this except for a picture i spotted of a Belfield pottery Chicken money box in almost exactly the same agateware clay with honey glaze on top.
Scottish pottery isn’t really my thing so can anyone out there help a fella out?? #AustralianDesign #AustralianArt #AustralianPottery #australianceramics #Ceramics #Pottery #instapottery #agateware #ScottishPottery #BelfieldPottery #365DaysofAustralianPottery #Shoes

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Day 32: Newtone Art Ware Shoe

Photo Caption: Day 32: Today’s piece is by Bakewell Bros from their Newtone Art Ware line. I think I might own more pottery shoes than I do real ones (i don’t own many of either if I’m honest). I’m not sure why they were so popular but alot of pre war Australian potters made shoes to be used as small posy vases.
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Day 31: Eileen Brooker Vase

Photo Caption: Day 31: Today’s piece is another by Hobart icon Eileen Brooker. The photo makes it look much bigger than it is. It’s only about 12cm high and 5cm in diameter hence the difficulty getting a nice clear signature on the base. This piece has a nice wax resist decoration. I’m guessing it is circa 1970s.
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Day 30: Amelia Burrows Plate

Photo Caption: Day 30: Although not exactly Australian pottery today’s piece still fits with my Australian ceramics collection. This plate (more than likely an English made blank) was hand painted by Amelia Burrows wife of Launceston photographer Alfred Edward Burrows circa 1900. The scene is titled “Near Wynyard NW Tasmania”. #AustralianPottery #AustralianArtPottery #AustralianStudioPottery #australianceramics #AustralianStudioChinaPainting #ChinaPainting #TasmanianPottery #TasmanianCeramics #TasmanianArt #Pottery #Ceramics #instapottery #WynyardTasmania #365DaysofAustralianPottery

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Day 29: Ellis Ceramics Pelican

Photo Caption: Day 29: Today’s piece is by Ellis Ceramics out of Melbourne circa 1960s70s. Who doesn’t love a good piece of Ellis?! Classic mid century design is pretty much timeless and this piece is no exception. I have seen this Pelican figure as a money box before but this version is just a freestanding figure. Except for the sticker these pieces are always unmarked.

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Day 28: Newtone Art Ware Vase

Photo Caption: Day 28: Today’s piece is by Bakewell Bros from their Newtone Art Ware line circa 1930s. There is quite a lot going on with this piece. It’s bulbous and flared at the top with a ribbed lower section. Again this piece is in the “standard” Newtone green and brown drip glaze.
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Day 27: Alice Mylie Peppin Vase

Photo Caption: Day 27: Today’s piece is by Iconic Tasmanian potter Alice Mylie Peppin (known as Mylie Peppin). Mylie became interested in pottery after visiting an exhibition held by Maude Poynter and her cousin Violet Mace. Soon after Maude became Mylie’s teacher. This chance meeting became a life long obsession for Mylie which resulted in a career spanning 7 decades from the 1930s to the 1990s. Mylie taught pottery just about everywhere to just about everyone including the Lachlan Park Hospital which will get it’s own mention somewhere along the line. This piece is dated 1959 and if you have been in an opshop in southern Tasmania you would have seen something very similar in this same glaze combo sitting on the shelves. This style of decoration must have been one of Mylie’s standard lessons. After seeing so many pots like this with random names and initials on the base it was an absolute shock to pick this one up on Monday with Mylie’s distinctive AMP initials on the base.

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