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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 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 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 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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Day 26: Tamborine Dish

Photo Caption: Day 26: Today’s piece is a bit of a mystery to me and despite going through all my books and searching the internet I can’t say i have found anything concrete. The 1st ed of Geoff Fords pottery marks interprets the markings as “Tamborune” and suggests a possible connetions to former LJ Harvey student Frances Carnegie who set up her own pottery at Mt Tamborine in Queensland in the 1960s. This piece is signed Tamborine with the capital Q for Queensland associates with markings on many Harvey school pieces but it is also signed Morris or Mauris below the main markings. The clay is red and full of inclusions and the design is one of pure fantasy, part Australian Aboriginal, part Egyptian goddess. Anyways I’m stummped but i love this piece. Maybe @TimothyRobertsArtHistorian might have some clues?
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Day 25: Pates Pottery Ashtray

Photo Caption: Day 25: Greetings from Tasmania!Today’s piece is by Pates pottery out of Sydney, NSW. Although unmarked the glaze is early Pates. This apple Isle ashtray must be fairly rare as I’m yet to see another. Just in case you didn’t recognise it the outline of the ashtray is supposed to be a map of Tasmania. Just sayin….. #AustralianPottery #NSWCeramics #NSWPottery #Pottery #Ceramics #instapottery #AustralianDesign #PatesPottery #instapottery #australianceramics #365DaysofAustralianPottery

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Day 24: Cynthia Mitchell Charger

Photo Caption: Day 24: Today’s piece is by Tasmanian potter Cynthia Mitchell. Not only is this by my favourite post WWII Tasmanian potter but it is just about my favourite piece by her too. It was a gift from a good friend and although it’s almost in 2 pieces I love it. I became a little obsessed with her work and reckon my collection is the largest collection of her pottery and might well be the largest collection of a single 20th century studio potter in private hands in Australia. I must own more than 200 pieces with few if any repeats so be prepared to see a few more pieces throughout the year.

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