Archive for the ‘Remued’ tag

Day 46: Una Deerbon Vase

Photo Caption: Day 46: Today’s piece is by Melbourne based potter Una Deerbon. Born in Woollarah, NSW, she was a student of the Sydney Art school. She designed clothing for David Jones, produced series of humerous post cards and even opened her own design school. Teacher to her cousin John (Jack) Castle Harris, Eric Juckert and just generally annoyingly over talented. Circa mid 1930s this piece is interesting for Una as she was known for her colorful glazes. I think the monotone white looks much better but that might be a controversial to say out loud but hey you gotta live on the edge I suppose!

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Day 42: Premier Pottery Preston PPP Vase

Photo Caption: Day 42: Today’s piece is another piece by Premier Pottery Preston. This piece features a very trippy multicoloured glaze combination and a little pair of ears just to finish it off nicely. Unmarked but undoubtedly PPP, circa 1930.

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Day 41: Premier Pottery Preston PPP Vase

Photo Caption: Day 41: Today’s piece is by Premier Pottery Preston or simply PPP. Starting production in 1930 the PPP line of wares is the predecessor to the Remued pottery line. Although both lines were produced by the same factory only 3 or 4 years apart they couldn’t be more different!

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My Favourite Pieces #2 – Remued 173 Jug

One of the few old pieces of pottery I have purchased in my first year living in Tassie. This Pamela/Remued 173 jug with a strap handle is certainly a stunner and an easy inclusion in my list of favourite pieces in my collection.

Standing just 9cm high and measuring 16cm from spout to handle this jug has a substantial look and feel despite it’s proportions. Displaying early Pamela colouring and an unusual strap handle it certainly doesn’t go unnoticed on my packed sideboard.

This piece is unmarked and unnumbered, which is not unusual for early Remued. The absence of a shape number along with the distinctive colouring and less pronounced spout seem to point to a 1933/4 manufacture date. This variant with a flat strap handle is not recorded on www.remued.com but a quick e-mail to Peter Watson revealed this is not the first he has seen. In fact he had seen several all of which are unmarked and unnumbered which is why he is hesitant to make the call at this stage. For me, however, there is no doubt especially given that other shapes appear on the website in the exact same colour scheme (see bottom left image on unnumbered PPP shapes).

What is Australian pottery?

I thought for the first post it would probably be best to start from  the start and ask the question.

What is Australian pottery?

Now, you think that would be an easy question to answer but the truth of the matter is that I have procrastinated on what to write in response to my own question for more time than I care to let you know.

Why? Well because it’s not an easy question to answer. These two simple words “Australian” and “Pottery” are so easy to define on their own but put together they mean so many different things to each and every one of us as collectors.

To some, like Geoff and Kerrie Ford from the National Museum of Australian Pottery, Australian pottery means domestic wares made by Australian companies that started operation before the end of the first world war in 1919. To others, like Judith Pearce and David Rofe from the Australian Pottery at Bemboka gallery it’s almost all about post 1960’s, art and craft potters producing stunning and often one of a kind creations. You really couldn’t find two more opposite examples than that and yet still call both collectors of essentially the same subject.

And me? Well I sit somewhere in-between with pieces in my collection dating from the late 19th century right up to the modern day (for the record my oldest piece is a Lithgow Pottery jelly mold and the most recent a David Usher bowl from 2002)  but to be honest with you all I do prefer to stick between the great wars with what I will term commercial art wares from companies like Remued, Mashman, Fowler, Melrose and of course my great love the Newtone range of wares produced by Bakewells in the 1930’s.

To me Australian pottery is what it is. A fascinating subject so diverse that you couldn’t possibly know it all and if you did, you are probably kidding yourself.

Please leave a comment and let me know what Australian Pottery mean to you?