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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.
#AustralianPottery #AustralianArtPottery #NSWPottery #Pottery #Ceramics #AustralianDesign #BakewellBros #Bakewells #NewtonePottery #NewtoneArtWare #Newtone #SydneyPottery #Erskinville #Shoes #instapottery #australianceramics #365DaysofAustralianPottery

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