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The Marvin Hurnall Collection — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:401
Sale Title:The Marvin Hurnall CollectionLots with images:401
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:383
Date:8-Nov-2015
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Vi Eyre (act. circa 1920-1950). A glazed and moulded lizard vase, incised to base Eyre '28, Sydney, 23 cm high, For a similar example: Kevin Fahy, Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950, Casuarina Press 2004, p. 154, plate. no. 142
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Premier Pottery, David Dee, Margaret Kerr (decorator). A wheel thrown glazed earthenware vase with hand modelled and applied grape vine decoration c. 1930, inscribed to base D. Dee Premier Pottery, 40 cm high, 13 cm diameter. Provenance: Desiged for the Adelaide market, retailed by Horden's. Illustrated: Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950, Kevin Fahy, Keith Free, John Freeland & Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press 2004, p. 132, plate. no. 105, Note: Margaret Kerr joined the Premier Pottery in late 1932, or…
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Vi Eyre (act. circa 1920-1950). A slip cast glazed earthenware float bowl with inlaid clay decoration of fish, incised Vi Eyre, inlaid clays 1933, 5.5 cm high, 18.5 cm diameter
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Remued Pottery. A blue glazed earthenware double handled cup with applied gumnuts and gum leaves, incised Pamela Hand Made 1934, 14 cm high
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Remued Pottery. A blue glazed earthenware jug with applied gumnuts and gum leaves, incised Remued Hand Made 186M, 11 cm high
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Remued Pottery. A purple and green glazed earthenware jug with applied gumnut and gum leaves, incised Pamela Hand Made 1934, 16.5 cm high
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Martin Boyd (1923-1988). A slip cast glazed earthenware platter decorated with kangaroo and Aboriginal motifs, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 38.5 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd (1923-1988). A glazed slipware platter, hand decorated with Aboriginal figures, signed Martin Boyd Australia, 31 cm diameter
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An Australian oval leather work wall mirror, 19th century, 80 cm high, 46 cm wide
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A cedar four tier dumb waiter, 19th century, 175 cm high, 121 cm wide, 46 cm deep
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A glazed earthenware majolica boar head, 10 cm high, 18 cm wide
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An Australian cedar full-tester bed, circa 1875, 215 cm high, 142 cm wide, 205 cm long
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A glazed two-tone earthenware vase relief decorated with koalas, incised ME, 20 cm high
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William Ricketts (1898-1993). A large and impressive hand modelled earthenware sculpture of nine 'Kangaroo Man' figures, incised Wm. Ricketts, Mt Dandenong, 29 cm high, 74 cm wide
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Remued Pottery. A blue glazed earthenware bowl with applied gumnuts and gum leaves, 8.5 cm high
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Remued Pottery. A brown and green glazed earthenware jug with applied gumnuts and gum leaves, incised Remued, 17 cm high
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William Ricketts (1898-1993). A hand modelled earthenware figure of a 'Kangaroo Man' holding a Churinga, c. 1940, incised Wm Ricketts, 31 cm high. Illustrated: Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950, Kevin Fahy, Keith Free, John Freeland & Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press 2004, page 322, plate 422
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Remued Pottery. A lavendar glazed earthenware vase with applied gumnuts and gum leaves, incised Renued Hand Made 146M, 12 cm high
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Neil Douglas (1911-2003), Arthur Merric Boyd Pottery. A wheel thrown glazed earthenware dish with underglaze decoration of a landscape with goannas and grass trees, inscribed Durang, Neil Douglas, Australia, 16 cm diameter
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A wrought copper and glass grape and leaf pendant eight branch hanging lamp, 96 cm high
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An Italian gilt bronze and glass grape decorated table lamp, 72 cm high
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Florence Royce (working circa 1910-1940). A Rosenthal porcelain vase blank decorated with Australian native flowers, 1934, inscribed to base F. A. Royce and dated 1934, 18 cm high
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Peggy Whiting. A saffron glazed earthenware jug with applied wattle leaves, incised Peggy Whiting 34, 13 cm high
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Harry Lindeman (1872-1949). A slip cast, glazed earthenware flask, with underglaze painted decoration of pansies, 1919, inscribed H Lindeman / 1919, 13 cm high, 12 cm diameter. Illustrated: Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950, Kevin Fahy, Keith Free, John Freeland & Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press 2004, p. 221, plate. no. 249
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Florence Royce (working circa 1910-1940). A Limoges porcelain vase blank vase with gilded rim and overglazed decoration of wattle blossom, c. 1935, inscribed F A Royce and marked PL, Limoges, France, 26.5 cm high, ?Illustrated: Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950, Kevin Fahy, Keith Free, John Freeland & Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press 2004, p. 324, plate. no. 425
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), An early glazed earthenware figure of a koala, monogrammed GS within a circle, 13.5 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A glazed earthenware figure of a koala, incised GS Aus, 10.5 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A glazed earthenware figure of a koala with baby, incised Grace Seccombe, labelled with title and number 9 to base, 13.5 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), Billy Bluegum. A crinkly eared Koala, incised Grace Seccombe NSW Australia 'Billy Bluegum, 21.5 cm high, For a similar example see Kevin Fahy, Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950, Casuarina Press 2004, p. 328 plate. no. 430
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A glazed earthenware figure of two yellow budgerigars, incised Grace Seccombe, 19 cm high, For a similar example: Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950, Kevin Fahy, Keith Free, John Freeland & Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press 2004, page 330, plate 436
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A rare early pair of glazed earthenware green and yellow budgerigars, signed, 18 cm high. Provenance: Grace Seccombe Estate.
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A glazed earthenware figure of two blue budgerigars, incised Grace Seccombe, 18 cm high. Provenance: Grace Seccombe Estate
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A rare glazed earthenware figure of a parrot, 19 cm high. Provenance: Grace Seccombe Estate
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Philippa James (1893-1967). A miniature glazed earthenware jug moulded with a koala, incised Philippa James, 6 cm high
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959). A blue glazed eathenware jug modelled as a koala, incised designed by M Boyd, 1923, 18 cm high
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959), An early blue glazed earthenware koala vase, incised Boyd, 17 cm high
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Philippa James (1893-1967). A glazed earthenware vase decorated with moulded koala, incised Philippa James, 15.5 cm high
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Philippa James (1893-1967). A group of four gumnut and gum leaf miniature bowls, incised Philippa James, the largest 7.5 cm wide
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Philippa James (1893-1967). A blue glazed earthenware vase relief decorated with a windswept gum tree, incised Philippa James, 15.5 cm high
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Philippa James (1893-1967). A glazed earthenware gumnut and gum leaf branch handled jug, incised Philippa James, 15.5 cm high
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Philippa James (1893-1967). A glazed earthenware cicada and leaf moulded vase, incised Philippa James, 5.5 cm high
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Philippa James (1893-1967). A glazed earthenware gum leaf and gumnut decorated jug, incised Philippa James, 13 cm high
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Philippa James (1893-1967). A glazed earthenware gumnut and gum leaf blue glazed jug, incised Philippa James, 15.5 cm high
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Philippa James (1893-1967), Four napkin rings with gumnut and gum leaf decoaration, incised Philippa James, largest 6 cm diameter
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Philippa James (1893-1967). A glazed earthenware jug relief decorated with a windswept tree, incised Philippa James, 17 cm high
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A pair of Atholl porcelain kangaroo bookends, stamped Atholl, 23.5 cm high
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William Ricketts (1898-1993). A glazed earthenware figure of a Swagman, incised Wm Ricketts, Potters Sanctuary, Mt Dandenong, 13 cm high, 15 cm wide
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William Ricketts (1898-1993), Gum Nut Man. A hand-modelled, glazed earthenware vase, 1934, incised Wm Ricketts 1934, 21 cm high, 11 cm wide. Illustrated: Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950, Kevin Fahy, Keith Free, John Freeland & Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press 2004, p. 319, plate. no. 416
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Martin Boyd (1923-1988). A slip cast glazed earthenware platter, hand decorated with two male Aboriginal faces, signed Martin Boyd Australia, 38 cm diameter
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William Ricketts (1898-1993). A glazed earthenware twin spout teapot with moulded gum nuts and gum leaves 1934, incised Wm Ricketts, Melbourne, 1934, 24 cm high
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William Ricketts (1898-1993). A large hand modelled earthenware lamp base decorated with Aboriginal faces and a possum, on a blackwood base, lamp base 51 cm high
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An embossed copper mounted blackwood First World War Roll of Honour board for Wunderlich & Steelart Ltd, 110 cm high, 95.5 cm wide
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A pair of blackwood pedestals, circa 1920s, 114 cm high
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Bendigo Pottery. A large two handled umbrella stand, circa 1860, 60.5 cm high
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An Australian bird diorama in a glazed cedar case, 19th century, 81 cm high, 62 cm wide, 22 cm deep
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Rudolf Prenzel, carved Australian timber kookaburra 1957, incised 'To Elma from Rudolph 1957, 26.5 cm high
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A large carved wooden sculpture of a kangaroo with joey, 77 cm high
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A miniature glazed earthenware figure of a kookaburra, possibly Grace Seccombe, 5 cm high
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Bendigo Pottery. A glazed kookaburra, 21 cm high
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Remued Pottery. A rare glazed earthenware jug decorated with a kookaburra, incised Remued, 16 cm high
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Bennetts Pottery, Adelaide. A glazed earthenware figure of a kangaroo, inscribed to base: Bennetts Adelaide, 13.5 cm high, 24 cm wide
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Bennetts Pottery, Adelaide. A glazed earthenware figure of a kangaroo, bearing label to base Bennett Pottery Art Adelaide, 15 cm high, 24 cm wide
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A pair of glazed earthenware kookaburra bookends, inscribed Grace Seccombe, 14 cm high
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Remued Pottery. A glazed earthenware vase decorated with a kookaburra, incised Remued Hand Made L5, 13.5 cm high, 17 cm diameter
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), Two miniature glazed earthenware figures, a penguin and a parrot, both incised GS, the largest 6 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A glazed earthenware figure of a kookaburra, incised Grace Seccombe Australia, 9 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A rare miniature glazed earthenware figure of a kingfisher, incised GS AUS, 6 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood (1901-1989). A hand modelled, glazed earthenware of a female mask, set within a cowl of bronzed plaster, c. 1936, incised M. Mahood, 22 cm high, 16 cm wide, 14 cm deep. Illustrated: Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950, Kevin Fahy, Keith Free, John Freeland & Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press 2004, p. 247, plate. no. 292
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Marguerite Mahood (1901-1989). A glazed earthenware brown dragon vase, incised M Mahood P2075, 10.5 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood (1901-1989). A hand modelled glazed earthenware mask of a devil, incised with monogram MM and N1650, 9 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood (1901-1989). A hand modelled pierced and glazed red and green female mask, incised M Mahood N1644, 11 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood (1901-1989). A glazed earthenware pierced double wall vase decorated with gum leaves, incised Marguerite Mahood monogrammed MM within a cartouche D760, 14.5 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood (1901-1989). A slip cast pierced earthenware two-handled vessel, incised F. 1237 'Russian Music' Marguerite Mahood, 6.5 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood (1901-1989). A rare hand modelled glazed earthenware figure of a winged goblin, on a later ebonised stand, incised with monogram MM, A50, 7 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood (1901-1989), 'Dismay'. A hand modelled glazed earthenware figure of an imp holding an empty flask, on a later ebonised base, incised 'Dismay' C654 Imp 17, 7.5 cm high
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Marguerite Mahood (1901-1989). A hand modelled, glazed earthenware figure of a devil seated at a potter's wheel, 1933, incised M Mahood, 11 cm high, 9 cm wide, 10 cm deep. Illustrated: Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950, Kevin Fahy, Keith Free, John Freeland & Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press 2004, p. 252, plate. no. 302
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Marguerite Mahood (1901-1989). A wheel thrown lustre glazed earthenware covered pot, incised with monogram MM B338, 13 cm high
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959) (potter) and Doris Boyd (1888-1960) (decorator). A glazed earthenware vase, incised Merric Boyd, decorated by Doris Boyd, 1932, 21 cm high, 15 cm diameter, Exhibited: Outer Circle: The Boyds and the Murrumbeena Artists, Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia 17 Oct 2014 – 1 Mar 2015
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Remued Pottery, An early gumnut and gum leaf branch handled jug 1933, incised Remued 1933, 24.5 cm high
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Ada Carlill. A glazed terracotta koala figure, incised A A Carlill and Gum Leaf, 15.5 cm high
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Bosley. A glazed earthenware koala on a bough, 23 cm high
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Bosley. A glazed earthenware figure of a seated green frog, stamped Bosley Ware Mitcham S. Aust, 20 cm high
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959), An early stoneware koala vase, incised Boyd, 16 cm high
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959). A glazed earthenware landscape incised branch handled jug, incised Merric Boyd, 1952, 23 cm high
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959). A large glazed earthenware pear and leaf decorated branch handled jug, 23 cm high, Exhibited: Outer Circle: The Boyds and the Murrumbeena Artists, Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia 17 Oct 2014 – 1 Mar 2015
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Remued Pottery. A pair of rare glazed earthenware bookends modelled in the form of kangaroos, incised Remued 34, 16 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A rare glazed earthenware vase modelled as a log and decorated with a cicada and gum leaves, incised Australia, 16 cm high
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Bosley. A glazed earthenware figure of a magpie, 21.5 cm high
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Bosley. A filled glazed earthenware parrot, 25 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A glazed earthenware cicada moulded leaf dish, incised Grace Seccombe, NSW. Australia, 18 cm wide
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), Freddie. A glazed earthenware figure of a green frog, incised 'FREDDIE' Grace Seccombe, N.S.W., Australia, 8 cm high, 16 cm wide
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Alexander Murray (1862 -1938). A rare pair of kiwi glazed earthenware relief moulded bookends, incised A. Murray, Kiwi, N.Z., 13.5 cm high
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Bosley. A glazed earthenware figure of a dog, stamped Bosley Ware Mitcham S. Aus. S.A Centenaryware 1836-1936, 13 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), Birikala Turtle Food Totem' circa 1940. A wheel-thrown unglazed earthenware wall plaque decorated with Aboriginal motifs, signed Grace Seccombe, Sign of Water, 26.5 cm diameter
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A rare glazed earthenware figure of a seal, incised Grace Seccombe, 8.5 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A hand modelled glazed earthenware figure of a pink flamingo, signed Australia and numbered 213, 15 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A glazed earthenware figure of a kookaburra on a leaf decorated bough, incised 'S', 15.5 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A glazed earthenware figure of a rock wallaby, incised Grace Seccombe NSW, 9.5 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A pair of rare glazed earthenware blue wren bookends, inscised Grace Seccombe Australia, 13 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A glazed earthenware figure of two kookaburras on a pierced flower frog base, inscribed AuStralia, 18 cm high
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