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Tempus Fugit: The Collection of George Gyori; Australian, Maritime & Exploration — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

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Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:599
Sale Title:Tempus Fugit: The Collection of George Gyori; Australian, Maritime & ExplorationLots with images:592
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:507
Date:11-Jul-2021
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A Victoria pottery majolica glazed jardiniere, underglaze impressed mark 'Victoria...' to base, 17 cm high, 18 cm diameter
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A large majolica jardiniere, late 19th century, the baluster body relief decorated with a continuous frieze of leafy iris, 35 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.202
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John Castle-Harris (1893-1967), a rare glazed earthenware figure group of a koala and joey in a gum tree, incised 'Castle Harris' to the base, 18 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts autumn 2005 catalogue, no. 82, front cover Illustration
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Florence Archer (1868 - 1947), Harvey School (1938), a rare green glazed earthenware hexagonal form vase, underglaze inscription 'F. Archer hand built Q.1938 green brown & Red' to the base, the teapot 12 cm high
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Guy Martin a Beckett Boyd (1923 – 1988), a set of three slipware crane and landscape decorated plates, each incised 'Martin Boyd' to the base
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956) (attrib.), a rare glazed earthenware figure of a platypus, unmarked, 17.5 cm wide, note, for an almost identical example see the Marvin Hurnall collection, Mossgreen, November 8, 2015, lot 64
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a pair of blue fairy wren bookends, circa 1945, each glazed earthenware L form stand modelled with a bird perched on a naturalistic ground, each inscribed 'Grace Seccombe, Australia', 12 cm high, 7 cm wide, 10 cm deep. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts, note, for a similar pair of bookends see Smith & Singer Collections: important Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design,17 Jul 2019, Sydney, lot 176.
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Premier Pottery Preston, a pair of glazed cylinder vases decorated with pendant wisteria, stamped monogram 'Ppp' and incised '3/5' to base, 14 cm high
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Allan James (1914-1979) for Remued Pottery, a gumnut and gumleaf decorated vase, circa 1933, the maroon glazed double gourd body with spills of blue and green glaze to the gumleaves, incised to base 'James 1933', 14 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.147
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Bosley Pottery, a green and yellow glazed earthenware frog, 16.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.16
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Allan James (active 1932-1979) for Remued Pottery, a high gloss grape and leaf decorated vase, of squat green and blue glazed form with scored mouth, incised 'A James 1933' to base, 12 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.163
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Newtone Pottery, a glazed earthenware figure of a kingfisher on a stump, stamped 'Hand Painted' to the base, 10 cm high
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A slipware charger painted and decorated with lyre birds in a rainforest, underglaze inscription 'Neil Douglas, effects from the rain forest, Noojee, Victoria, Australia' and inscribed 'Arthur Merric Boyd' to the base, 32 cm diameter
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Arthur Merric Boyd (1920-1999) and Neil Douglas (1911-2003), the glazed earthenware plate decorated with aboriginal hunters and a goanna, inscribed 'Neil Douglas, the goanna, Australia, Amb, together with a small slipware dish decorated with kangaroo, inscribed 'Nd Australia', the plate 19.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The plate in Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.22
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Arthur Merric Boyd (1920-1999), John Perceval (1923-2000) & Neil Douglas (1911-2003), a rare and large Murrumbeena pottery glazed earthenware bowl depicting a vivid blue montage scene of lyre birds, incised and monogrammed 'Arthur Merric Boyd, Amb, JohnPerceval, Jp and Neil Douglas, Nd, Australia 1949' to the base, 42 cm diameter. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.20
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Remued Pottery, a gumnut and gumleaf decorated cylinder vase, with a yellow and mauve mouth spilling onto a purple glazed body with slightly flared foot, incised 'Remued' to the base, 23 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.248
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a glazed earthenware figure of a kingfisher on a stump, incised 'Grace Seccombe NSW Australia' to the base, 6.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts
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Bosley Pottery (1933 - 1948), a rare glazed earthenware stumpy tailed lizard, impressed 'Bosley Ware S. Aust.', 5 cm high, 31 cm long. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.6
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Remued Pottery, a Pamela Ware gumnut and gum leaf decorated jug, 1933-1934, with mauve glazed body and cobalt interior, incised 'Pamela 28' to base, 13 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.122
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a glazed earthenware figure of a bluebird on a tall stump vase, inscribed 'AuStralia' to the base, 18 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.296, a Grace Seccombe bluebird on a stump, signed to base 'AuStralia'
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a rare glazed earthenware figure group of two budgerigars on a stump, incised 'Grace Seccombe Australia' to the base, 17 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts, no.287
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959), a large glazed earthenware landscape vase relief moulded with koalas and a kookaburra in a windswept tree, incised 'Merric Boyd, Ghost tree, kookaburra, koala family Australia', 18 cm high, 23 cm diameter. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.305
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959), Cruffel Art Pocelain (circa 1935), a blue and green glazed baluster form vase relief moulded with gumnuts and gumleaves, incised 'Merric Boyd Cruffel porcelain 1934' and stamped Cruffel porcelain to the base, 19 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a grape and leaf decorated jug together with a gumnut and gumleaf decorated small vase, both with applied branch decoration, the purple jug incised 'Remued handmade 173sm' to base, the vase 11 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.137
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959), a rare early landscape vase painted in the round with a continuous landscape scene on cream ground, incised 'Merric Boyd 1917' to the base, 31 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a large gumnut and gumleaf decorated jug, with branch handle, the mouth glazed pale green spilling onto a maroon body, incised 'Remued' to base, 23 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.186
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Remued Pottery, a pale green gumnut and gumleaf decorated vase, the applied branch and gumnuts glazed red, incised 'Remued handmade 154M', 17 cm high
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Margaret Kerr (1898-1958) for Remued Pottery, a small gumnut and gumleaf decorated jug, 1933-1935, with an angular spout, red to green spill glazing throughout and branch handle, incised 'Remued 119m' to base, 11.5 cm high, note, for a similar example see Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950, publ. By Casuarina Press, 2004 page plate 214, pg.202
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Remued Pottery, a blue glazed gumnut and gum leaf decorated cylinder vase, with mauve, turquoise and dark blue glaze spilling across the applied branch decoration, incised 'Remued handmade' to base, 23.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts
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Remued Pottery, a high gloss Royal Blue glazed gumnut and leaf decorated large jug, with maroon glazed branch handle, pale green glazing to the leaves, modelled by Margaret Kerr, incised 'Remued 54LM' to base, 24 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.239
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Melrose Ware, a large green and brown glazed gum leaf decorated vase, printed mark 'Melrose Ware Australian' to the base, 24 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a green glazed branch handled porcelain vase, incised 'Remued 196/7' to the base, 18 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a green and Burgundy grape and leaf decorated globular vase, incised 'Remued handmade 53SM', 12 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a grape and leaf decorated jug, with a branch handle, lilac and blue glazed body, the applied grapes and leaves pale green, incised to base 'Remued', 19.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.122
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Remued Pottery, a blue gumnut and gumleaf decorated vase, of barrel form, the high gloss blue glazed body with a maroon matte glazed mouth, incised 'Remued' to base, 16 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a glazed earthenware figure of a kookaburra on a leafy stump, inscribed 'AuStralia' to the base, 14 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a glazed earthenware figure of a kookaburra on a hollow stump, incised 'Gs Aus' to the base, 11 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a glazed earthenware figure of a kookaburra on a stump, inscribed 'Grace Seccombe' to the base, 6.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts
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Remued Pottery, a gumnut and gumleaf decorated branch handled jug, with a split branch handle appplied to the blue glazed body and sulphur yellow matte glazed neck, incised 'Remued 173 Lm' to base, 12 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts
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Remued Pottery, a gumnut and gumleaf decorated jug, with a maroon, yellow and blue high gloss glazed body and twisted branch handle, incised 'Remued handmade 153m', 20.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.218
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Remued Pottery, a small pale green two tone gumnut and branch handled jug, incised 'Remued 173 Sm' to base, 8 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a glazed earthenware figure of a kookaburra on a stump, incised 'Grace Seccombe NSW' with original paper label to the base, 14 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts, no. 278
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), Kookaburra's on a fence figure group, inscribed 'To You the open Sliprails and a waiting Friend', intaglio signature 'Grace Seccombe' to the base, 11 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.265
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Remued Pottery, a large grape and leaf decorated jug, with sinuous branch handle, incised 'Remued' to the base. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.297
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Remued Pottery, a large gumnut and gum leaf decorated jardiniere, incised 'Remued' to the base. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.250
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Remued Pottery, a large high gloss glaze grape and leaf decorated jardiniere, the Royal Blue and maroon glazed body and mouth with scoring decoration, incised to base 'Remued', 18 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.138
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Remued Pottery, a large high gloss glazed grape and leaf decorated vase, with applied branch, the mouth glazed brown and yellow to green glaze spilling across the body, with original silver sticker to the side, incised 'Remued handmade 300 Lm' to base, 24 cm high
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John Castle-Harris (1893-1967) (attrib.), a glazed earthenware grape and leaf decorated vase, incised illegibly to the base, 17.5 cm high
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959), a green glazed earthenware jug with an applied koala handle, incised 'Merric Boyd, (Mr) M. Boyd, 1930', 13 cm high
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959), a blue glazed earthenware beaker with an applied koala, incised 'Boyd 1923', 10 cm high
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959), a glazed earthenware jug with an applied koala handle, incised 'Merric Boyd 1944', 10 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.34
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Remued Pottery, a green and golden yellow glazed koala decorated branch vase, 1933-1939, modelled by Margaret Kerr (1898 -1958), incised 'Remued 313/5c', 14 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a two tone green glazed koala decorated branch handled vase, probably modelled by Margaret Kerr, incised 'Remued 314/5b' to base, 13 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a Pamela Ware gumnut and gumleaf decorated small jug, 1934, with applied branch handle to the mauve and blue glazed body, incised '18 Pamela handmade 1934' to base, 14 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.125
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Remued Pottery, a single handled cylinder vase, yellow glazed body with rough textured green branch and, incised 'Remued' to base, 16 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a marbled brown matte glazed gumnut and gum leaf decorated vase, with applied branch handle and gloss green glazed interior, incised to the base 'Remued handmade 196/7m', 19 cm high
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Remued Pottery circa 1937, a small koala and branch decorated vase, the mouth glazed a glossy chartruese, flared base finished in a matte cream glaze, incised 'Remued 9lb' to base, 10.5 cm
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Philippa James (1893 - 1967), a blue glazed earthenware jug decorated with a windswept tree, incised 'Philippa James' to the base, 14.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.103
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Philippa James (1893 - 1967), a glazed earthenware gumnut and gumleaf decorated dish, incised 'Philippa James' to the base, 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts
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Philippa James (1893 - 1967), a blue glazed earthenware gumleaf decorated vase, incised 'Philippa James 1926' to the base, 14.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts
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Philippa James (1893 - 1967), a glazed earthenware gumnut and gumleaf decorated cylinder vase, incised 'Philippa James' to the base, 16 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.72
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Philippa James (1893 - 1967), a glazed earthenware gumnut and gumleaf decorated jug, incised 'Philippa James' to the base, 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.86
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Philippa James (1893 - 1967), a glazed earthenware cicada and gumleaf decorated jug, incised 'Philippa James' to the base, 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts, autumn 2005, catalogue no. 118.
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Philippa James (1893 - 1967), a glazed earthenware jug with a relief moulded koala handle, incised 'Philippa James' to the base, 9.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.156
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Philippa James (1893 - 1967), a green glazed earthenware cicada and gumleaf decorated bowl, incised 'Philippa James 1926' to the base, 14.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.86
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Philippa James (1893 - 1967), a yellow glazed earthenware gumnut and gumleaf decorated branch handled jug, incised 'Philippa James' to the base, 16 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts
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Remued Pottery, a large marbled brown koala relief decorated vase, the mouth matte glazed a pale green, koalas and branch modelled by Margaret Kerr, incised 'Remued handmade F2' to base, 25 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a Pamela ware gumnut and gumleaf decorated vase, with brown glazed mouth and pale green glazed applied gumleaves and gumnuts, inscribed 'Pamela Handmade' to base, 21 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.113
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Remued Pottery, a large treacle glazed grape and leaf decorated vase, with applied branch, pale yellow glazed mouth and dark green interior, incised to base 'Remued 300LM', 23.5 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a small gumnut and gum leaf decorated jug, the mouth and interior of the jug glazed blue to green, with an angular handle to the maroon body, the jug incised 'Remued handmade 185' to base, 11 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a small gumnut and gumleaf decorated jug together with a grape leaf decorated jug, the jug mauve and grey glazed with angular branch handle, incised 'Remued handmade 173SM' to base, the cream and blue glazed vase incised 'Remued 169m' to base, the vase 9.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.143
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Arthur Merric Boyd (1862-1940), a glazed earthenware butterfly, kangaroo and waratah decorated bowl, inscribed 'Arthur Merric Boyd, '47' to the base, 25 cm diameter
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a glazed earthenware figure of a koala on a stump, inscribed 'Grace Seccombe' to the base, 12 cm high
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a glazed earthenware figure group of a koala and joey on a stump, incised 'Grace Seccombe NSW' with original paper label intact to the base, 13.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.247
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a glazed earthenware figure of a koala in the fork of a tree, incised 'G S Aus' to the base, 12 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a small gumnut and gumleaf decorated jug, with a twisting branch handle and asymmetrical brown and blue bisque glazing to the body, incised 'Remued' to base, 11 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.142
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a glazed earthenware figure of a koala on a stump, incised 'G S Aus' to the base, 7 cm high
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Remued Pottery, two small gumnut and gumleaf decorated branch handle vases, the purple and yellow glazed vase incised '16/4m Remued Handmade' to base, the treacle glazed vase incised 'Remued 198/4M', the largest vase 11.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.159 and no.147
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959), Cruffel Art porcelain (circa 1935), a blue and green glazed branch handled jug decorated with a moulded windswept tree, printed Cruffel porcelain to the base, 16.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no. 65
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Margaret Kerr (1898-1958) for Remued, a pale blue gumnut and gumleaf decorated jug, with applied branch handle, the mouth glazed white, incised to base 'Remued', 17 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.118
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Gwen Champion (1935), a large and rare glazed earthenware gumnut and gumleaf decorated jardiniere, incised 'G. Champion (1935)' to the base, 18 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & Decorative Arts Autumn 1999 Catalogue, no. 52, Peter Timms, Australian Studio Pottery, p.126.
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Remued Pottery, two small maroon glazed gumnut and gumleaf decorated jugs, one incised to base 'Remued 178m', the other 'Remued 173', the largest 9 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.119
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Remued Pottery, a cream matte glaze gumnut and gumleaf decorated bowl vase, the applied branch and gumleaf glazed pale green, incised 'Remued 53SM' to base, 11 cm high
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959), a glazed earthenware tree and leaf decorated vase, incised 'Here & Now, love Grandad Merric Boyd, 1941' to the base, 20 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.38
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Mary MacDonald (1868 - 1955), Harvey School (1933), a fine and rare blue glazed earthenware three piece tea set in the Art Nouveau style, incised monogram 'Mam' to one side and dated '1933' to the reverse, incised to the base 'Mam Moreh, 1933, the teapot 12 cm high. Reference: for a similar example see Glenn R. Cooke and Deborah Edwards, L.J. Harvey & his school, Queensland Art gallery, 1983, pp. 31 & 34, illustrations.
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Remued Pottery, a large baluster form gumnut and gumleaf decorated jug, 1954, with a split branch handle and two tone matte glazed body, incised to base 'Remued handmade 54 Lm', 24 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.326
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Remued Pottery, a pale blue gumnut and gumleaf decorated jug, the branch handle an opalescent brown glaze and the mouth glazed a matte sulphur yellow, incised 'Remued 54/8m Handmade' to base, 21 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.125
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Remued Pottery, a gumnut and gum leaf decorated jug, 1934, with high gloss maroon body and branch handle, incised to base '189 Remued handmade 1934', 19.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.327
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An earthenware gumnnut and gumleaf decorated jug, circa 1946 John Campbell (1857-1929), a glazed earthenware gum nut and gum leaf decorated jug, circa 1946, incised to base 'Handmade John Campbell Tasmania 1946', 20m high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.57
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Melrose Ware (attrib), a green glazed figure of a seated koala, 12 cm high
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Melrose Ware, a green glazed gum leaf decorated vase, printed mark 'Melrose Ware Australian' to the base, 23.5 cm high
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Melrose Ware, a green glazed vase relief decorated with a flying kookaburra, printed mark 'Melrose Ware Australian' to the base, 16 cm high
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Melrose Ware, a small green glazed koala decorated vase, printed mark 'Melrose Ware Australian' to the base, 8.5 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.167
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A Victorian marble top washstand, with a serpentine veined white marble back and top above a conforming frieze with scroll carved supports, 102 cm high, 120 cm wide, 58 cm deep
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An Australian pottery kookaburra inkwell, the glazed earthenware kookaburra on a bough form pot, incised illegibly to the base, 8 cm high
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Remued Pottery, a glazed earthenware gum nut and gum leaf decorated branch handled jug, modelled by Margaret Kerr, incised 'Remued 54/0' to base, 22 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.140
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Remued Pottery, a Burgundy and yellow glazed gumnut and gumleaf decorated cylinder vase, incised 'Remued handmade 145/9M' to the base, 24 cm high. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts catalogue, no.135
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Remued Pottery, a gumnut and leaf decorated high gloss glaze jug, with branch handle, blue, brown and mauve spilling glaze and scoring decoration around the body, incised 'Remued' to base, 18 cm high
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A cedar dumbwaiter, 19th century, 126 cm high, 121 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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A vintage surveyor's theodolite and tripod stand, first half 20th century, black painted metal finish within a fitted wooden case, the case 24 cm high, 50 cm wide, 29 cm deep
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