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A pair of historically important Eric Bryce Carter bookends,…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
8-Nov-2020
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A pair of historically important Eric Bryce Carter bookends, circa 1935, each moulded in high relief as a cluster of Batlow apples on a leafy bough, incised 'E. Bryce Carter Sydney 1788-1938', 10.5 cm high, 10 cm wide, 10 cm deep, Other Notes, These bookends celebrate the sesquicentenary centenary of New South Wales. In 1934 mother and son Emily and Eric Carter established the Art Pottery Shop in Sydney Arcade, King Street, Sydney, selling imported and local goods, as well as their own pottery. Eric was particularly well known for his thickly potted and heavily decorated gum nut pottery.
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Category:
Ceramics: Australian Themes & Other Makers