Lot 56

Overall condition and appearance good
Very small losses to glaze in places, most notably to one eye brow and one foot
Visible repair to front leg and a smaller repair to back haunches
Crazing overall and some minor firing cracks in places
Please note this item has not been inspected under UV light


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Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Colour and Fantasy: Australia's First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, Melbourne, 11 July–1 September, 2019

G. Hill, Colour and Fantasy: Australia's First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, exh. cat. (2019), p. 37 (illustrated)

'Guildford' was the name of the Sturrock family home at Albion Street, East Brunswick, where Sturrock produced his pottery from around 1900 to 1910, probably for his own enjoyment rather than commercial production (Hill, p.97).