Lot 55

Overall condition and appearance good
A small area of glaze loss to one hind leg and jaw
Some hairline cracks visible to interior
Crazing in places
Please note this lot has not been inspected under UV light


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Shepparton Art Gallery, The Potteries of Brunswick, Shepparton, 14 January–20 February, 2000
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Colour and Fantasy: Australia's First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, Melbourne, 11 July–1 September, 2019

G. Hill, The Potteries of Brunswick (2000), p. 96 (illustrated, probably the present lot)
G. Hill, Colour and Fantasy: Australia's First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, exh. cat. (2019), p. 36 (illustrated)

Another example, in a mottled green and brown glaze, was formerly in the collection of Richard Berry, Melbourne, sold Young's Auctions, The Berry Collection (Day 1), Melbourne, 24 August 2008, lot 31 (accompanied by a damaged green-glazed example of the same).