Lot 318

overall condition and appearance good
one small hairline crack to the glaze at the base
some surface scratches and scuffs in places
please note this item has not been inspected under UV light


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Elizabeth Berry, Melbourne (antiques dealer), from whom purchased by Terence Lane, February, 1977

National Gallery of Victoria, Merric Boyd, Studio Potter, 1888–1959, Melbourne, 3 February–6 May, 1990

V. Hammond, Merric Boyd, Studio Potter, 1888–1959 (1990), p. 74, cat. 59 (illustrated pp 57 and 74)
C.G. Smith, Merric Boyd and Murrumbeena: The Life of an Artist in a Time and a Place (2014), p. 36 (illustrated)