I have been a big fan of old Australian pottery and ceramics since I started collecting more than 30 years ago. I apologise in advance for using the term ‘pottery’ when I intend to include Australian makers of ‘ceramics’ as well. Indeed, many potteries made both.

I am most interested in humble domestic items, by which I mean those that most homes could afford to have and use everyday. The job of cataloguing highly collectable and rare pottery and ceramics produced in small numbers by makers will have to go to someone else.

Fortunately I photographed a lot of the pottery that I have bought, sold and collected.

I have also read a lot on the internet and have collected and read some great books on the subject.

On this page I will share with you the domestic pottery history that I have been exposed to, the photos I have taken, the great books I have read and websites that I have accessed.

Makers in Alphabetical Order

Bakewells Pottery Sydney, NSW, 1891-1955

Includes Beulah Ware, Newtone Art Ware and Trent Art Ware. Not all Bakewells pieces are marked.

For more information and pictures see my Article specifically on Bakewells Pottery 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bendigo Pottery, Epsom Victoria, 1857 – present

Includes Waverley Ware, Marble Ware, Raynham and Epsomware.

The Bendigo Pottery is Australia’s oldest continually operating pottery.  They produced a large range on unglazed terracotta, glazed stoneware, pipes, jars and other commercial and domestic pots.  Later they produced Bristol glazed stoneware, Rockingham glazed earthenware, Majolica ware and bread platters.  Most of these early pieces are not marked.

By the 1930s they were producing Art Ware known as Waverley Ware, and in the 1940s Marble Ware.  In the 1970s they produced the salt glazed Epson Ware range.  Most of these later pieces are clearly marked.

In the 1970s they launched the Epsomware range of household ceramics. The handmade nature and earthy tones of these salt-glazed items went on to influence an entire generation of art potters.

Ref: “Australian Domestic Pottery – A Collector’s Guide”, William & Dorothy Hall, 1992, Kangaroo Press, Australia

For more on Bendigo Pottery goto http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/bendigo-pottery-collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boyd Family, Victoria, 1946-1975

Includes AMB (Arthur Merric Boyd), David & Hermia Boyd, Guy Boyd, Martin Boyd and Merric Boyd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calyx Pottery, WA, 1920-1941

Includes Wembly Ware

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diana Pottery, NSW, 1941-1966

Not all Diana pieces are marked. I have had Ikebana vases that are not marked.

For more information and pictures see my Blog specifically on Diana Pottery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ellis Pottery, Melbourne, 1953-1970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elke Pottery, Melbourne, 1960-1979

The Elke Pottery was established in the suburb of Clayton by German immigrants Karl-Heinz and Ellen David.  The incised mark ‘Elke Aust’ is often mistaken for ‘Ellis Aust’ and often includes a shape number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florenz Pottery, NSW, 1930s-1980s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fowler Pottery, NSW & Vic, 1870-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gunda Pottery, Melbourne, 1956-1977

Gunda Pottery was founded in a Melbourne garage by Gundaris Lusis, a Latvian immigrant.  Lusis’ pottery reflected European abstract art and design. The importance of this modernist Pottery has only recently been recognised.

There is a great article on this pottery on the Craft Victoria website at http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/21410/20100324-1024/www.craftvic.asn.au/craftlife/craftculture/waterman.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Campbell, Tas, 1881-1956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hoffman Pottery, Vic, 1930-

Includes Melrose Ware.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hollywood, 1950s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little Sydney Pottery, NSW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kalmar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mashman Pottery, NSW, 1889-1957

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McCredie Pottery, NSW, 1930s-1940s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MCP (Modern Ceramic Products), 1945-

Includes Mingay Ware. Some pieces are not marked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pates Pottery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Premier Potteries Preston (PPP), Vic, 1930-1955

Includes Remued and Pamela. Some small Remued pieces are only marked with a number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Studio Anna Pottery, Vic, 1953-

Includes Fiana Ware.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy bargain hunting and collecting