A RARE WILLIAM RICKETTS TREE TRUNK COFFEE POT, CIRCA 1940

Estimate

8,000 - 10,000 AUD

bidding is closed

Description

A RARE WILLIAM RICKETTS TREE TRUNK COFFEE POT, CIRCA 1940
32cm high

the unglazed earthenware body in the form of a tree trunk, the finial moulded with the upper torso of a boy and a child's head in relief to the base

unmarked

Catalogue Note

For a similar example see Kevin Fahey et al, Australian Art Pottery 1900 - 1950, Casuarina Press, Stanmore N.S.W., 2004, p. 322, plate 424