A WILLIAM RICKETTS FIGURED EARTHENWARE BOWL, 1941

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 AUD

bidding is closed

Description

A WILLIAM RICKETTS FIGURED EARTHENWARE BOWL, 1941
12cm high, 27.5cm long

modelled as a coolamon with a branch handle relief moulded with the upper torso of an Aboriginal child and a possum

signed Wm Ricketts, Mt Dandenong, 1941

Catalogue Note

For a similar example see Kevin Fahey et al, Australian Art Pottery 1900 - 1950, Casuarina Press, Stanmore N.S.W., 2004, p. 318, plate 414