Australian Decorative Arts

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  • Lidded box
    Title
    Lidded box
    Production date
    1937-1938
    Artist/Maker
    George HOLMES (maker)
    Medium
    silver, ebony
    Accession number
    1998.279.a-b
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1998
  • Cabinet
    Title
    Cabinet
    Production date
    (1880)
    Artist/Maker
    W. H. ROCKE & CO., Melbourne (manufacturer); John MATHER (decorator)
    Medium
    East Indian Satinwood (Chloroxylon swietenia), West Indian Satinwood (Zanthoxylum sp.), (other timbers), glass
    Accession number
    D65-1991
    Credit Line
    Bequest of Mrs Stella Hawkes, 1991
  • Jug
    Title
    Jug
    Production date
    (1933-1935)
    Artist/Maker
    PREMIER POTTERY, Preston, Melbourne (manufacturer); REMUED ware (range)
    Medium
    earthenware
    Accession number
    D72-1986
    Credit Line
    Gift of Catherine Webb, 1986
  • Table lamp
    Title
    Table lamp
    Production date
    (1918)
    Artist/Maker
    Frances DERHAM (designer); ALBERT WOFFINDEN (manufacturer)
    Medium
    sheet iron, wood, glass and (other materials)
    Accession number
    D110-1986
    Credit Line
    Purchased from Admission Funds and with the assistance of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1986
  • Platter
    Title
    Platter
    Production date
    (1950)
    Artist/Maker
    H. R. HUGHAN
    Medium
    stoneware
    Accession number
    D135-1977
    Credit Line
    Gift of Mr J. Mack in memory of Mrs Dorothy Mack, 1977
  • Tray
    Title
    Tray
    Production date
    1936-1937
    Artist/Maker
    George HOLMES
    Medium
    silver, ivory
    Accession number
    1998.276
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1998
  • Angel and beast, platter
    Title
    Angel and beast, platter
    Production date
    1948
    Artist/Maker
    ARTHUR MERRIC BOYD POTTERY, Murrumbeena, Melbourne (manufacturer); Arthur BOYD (decorator); John PERCEVAL (potter)
    Medium
    earthernware
    Accession number
    D29-1987
    Credit Line
    Gift of John Perceval, 1987
  • Dish
    Title
    Dish
    Production date
    (1930-1933)
    Artist/Maker
    PREMIER POTTERY, Preston, Melbourne (manufacturer)
    Medium
    earthenware
    Accession number
    D52-1986
    Credit Line
    Gift of Dr G. C. Webb, 1986
  • Jug
    Title
    Jug
    Production date
    1924
    Artist/Maker
    Gladys REYNELL (decorator); OSREY POTTERY, Ballarat, Victoria (manufacturer)
    Medium
    earthenware
    Accession number
    1552-D5
    Credit Line
    Gift of W. G. Preston through the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1968
  • Calyx standard lamp
    Title
    Calyx standard lamp
    Production date
    (c. 1953)
    Artist/Maker
    Clement MEADMORE (designer); MEADMORE ORIGINALS, Melbourne (manufacturer)
    Medium
    iron, tin and (other materials)
    Accession number
    D4-1993
    Credit Line
    Gift of William Le Lievre, 1993
  • Invisible place to be #15
    Title
    Invisible place to be #15
    Production date
    (2005)
    Artist/Maker
    Catherine TRUMAN
    Medium
    ink on Lime (Tilia sp.), steel
    Accession number
    2005.181
    Credit Line
    Purchased with funds from the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2005
  • Parrying shield
    Title
    Parrying shield
    Production date
    (19th century)
    Artist/Maker
    Unknown New South Wales Aboriginal
    Medium
    earth pigments on wood
    Accession number
    2011.127
    Credit Line
    Felton Bequest, 2011
  • Parrying shield
    Title
    Parrying shield
    Production date
    (c. 1900)
    Artist/Maker
    Unknown New South Wales Aboriginal
    Medium
    wood, earth pigments
    Accession number
    2011.144
    Credit Line
    Felton Bequest, 2011
  • Presentation cradle
    Title
    Presentation cradle
    Production date
    (c. 1890)
    Artist/Maker
    George ARMFIELD
    Medium
    silver, silver-gilt, ebonised wood, plush
    Accession number
    D7-1984
    Credit Line
    The Altmann Collection of Australian Silver. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by John and Jan Altmann, Founder Benefactors, 1984
  • Spearthrower
    Title
    Spearthrower
    Production date
    (19th century)
    Artist/Maker
    Unknown
    Medium
    wood, sinew, resin
    Accession number
    O.26-1987
    Credit Line
    Presented by Mrs Elizabeth Winifred Morris, 1987
  • Brooch
    Title
    Brooch
    Production date
    (2003)
    Artist/Maker
    Simon COTTRELL
    Medium
    monel
    Accession number
    2005.177
    Credit Line
    Purchased with funds from the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2005
  • Bottle-brush, vase
    Title
    Bottle-brush, vase
    Production date
    (c. 1939)
    Artist/Maker
    Klytie PATE
    Medium
    earthenware
    Accession number
    D357-1980
    Credit Line
    Purchased with the assistance of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1980
  • Bowl
    Title
    Bowl
    Production date
    1935-1936
    Artist/Maker
    George HOLMES (maker)
    Medium
    silver
    Accession number
    1998.278
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1998
  • Tunga
    Title
    Tunga
    Production date
    1997
    Artist/Maker
    Kitty Kantilla (Kutuwulumi Purawarrumpatu) Tiwi
    Medium
    earth pigments on bark, natural fibre string
    Accession number
    1998.264
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1998
  • Dish
    Title
    Dish
    Production date
    (1968-1973)
    Artist/Maker
    Gwyn HANSSEN PIGOTT
    Medium
    stoneware
    Accession number
    1998.173
    Credit Line
    Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by the artist, Member, 1998