Australian Decorative Arts

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  • Victorian Treasury Department honour board
    Title
    Victorian Treasury Department honour board
    Production date
    (1916)
    Artist/Maker
    Robert PRENZEL
    Medium
    blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) metallic paint and other materials
    Accession number
    D242-1976
    Credit Line
    Gift of the Director of Finance, Public Works Department, Victoria, 1976
  • Jug commemorating John Batman
    Title
    Jug commemorating John Batman
    Production date
    1934
    Artist/Maker
    PREMIER POTTERY, Preston, Melbourne (manufacturer); PAMELA ware (range)
    Medium
    earthenware
    Accession number
    D74-1986
    Credit Line
    Gift of Catherine Webb, 1986
  • The fallen
    Title
    The fallen
    Production date
    1925
    Artist/Maker
    John BLOGG
    Medium
    Queensland Maple (Flindersia brayleyana)
    Accession number
    D2-1976
    Credit Line
    Gift of the family of John Kendrick Blogg, 1976
  • Mother and child
    Title
    Mother and child
    Production date
    1958
    Artist/Maker
    John PERCEVAL
    Medium
    earthenware
    Accession number
    1808-D4
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1958
  • Café Australia, table
    Title
    Café Australia, table
    Production date
    (1916)
    Artist/Maker
    Walter Burley GRIFFIN (designer); Marion Mahony GRIFFIN (designer); H. GOLDMAN MANUFACTURING CO., Melbourne (manufacturer)
    Medium
    Pine (Pinus radiata), Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon)
    Accession number
    2000.53
    Credit Line
    Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Nigel Morgan, Founder Benefactor, 2000
  • Broad shield
    Title
    Broad shield
    Production date
    (early 19th century-mid 19th century)
    Artist/Maker
    Unknown Victorian Aboriginal
    Medium
    earth pigments on wood, cane, pipeclay
    Accession number
    2011.123
    Credit Line
    Felton Bequest, 2011
  • Votive form, brooch
    Title
    Votive form, brooch
    Production date
    (1986)
    Artist/Maker
    Robert BAINES
    Medium
    platinum, gold, alloyed gold
    Accession number
    D95-1987
    Credit Line
    Purchased from Admission Funds, 1987
  • Rainforest shield
    Title
    Rainforest shield
    Production date
    (early 20th century)
    Artist/Maker
    Unknown Queensland Aboriginal
    Medium
    earth pigments and natural pigments on wood
    Accession number
    2011.154
    Credit Line
    Felton Bequest, 2011
  • Mathias suite
    Title
    Mathias suite
    Production date
    (1906-1907)
    Artist/Maker
    Robert PRENZEL
    Medium
    Black Bean (Castanospermum australe), (other materials)
    Accession number
    D74.a-f-1972
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1972
  • Grassed Holden
    Title
    Grassed Holden
    Production date
    1972
    Artist/Maker
    Margaret DODD
    Medium
    earthenware
    Accession number
    A5-1974
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1974
  • Mug
    Title
    Mug
    Production date
    (1930-1933)
    Artist/Maker
    PREMIER POTTERY, Preston, Melbourne (manufacturer)
    Medium
    earthenware
    Accession number
    D53-1986
    Credit Line
    Gift of Dr G. C. Webb, 1986
  • Suite of Corded furniture: chairs
    Title
    Suite of Corded furniture: chairs
    Production date
    (1952)
    Artist/Maker
    Clement MEADMORE (designer); MEADMORE ORIGINALS, Melbourne (manufacturer)
    Medium
    iron, hardwood, rubber, cotton
    Accession number
    D138.a-e-1986
    Credit Line
    Gift of James and Joan Earle, 1986
  • (Two angels)
    Title
    (Two angels)
    Production date
    1961
    Artist/Maker
    John PERCEVAL
    Medium
    earthenware
    Accession number
    2004.248
    Credit Line
    The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
  • Standing cup and cover
    Title
    Standing cup and cover
    Production date
    (c. 1870)
    Artist/Maker
    C. L. QWIST
    Medium
    silver, silver-gilt, emu egg
    Accession number
    510.a-b-D5
    Credit Line
    Gift of Mr W. J. Ward, 1963
  • Platter
    Title
    Platter
    Production date
    (1968)
    Artist/Maker
    H. R. HUGHAN
    Medium
    stoneware
    Accession number
    D94-1978
    Credit Line
    Presented by The Potters Cottage Pty Ltd, 1978
  • Entropy of Red: Crown
    Title
    Entropy of Red: Crown
    Production date
    (1995)
    Artist/Maker
    Robert BAINES
    Medium
    silver-gilt, glass, plastic
    Accession number
    1995.563
    Credit Line
    Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of BP Australia Limited, Governor, 1995
  • Travelling desk
    Title
    Travelling desk
    Production date
    1860
    Artist/Maker
    UNKNOWN, Melbourne
    Medium
    Red Cedar (Toona ciliata) Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), Huon Pine (Largarostrobus franklinii), Myall (Acacia pendula), and other timbers, silver
    Accession number
    431-D5
    Credit Line
    Felton Bequest, 1962
  • Box
    Title
    Box
    Production date
    (1975-1980)
    Artist/Maker
    H. R. HUGHAN
    Medium
    porcellaneous stoneware
    Accession number
    2003.555.a-b
    Credit Line
    Presented through the NGV Foundation from the Bequest of Kenneth Hood, Founder Benefactor, 2003
  • Parrying shield
    Title
    Parrying shield
    Production date
    (c. 1900)
    Artist/Maker
    Unknown Queensland Aboriginal
    Medium
    wood, earth pigments
    Accession number
    2011.140
    Credit Line
    Felton Bequest, 2011
  • Bowl
    Title
    Bowl
    Production date
    (1977)
    Artist/Maker
    Milton MOON
    Medium
    stoneware
    Accession number
    D321-1977
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1977