Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 22.4 × 26.2 cm diameter (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1957
© The Estate of David Boyd and Hermia Boyd
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Murrumbeena, Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
(a) incised in base: David / + / Hermia Boyd / 1956
Accession Number
1694.a-b-D4
Department
Australian Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Physical description
Dark grey body, greenish/grey glaze with decoration of birds, fish and nude figures incised through the glaze, high domed cover has tall cylindrical knob
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