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DOUTTA GALLA POTTERY, East Brunswick and Coburg, Melbourne (manufacturer), Harold F. SWANSON (potter)
Vase
1913
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
41.1 × 19.6 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1985
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
incised in base: 1913. / D. G. W. / L. P. I A I / )4( (in an oval) / (...illeg.)OY (...illeg.) OUY
Accession Number
D42-1985
Department
Australian Decorative Arts
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Physical description
Tall vase tapering towards mouth and foot and gently constricted at about seven-eights of its height to the area above forming a double walled lip (detectable on the inside only), decorated with brown glaze over yellowish/cream (saltglaze with leadglaze over?) and with four motifs below the mouth, each consisting of a rectangle of blue glaze (deteriorated) in an incised frame with zig-zag ornament.