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Jug

Bessie E. DEVEREUX
Jug
 (1920s)

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
14.4 × 13.7 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1986

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Brisbane, Queensland

Inscription
incised in base: B E Devereux / Glaze inside / only
painted in brown on base: DELTA (monogram)

Accession Number
D108-1986

Department
Australian Decorative Arts

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Physical description
Jug with depressed spherical body, tall mouth and small right-angled handle, decorated with abstract motifs and a boomerang in shades of brown using matt colours on a buff body.

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