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Koala jug
(c. 1939-1940)

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
14.0 × 11.4 × 9.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1986

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
stamped in black on base: MELROSE / AUSTRALIAN / WARE

Accession Number
D186-1986

Department
Australian Decorative Arts

Physical description
Jug modelled in the form of a sitting koala, with a branch shaped handle terminating in two gum leaves, decorated with green glaze flecked with brown.