Ceramic Collectors Society in Roseville, New South Wales, Australia | Non-profit organisation

Ceramic Collectors Society

Locality: Roseville, New South Wales, Australia

Address: 7 Lord Street 2069 Roseville, NSW, Australia

Website: http://ceramiccollectors.weebly.com

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20.01.2022 Tea-time. Teapot and lid, porcelain, Copeland & Garrett, Stoke, Staffordshire, England, circa 1833-1847. A Feldspar covered porcelain teapot, rococo shape, with green transfer printed and gilt decoration of a bird and grape-vines. Features, a wide curving spout, scroll handle, four scroll feet and a small rose finial.... Copeland & Garrett (1833-1847’ was an early English pottery factory formed by William Copeland and Thomas Garrett. Prior to 1833, the factory was owned by Josiah Spode and had been established circa 1770 as Spode. Copeland & Garrett initially made encaustic and other floor tiles, copying medieval designs using modern colours. These proved unpopular and production ceased. Other more popular subjects were then produced, including table-ware. From 1847, the business relationship between Copeland and Garrett ended and Copeland produced alone, until his sons joined to create W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd. They manufactured Parian statuary, fine tiles, jug stands, vases and ceramic tableware such as seen here. This wonderful teapot is in the Ceramics collection of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney. For more than a century, the museum and its predecessors have acquired a vast collection of overseas and Australian ceramics-pieces, this particular example purchased in 1907. (A637 MAAS)

13.01.2022 Clarice Cliff (1899 1972) was an English ceramic artist active from 1922 to 1963. 1. This Sunray vase by Clarice Cliff first appeared around 1929 and features several motifs common in Art Deco ceramics. 2. Clarice Cliff sugar castor 'Pansy', 12.8 cm high.... 3. Portrait of Claris with one example of the various styles of printed backstamp used on Clarice Cliff ware between 1928 and 1936.

10.01.2022 Here we see a group of Frank Lloyd Wright themed Ceramic-ware table items applying designs used by the great 20th Century American architect in his projects. Pieces like these are highly desirable to admirers of FLW. Shades of Claris Cliff!

09.01.2022 Two for Australia Day. Platter and vase from the Jedda Pottery, Neutral Bay 1955. These pieces are significant as being examples of the impact of the film 'Jedda' in introducing Aboriginal culture into the Anglo-Saxon-dominated cultural psyche of mainstream 1950s Australia. ... These items are part of the impressive collection Ceramics in the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney. The Ceramic Collectors Society enjoys a long-standing relationship with this museum. The Jedda Pottery was started in Neutral Bay, Sydney in 1955, and it was surely no coincidence that a film by the name of 'Jedda' had been released to great critical acclaim and commercial success in January of that year. The film, which tells the story of an Aboriginal girl raised in white society with no knowledge of her heritage and who is abducted by a young Aboriginal man, captured the imagination of the public and was described in newspapers of the time as a "daring and unique film experiment" ('Northern Standard', 21 May 1953) - both as the first Australian feature film to be shot in colour, and as the first film to feature indigenous Australians in starring roles. The film is dated, and the notion of European artists depicting indigenous images is now frowned upon. However, these two pieces are wonderful examples of commercial Australian ceramics available to the public in the 1950s. Information and some images courtesy the MAAS.

04.01.2022 Peek-a-Boo!. Chloe Preston 1887-1949 was born into a landed British family, and her first book, The Peek-a-Boos, was published in 1910. She was one of the most admired artists of books and postcards showing children, combining a vivid sense of humour with a fiercely bright decorative sense. Her use of simple geometrical shapes filled with luscious patterns anticipated Art Deco. Here is the cover-art of one of her First World War book and two ceramic cups made during the Great War displaying her unique style of subject.