PRESENTATION DECORATIVE SILVER TEAPOT PRESENTED TO J. WHITMORE AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM. BY CLUNES FOOTBALL CLUB 1922local history, clunes football club

Jane Annois had a long involvement with Potters Cottage in Warrandyte, where she taught for many years. Potters Cottage was established in the late 1950s in Warrandyte as an artist co-operative. Founding members included Reg Preston, Phyl Dunn, Gus McLaren, Artur Halpern, Sylvia Halpern and Elsa Ardern. These talented artists had the ingenuity and foresight to create a teaching studio, gallery shop and restaurant to experiment, make, promote and sell predominantly domestic wares of the time. These activities helped financially sustain each member’s individual creative practice. Potters Cottage was influential in the development of contemporary ceramics, building and developing practices that experimented with traditional ceramic processes, raw materials and locally sourced clay. The group mentored and nurtured many interested in the art of ceramics, producing alumni and teachers such as Peter Laycock, John Dermer, Greg Daly and Jane Annois. Jane Annois is a ceramic artist who has lived and worked locally in Warrandyte for many years. She focuses primarily on exploring the art of Japanese raku, adapting the technique to develop the typical characteristics of crackle glazes and lustres, with contrasting areas of black. Jane also applies a fine slip called terrasigillata which gives soft, warm ochre colours. This technique was once used by the Greeks over 2000 years ago to seal and decorate their pots. She is also strongly onfluenced by the French potters, particularly in the style of terre vernissee, a decorative form of terracotta tableware. Three piece stoneware and raku fired ceramic sculpture. The first piece is a hollow, dome shaped object. It is orange (terracotta slip) in colour with a copper metallic band and a black edge on one side with a small yellow glazed rounded triangle and metallic strip of colour on the otherside. The second piece is shaped like a traditional vase. It is orange (terracotta slip) in colour with white crackle on the inside. It has a yellow slip edge with a dark glazed square on one side and on the other side a black thick edge that mirrors the contour of this shape. The third piece is shaped loosley in the form of the letter 'z'. It compliments the second piece with a yellow slip edge and black glazed square to its lower left side and top right as well as on its' other side a black thick edge that mirrors the contour of this shape. This piece has a very small skewed square opening at its' top. All three pieces have elements of crazing and variations of colour and lustre, caused by the raku process. 2006.52.1VA has the artist name/signature 'J. Annois' inscriped small (with fine point ceramic tool?) on the front of the piece, bottom right; 2006.52.2VA has the artist name 'Jane'? inscribed (unlegible - with fine point ceramic tool?) underneath; 2006.52.3VA has the artist name/signature 'Jane Annois' inscriped (with fine point ceramic tool?) inside its hollow form. evolution, raku, stoneware, terrasigillata, terracotta, glazes, slip, terre vernissee

Alma Shanahan (1924-2015) was a Victorian potter who came to live at Clifton Pugh's Dunmoochin art colony at Cottlesbridge, on Melbourne's outskirts in 1953. Unable to join the co-operative proper, as she was a potter, not a painter, she built her house at the top of the hill, 135 Barreenong Road, Cottles Bridge. The c.1953 house is historically, aesthetically and architecturally significant because it is a good example of the design and ethos of mud brick dwellings synonymous with Eltham and features the extensive use of recycled materials, which was characteristic of the 'Eltham style' of architecture. Like the others in the artist community, Alma Shanahan built her own residence in stages out of local materials. Shanahan was later joined by neighbours and Dunmoochin potters Peter and Helen Laycock. She trained for a term with Peter Laycock but was otherwise self-taught, basing her practice on the teachings of Bernard Leach. After Pugh's death in 1991 she became the longest standing Dunmoochin resident. Her works are incised with her full name. Alma Shanahan was a part of the Dunmoochin Artist's community whose (other) members (Kevin Nolan, John Howley, John Olsen, Mirka Mora, Peter Laycock, Helen Laycock, Peter Wiseman and Chris Wiseman) made an important contribution to Victoria's cultural history. From the mid 1950s Pugh persuaded a number of other painters, as well as potters and other artists, to come and live at Dunmoochin and they formed one of Victoria's most important artist communities. She started potting around 1961 (aged 37). "Horse Power" was made using Chullora clay, which indicates it was made during her first seven years of production. Horse Power is about man's search for "energy" and how the "energy" can turn around. Made from Chullora (Sydney) clay. Glazed stoneware plates (x2) with brush decorations resting on hand made ceramic stands. Plate one: 2006.64.1VA (Horse Power + stand) shows a figure on horse back with blue foliage in background. Plate two: 2006.64.2VA (Flip Side + stand) shows a horse with figure under it's hooves. Hand painted signature in brown/black on back of both plates; "Alma Shanahan"shanahan, stoneware, glaze, plates, horse, dunmoochin

Found by Roger Cummings and J Lewis in laneway running south from Western Beach Road between Dalgety North building and Dennys Lachelles building (old Corio Tannery site).

Used by donor's familyElectric cooker - slow - cylinder shape - orange with brown and yellow stripes. Glass lid - knob on lid. Controls - Off/High/Low. 'Crock - Cooker'. Two handles for lifting and three legs to support cooker off bench.Made in Japan. General Electric Model No. SC10domestic items, cooking

A valuable collection of pottery and tiles collected by Nunawading Historical Society and traced to the early history of the potters' art in Nunawading. At present the collection is stored under the home of a society member who is moving. The council are debating whether to display the collection in the Council Offices foyer or whether the request should come from the Historical Society.A valuable collection of pottery and tiles collected by Nunawading Historical Society and traced to the early history of the potters' art in Nunawading. pottery, nunawading historical society, australian tesselated tile co. pty. ltd, city of nunawading, mitcham, cox, george

White cotton tea cover with pulled thread embroidered surrounded by button hole embroidery. Two semi-circle pieces joined together with blue ribbon.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

Found in an above ground rubbish pile at Days Mill & Farm.Tall cylinder with a handle and a spout on either side and a hinged lid at the top made of blue/grey coloured enamel with white flecks. Extensive rust.

Photo of a hand thrown ceramic vase. ceramics, australian studio pottery

Jill Giles is a potter who was active in Geelong from the mid 1970s until the mid 1990s. Her work may be marked 'J Giles' (painted), 'Giles Geelong Australia' (impressed) or G over J (impressed). Her daughter Melinda Solly also makes ceramics.Photograph of a hand thrown and decorated ceramic teapot by Jill Giles. ceramics, studio pottery, teapot, jill giles, coffee pot

Soft cover book by Peter Bowers. 50 printed pages with black and white photos.

Unknown supplysecond world war (ww2), 1939 - 1945, eequipment/gear, ballarat rsl, ballarat

Large grey speckled enamelled saucepan with handle & holder, no lid.TS 20domestic equipment, food preparation, cooking pot, k25

hand-built, slip decorated and glazed, mid-fired stonewarestoneware, ceramic, surf, wayne lynch, gerry wedd, flowers, waves, beach, urn, vase