Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1831; Lived and worked: Italy 1856-1867; Died: Rome, Italy 1867VictorianLedger Gift, 1985Oval brown background with profile portrait of figure depicting female with flowers in her hair and wearing white clothing. Stained timber frame.Recto: Signed and titled " Louisa" "A.G. Ironside" in grey pencil from l.l.c to l.r.c of composition; Not datedpastel, portrait, woman, flowers, wreath, shoulders

Johnson Brothers were a British tableware manufacturer and exporter that was noted for its early introduction of "semi-porcelain" tableware. It was among the most successful of the Staffordshire potteries which produced tableware, much of it exported from the 1890s through the 1960s. They were also important manufacturers of large bathroom ceramics. The company was founded in 1883, but from 1968 to 2015 it operated as a part of the Wedgwood Group. However, after the Wedgwood Group was acquired by Fiskars in 2015, the production of Johnson Brothers was discontinued. The company's name derives from the names of the company's founders. The four original "Johnson Brothers" were Alfred, Frederick, Henry, and Robert. Their father married the daughter of a master potter, Alfred Meakin. In 1883, Alfred and Frederick Johnson began production at defunct pottery, known as the Charles Street Works, that they had purchased at a bankruptcy sale in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. At first, they specialised in the manufacture of durable earthenware, which they called "White Granite". The success of this venture led to rapid expansion. In 1888, the Rev. Henry Johnson joined them, followed ten years later by a fourth brother, Robert Johnson. Having established a solid reputation producing basic "whiteware", the company developed a product known as "semi-porcelain", a range of pottery that had the characteristics of fine china, but the durability of ironstone ware. This kind of tableware soon became very popular in the United States due to its durability and low cost. In 1889, the Hanley pottery was opened, later the Alexander pottery, and in 1891 the Imperial Works Pottery. In 1896, the Trent Sanitary Works was opened for the production of non-tableware products, and Alfred Johnson left the business to establish his pottery. By 1898, Robert Johnson had relocated to New York City to manage Johnson Brothers' rapid expansion into the North American market. An item that gives a snapshot into the emerging market for tableware that was reasonably priced and serviceable. The company produced "whiteware" but the innervation of the pottery line called semi-porcelain changed the industry. This allowed potteries to produce fashionable pottery items that were affordable to all social classes of the time. Bowl white ceramic decorative with floral decoration around lip. On base, "Royal Ironside China, Johnson Bros England" & crest of lion and unicorn flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, bowl, china bowl, lion and unicorn crest, table ware, kitchen ware, white ware, johnson brothers

4 Fullscap sized pages of typed lists of names and address in random order with "Yes" and a number or "No" written alongside. 2 photcopies fullscap size of handwritten notes and names and addresses. One letter of apology. Includes added hand written note on page one: Shire Centenary Celebrations. Folder 72 from Harry Gilham Collection6 foolscap pages. One lettershire of eltham, residents, directory, shire of eltham centenary, list, names, reunion, allan, deany, johns, radley, allen, dempsey, johnston, read, arrowsmith, dickson, kent, reeves, backwell, donelan, kerr, rogers, baddeley, douds, kimpton, ryan, baker, drohan, lawrey, scott, ballard, edmunds, leach, shallard, barling, ellender, lister, shaw, bedford, ellis, lowerson, shield, bell, exton, marshall, short, benton, fitch, mason, simondson, black, fitzsimmon, mcbain, sinclair, boyle, fraser, mcclenaghan, smith, bradford, gahan, mcconnell, sparrow, gillies, mcdowell, spence, bradley, glasgow, mcfarland, stevenson, braithwaite, goldsworthy, mcfarlane, stirling, brinkkotter, green, studd, bubeck, griffiths, mckenzie, sutherland, butler, handfield, mcleod, thomas, carter, hargreaves, mcmahon, thompson, chalmers, harrison, middleton, thomson, charles, hatty, mills, tinkler, cheong, hewitt, morrison, tosch, churchyard, hibbert, motschall, twyfort, clarke, hoare, mott, white, coe, hobbs, murphy, cornwell, hodgson, nicolaisen, whiteway, cresp, hood, nink, wigston, crick, hughes, norman, willett, croom, hurst, o’donnell, williams, currie, iredale, palmer, woolcock, davey, irons, podger, wyatt, davies, ironside, powers, wylie, davis, jarrold, prior, yandell, dawes, jefferies, purchase