CONTENTS

History of an industry p7.
Operating dates of the Brunswick potteries and their locations p14.
Alfred Cornwell's Pottery 1859-1964 p19. Christopher Benson p28. James Campain p32. William Malkin p33.
The Hoffman Brick, Tile and Pottery Company 1862-1990 p40. Artist potters: Merric Boyd; Allan Lowe p56. William Ricketts; John Barnard Knight; Klytie Pate p57. E.G. (Ellen Grant) Greenway p61.
The Gillbrook Pottery 1862-1909 p64.
The Victoria Art Pottery 1896-1912 p74.
Brunswick Terra Cotta Works 1886-1924 p82. William Henry Malkin p83.
Doutta Galla Pottery 1908-1913 p88.
Art potters and journeyman potters p95. R.B. (Richard Ferguson Bell) Sturrock p95. John Gravett p98. Mrs Boothroyd p99. Brunswick School of Pottery p100. Francis Manallack p101. John B. Davis p104.
Smaller commercial potteries p106.
Union Pottery circa 1888-1910 p106.
Wunderlich Tileries 190-1931 p108.
Shelmar 1937-1972 p110.
8Federal Pottery 1898-1964 p114.
The Victoria Pottery Company 1898-1906 p116.
The Brunswick Brick, Tile and Pottery Works 1898-1936 p117.
Austin and Sons 1904-1954 p120.
The Victorian Pottery 1862-1869 p122.
Lambeth Works 1870-1874 p123.
William Milner 1913-1927 (Kerferd Street, Coburg and 25 Webb Street, Coburg) p124.
APPENDIX
Rates of pay in the Victorian pottery industry 1901 p125.
Petition to the Minister for Labour 1909 p129.
Petition to the Minister for Labour 22-10-1908 p132.
Specimen - minutes for the Federated Brick, Tile and Pottery Union, 1901 and 1902.
Lists of Hoffman workers, occupations and pay p140.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Melrose art pottery advertisement (inside front cover).
The new John Glew pottery works in Weston Street was owned by Stephen England. This picture shows horse-drawn carts about to be loaded with pipes, behind which are two large downdraft kilns. The domed brick roofs of the kilns can be seen poking through the encircling timber buildings which were drying areas for green pipes, about 1899 p2.
Terra cotta bust of General Gordon, made by Mr Peterson, a worker in Hoffman’s Terra Cotta Department and given to Jack Madigan in 1910 p4.
Gregory Hill p6.
Kangaroo roof finial p7a.
Aerial view of Brunswick about 1915, looking eastward along Victoria Street to the left and Albert Street to the right. The Melbourne Pottery in Victoria Street can be identified by the smoke coming from one of the stacks. Opposite this is Hoffman’s no. 1 pit and works and further to the right their Dawson Street works, pit no. 2 p7b.
Brunswick Park in the making, 1908, at the corner of Victoria Street and Pearson Street. To the left can be seen two Patent Hoffman Kilns belonging to the Hoffman Company’s Albert Street works, while in the centre are three chimneys at their Dawson Street works. To the right of these are a further two stacks belonging to Luke Nolan’s Gillbrook Pottery in Brunswick Road west p8a.
The Federated Brick, Tile and Pottery Union’s display float, taking part in a Labour Day celebration parade, about 1915. The banner shows different pottery works and examples of wares produced. Standing on the road from the left are a boy, William Inness and Frank Inness p8b.
Members of the Brick, Tile and Pottery Employees Association posing for a group photo at the end of the Labour Day celebration parade, 26 April 1909. The handwritten note mentions 8.8.8. which stood for eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest. This motto was championed at every opportunity by the union movement as great changes were occurring in the working man’s life during this period p9a.
Terra cotta kangaroo roof finial from an unknown Brunswick manufacturer, about 1900 p9b.
This rear view of John Glew’s Brickworks in Barkly Street, about 1870, shows his clay hole with workmen barrowing clay along a scaffolding p9c.
Frank Manallack is seated in the centre of these repatriated soldiers at the Brunswick Technical School, about 1920. The pottery objects on display cover a wide range of both commercial and artistic wares. Some of these are lidded vegetable dishes, jugs, spittoons, teapots, pipkins and various vases p10.
Plaster mould used for press moulding vine leaf plates for the Repatriation trainees at Brunswick Technical School, used between 1918 and 1923. This mould may well have been in use right up to 1930 by the diploma course students. It must also be noted that Francis Manallack had brought this plate from Cornwell’s Pottery where it had been in production from at least 1900 p11a.
Block mould of a teacup or candle stick handle, made at the classes held for repatriated soldiers at the Brunswick Technical School, about 1920 p11b.
These pieces of earthenware pottery were made by the trainees at the Repatriation School of Pottery p11c.
Pottery cast from moulds originally used at the Repatriation School of Pottery. The items are all earthenware and would have been produced between 1918 and 1923 p12a.
The cover of the Brunswick Technical School’s booklet containing the syllabus of its School of Pottery, 1925-1927 p12b.
The incised initial mark used at the Repatriated Soldiers Pottery at the Brunswick Technical School p12c.
These salt glazed stoneware pieces were made at many Brunswick potteries both as commercial lines and ‘foreigners’ by the workmen p13a.
Large earthenware pot by Margaret Kerr that was fired at the Premier Pottery, Preston about 1932 p13b.
Salt glazed elephant that was freely modelled by William Taylor in 1960 at the Melbourne Pottery in Victoria Street p13c.
Map with locations of Brunswick potteries p16-17.
Cornwell boot p18a.
Cornwell majolica bread plate p18b.
Cornwell dog’s head moneybox p18c.
Cornwell jardiniere in typical majolica colours p18d.
Alfred Cornwell 1833-1890 p19a.
Brunswick Pottery in 1866 showing an extensive array of salt-glazed pipes with a downdraft kiln to the left. Beside this is an updraft bottle kiln, most of which is below the building’s roofline. The second kiln that can be seen protruding through a roofline may very well be the only photographic evidence of Thomas Kelly’s Victorian Pottery p19b.
The 1866-67 Melbourne International Exhibition, showing a part of the Victorian Court. In the centre is an exhibit of some clay wares from Alfred Cornwell’s Brunswick Pottery. This is the earliest photographic example that has yet been found of Cornwell’s household pottery p20a.
Several examples of Cornwell stone wares p20b.
Group of Cornwell workmen, about 1885. The youth holding the pipe, extreme left, is D. Parke, and the man third from the right in the top row is Christopher Benson p21a.
A silver mounted emu egg presentation piece p21b.
Attributed Cornwell earthenware pair of vases in the shape of hand-held leaf and berry bouquets p21c.
Alfred Cornwell tile, 1876-1881, earthenware p21d.
Cornwell water monkey, earthenware p22a.
Bust of Alfred Cornwell in an imitation bronze finish p22b.
James Allard in mayoral robes, 1893 p23a.
Cornwell hunting jug, earthenware, Rockingham glaze p23b.
Cornwell boot, earthenware, majolica glaze p23c.
Cornwell jardiniere with shells and lion heads, earthenware, majolica glaze p24a.
Three Cornwell milk jugs, all are earthenware and carry a distinctive Cornwell handle p24b.
Cornwell bread plate, earthenware, majolica glaze p24c.
A few of the designs used by Cornwell’s Pottery in Rockingham teapots over a fifty-year period p25a.
Cornwell tree-trunk vase, about 1910 and Cornwell vine leaf plate, earthenware p25b.
Cornwell stoneware jug, white Bristol glaze p26a.
Cornwell stoneware W. Candy water filter p26b.
Cornwell’s exhibit at the 1899 Exhibition of Brunswick Potteries p27a.
Frederick Cornwell 1884-1939 p27b.
Vase in the shape of a hand-held shell, earthenware, caneware glaze, about 1890 p28a.
Cornwell’s display cart, in the 1907 Brunswick Jubilee Procession celebrating Brunswick’s 50 years of municipality. The gentleman third from the right is Dick Brown and on the extreme right is James Allard p28b.
Christopher Benson p28c.
Cornwell bread plate, earthenware, Malkin glaze, about 1910, and large Cornwell bread plate, earthenware, majolica glaze, about 1890 p29a.
Cornwell jardiniere with lizard decoration, about 1905 p29b.
Cornwell Staffordshire dog, William Malkin type glaze, 1913 p29c.
Map of Alfred Cornwell’s pottery, about 1902 p30-31.
The western section of Cornwell’s Pottery, about 1910 (sketch) p32a.
Inside shot of Cornwell’s Rockingham Department in 1908 with its foreman Christopher Benson centre left and John B. Davis second from the right p32b.
Eastern section of Cornwell’s Pottery, about 1910 (sketch) p33a.
James J. Campain 1863-1936 p33b.
Percy Campain p33c.
William Malkin junior 1873-1929 p33d.
Cornwell kerosene lamp, William Malkin, earthenware, 1915 p34a.
Cornwell salad bowl in solid agate, made by William Malkin, 1910 p34b.
Cornwell dog figure, William Malkin, earthenware, about 1915 p34c.
A medallion depicting Prince George (later King George V), made by William Malkin while working at Cornwell Pottery p34d.
Cornwell Pottery display at the 1913 ‘All Australian Exhibition’ in Melbourne, postcard for sale during the exhibition p35a.
Percy Reginald Vernon Cornwell 1882-1948 p35b.
Attributed Cornwell urn, possibly 1930s but design goes back to the 1880s, terra cotta p35c.
Cornwell’s Pottery display float in the Brunswick Centenary Procession, August 1939, with Ken Manton, Jack Bock, Fred Southern p35d.
Langley ware tea set, earthenware using red clay, 1915-1945 p36a.
Large handled urn made by Cornwell’s Pottery, earthenware, about 1936 p36b.
A selection of 1930s art pottery made at Cornwell’s Pottery, earthenware, spiralled application of coloured glazes p36c.
Aerial photo of Cornwell’s Pottery and environs, 1945, showing Phoenix Street running east-west bisected by the railway line. Cornwell’s western works is to the left of the railway line and the eastern works is to the right, in the bottom right-hand corner on the south side of Phoenix Street is the Cornwell’s family home ‘Sherwood’ p37a.
Cornwell urn, earthenware, 1930s p37b.
Images of Cornwell marks and distinguishing features on pottery p38-39.
Aerial view of the Hoffman Brick and Potteries Limited Works in 1928 p40a.
The Hoffman Patent Steam Brick Company display at the Melbourne International Exhibition 1880-1881 p40b.
Hoffman’s Albert Street Works, called no. 1 Pit, about 1885. The private rail system may be seen working. The ends of two regular Hoffman kilns on the left and a third circular Hoffman kiln in the centre can be identified p40c.
Four drawings showing aspects of working life and the different environs at the Hoffman Company. Filling the trucks; Sinking holes for blasting; The clay hole; The works. Part of an article in the ‘Australasian Sketcher’ 19 November 1881, centred around Hoffman’s no. 1 pit in Albert Street, Brunswick p41.
Hoffman cheese or meat plate, stoneware, about 1910 p42a.
Hoffman display cart in the Labour Day procession in Melbourne 24 April 1909. On the cart is a model of a Hoffman kiln, it appears in several photos and must have been an important showpiece p42b.
Hoffman Pottery works in 1899, looking south-east from the entrance of the Albert Street Works p42c.
Map of Hoffman Brick Tile and Pottery Works, about 1902 p43.
A selection of terra cotta garden vases as illustrated in the 1929 Hoffman catalogue p44.
Hoffman terra cotta garden edging, 1900-1920 p45a.
A processional cart display for the Hoffman Pottery Company, about 1910 p45b.
Hoffman stoneware garden edging tile, 1900-1920 p45c.
Hoffman terra cotta garden edging tile, fern and berry design, 1900-1920 p46a.
Hoffman eagle roof finial, terra cotta, about 1915 p46b.
Group of Hoffman Bristol wares, about 1930 p46c.
Hoffman water filter, The Banna / Filter, stoneware, clear Bristol glaze, 1910-1938 p47a.
Aerial photo looking north-east from the corner of Pearson Street and Dawson Street. The paddocks at this intersection originally held horses and pit ponies with stables. The next saw-toothed roofed building was the special Brick Department followed by the brickworks complete with three Hoffman kilns. Behind these was Benson’s Pottery where six bottle kilns can be seen. Next along Dawson Street is the Bristol and Sanitary Ware Department with eight bottle kilns. Past this point was the pipe, tile and terra cotta departments, about 1915 p47b.
Henry (Harry) William Benson p47c.
Map of Rockingham Department, Benson’s Pottery, Hoffman Works, about 1915 p48.
Hoffman ewer, port of the Diamond pattern toilet set, white granite glaze, 1915-1938 p49a.
Hoffman Hall Boy jug, earthenware, white glaze with cobalt blue edging, 1915-1939 p49b.
Two Hoffman Rockingham agate glazed articles: teapot, 1917-1940 and tobacco jar, about 1925 p49c.
Hoffman vases and jardiniere in earthenware, majolica glazes: gum vase, 1917-1940; Jardiniere, about 1925; vase, about 1925 p50a.
Hoffman earthenware jardiniere and pedestal in the iris pattern, 1917-1940 p50b.
Several earthenware examples of Hoffman majolica ware vases made in the Rockingham Department, 1930-39 p50c.
Three-legged jardiniere, majolica glaze, incised ‘Baker’, about 1930 p50d.
Press mould halves used by Herbert Davis while at Hoffman’s Pottery, about 1920 p51a.
Mr W.B. Rowley, manager of the Bristol and Sanitaryware Department at Hoffman’s for the period 1926-40 p51b.
Hoffman terra cotta roofing hip tile, lion face design, about 1923 p51c.
Hoffman Robur teapot, earthenware, about 1930 p52a.
Pair of hand-painted jugs with floral decoration, earthenware, about 1934 p52b.
Melrose aboriginal head inkwell, earthenware, 1931-40 p52 c.
Melrose pottery, carrying mark 35, made between 1931-40: gum leaves ashtray, possum bowl, koala head ashtray p53a.
Group of Melrose enamel glazed pottery introduced in 1934 to commemorate the Melbourne centenary year: Irishman inkwell, Father Christmas jug, John Bull inkwell, English squire toby jug, Scotchman inkwell p53b.
Melrose pottery carrying mark 35, made between 1931-40: vases p53c.
Melrose cicada cigarette box, 1931-40 p53d.
Hoffman’s casting shop, showing Les Cook to the left, a woman removing seams from teapots, a boy pouring slip into a mould and two workmen taking the Melrose greenware away to be brisque fired, 1932 p54a.
Melrose commemorative cup made for the Melbourne Centenary, 1934, with one of the sprig moulds used in its conception p54 b.
Three Melrose vases, made 1931-40: Gumleaf and gumnut vase, Gumleaf vase, Gumleaf vase p55a.
Melrose pottery, 1931-40: Possum jug; Kangaroo bowl; Koala jug p55b.
Collection of Melrose bookends, 1931-40: Gumleaf; Dog; Elephant; Frill-necked lizard; Tragedy p56a.
Melrose gum trees vase, 1931-20 p56b.
Hoffman jug designed by Klytie Pate, earthenware, about 1960 p57a.
One of several William Ricketts designed wall plaques made at Hoffman’s Pottery by Les Cook in a vitreous body in 1966 p57b.
Three Hoffman Rockingham teapots: Pearl pattern; Globe pattern; Long leaf pattern p57c.
Map of Hoffman’s Pottery, about 1945 p58.
Aerial photo of a section of Hoffman’s Pottery, 1945. Note the much-reduced size of the Rockingham Department / Benson’s Pottery. The map was drawn from this photo p59a.
Hoffman jug with Aboriginal bust, earthenware, about 1940 p59b.
Hoffman decorative jug, earthenware, about 1930, Marian Eskdale collection p60a.
Hoffman plate, stoneware, jolleyed, black and white glazes, with portrait of child, about 1930 p60b.
Hoffman tea set in blue agate glaze, about 1925 p60c.
Hoffman plate, stoneware, jolleyed, black and white glazes, Mickey Mouse figure, , made for Lorraine Black, 1942 p61a.
Hoffman marks p61b, 62, 63.
Distinguishing features p63.
Gillbrook Pottery majolica jardiniere, earthenware, 1880-1895 p64a.
Gillbrook Pottery majolica cheese dish, earthenware, cover, 1883-1890 p64b.
Four Gillbrook Pottery majolica jardinieres showing similar stylised flower embossing, 1880-1895 p65.
Gillbrook Pottery advertisement from the Official Catalogue to Melbourne International Exhibition, 1875-76 p66a.
Attributed Gillbrook Pottery majolica jardiniere, earthenware, 1883-85 p66b.
A rare photograph of the Victorian Court at the Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880-1881. The Gillbrook Pottery display is the third stall on the left of the aisle with the large terra cotta water fountain, the fourth stall with the large terra cotta vases belongs to Alfred Cornwell’s Pottery p66c.
Luke Nolan’s Gillbrook Pottery in the 1880s, looking south from the northern end of his main quarry. The stacks from several downdraft kilns can be seen to the left and scattered pipes show this area’s production. At this time Nolan’s finer wares were being made at Park Street, one block beyond the southern end of the quarry p67a.
Gillbrook Pottery display at the Calcutta Intercolonial Exhibition, 1885-86 p67b.
Gillbrook Pottery bread plate, earthenware, majolica glaze, 1883-90 p68a.
Gillbrook Pottery bread plate, earthenware, Rockingham glaze, 1890 p68b.
Attributed Nolan stoneware Tam O’Shanter jug, about 1888 p69.
Map of Gillbrook Pottery, 1898 p70.
Sketch of Nolan water filter p72.
Display of large terra cotta urns and pedestals from the Gillbrook Pottery at the 1899 Exhibition of Brunswick Potteries in Brunswick p72a.
Gillbrook Pottery advertisement, 1892 p72b.
Three pieces of rustic ware attributed to the Gillbrook Pottery, 1875-1900: Plant pot; Tobacco jar; Pedestal p73a.
Gillbrook Pottery marks p73b.
William Ferry, 1961-1934 p74a.
Victoria Art Pottery majolica vase, earthenware, 1896-1912 p74b.
Victoria Art Pottery Jardiniere and pedestal, 1896-1912; Umbrella stand, 1896-1912; Jardiniere 1896-1912 and Pedestal, about 1900 p75.
Victoria Art Pottery majolica vase, 1896-1912 p76a.
Victoria Art Pottery majolica jardiniere, 1896-1912 p76b.
Map: plan view of William Ferry’s Victoria Art Pottery, about 1902 p76c.
William Ferry holding a modelling profile, about 1896 p77.
Display of Victoria Art Pottery wares at the 1899 Exhibition of Brunswick Potteries p78.
Jardiniere, 1896-1912 and pedestal, earthenware, 1900-1912 p79a.
Victoria Art Pottery majolica grotesques: Green grotesque; Blue grotesque; Red grotesque, 1896-1912 p79b.
Victoria Art Pottery majolica ware: Jardiniere 1896-1912 and pedestal, earthenware, 1896-1912; Jardiniere, earthenware, 1900-1912 p80a.
Victoria Art Pottery majolica jardiniere with repeated art nouveau flower design, 1900-1912 p80b.
Victoria Art Pottery majolica ware: Shell vase 1896-1912; Miniature vase 1896-1898; Shell vase, earthenware, 1896-1912 p81a.
Victoria Art Pottery marks p81b.
Graham Robert Ferry, 1847-1924 p82a.
Bronze medallion awarded to Graham Ferry at the age of 17, 1864 p82b.
Bronze medallion awarded to Graham Ferry for his terra cotta bust of ‘Oliver Twist’ exhibited at the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London p83a.
W.H. Malkin stands to the left with many examples of the Brunswick Terra Cotta Works wares, about 1886 p83b.
A group photo of the Ferry family in England, about 1876: Zephania Ferry, Esther Ferry, Augustine Ferry, Sarah Ferry, Maria Ferry, Emma Ferry, Esther Pilgrim Ferry (nee Berry), Thomas Burgin, Graham Robert Ferry, William Ferry, Edward Ferry, Hephzibah Burgin (nee Ferry) p84a.
Dragon roof finial, about 1900 p84.
Graham Ferry terra cotta figure of Ceres, about 1880 p85a.
Graham Ferry bust of Oliver Twist, 1885 and pedestal, 1887-1910 p85b.
Graham Ferry bust of Elsa Burgin, about 1890 p85c.
Brunswick Terra Cotta Works architectural chimney pot, decorates the roof of the works office which still exists in Albert Street p86a.
Graham Ferry bust of Maria Ferry, about 1880 p86b.
Vase in the shape of a fence and stile, 1915 p87a.
Graham Ferry marks and distinguishing features p87b.
Alan Finlay p88a.
Ernest Finlay vase with kangaroo in a landscape, 1913 p88b.
Ernest Finlay p89a.
Group of three Doutta Galla vases, made by Harold Swanson, 1913 p89b.
Finlay Brother’s pottery vases with landscapes painted by Ernest Finlay, 1914, 1915 p90a.
Finlay Brother’s pottery vase decorated with a landscape in the barbotine style, 1914 p90b.
Alan Finlay ginger jar, 1914 p91a.
Harold Swanson earthenware vases, 1925 p91b.
Three Alan Finlay pieces of stoneware pottery, all showing Chinese influences and made during the early 1920s: Vase with spray of gum leaves and gumnut blossom; Lamp base decorated with gum leaves and gumnuts; Bulbous vase p91c.
Three Ernest Finlay earthenware vases, about 1920 p92a.
Photo about 1930 shows a variety of pottery styles utilised by Alan and Ernest Finlay dating from the earliest period p92b.
Alan Finlay landscape vase, 1930-34 p93a.
Watercolour by Alan Finlay about 1925 showing the mud brick studio and kiln which he built at his home in the Melbourne suburb of Regent p93b.
Alan Finlay plate with bayside landscape 1920-34 p93c.
Several pieces of Alan Finlay stoneware pottery made in Black Rock from 1930-34 p93d.
Ernest Finlay lidded jar in the manner of Lang Yao, about 1930 94a.
Alan Finlay vase decorated with swimming carp, 1934 p94b.
Doutta Galla Pottery and Finlay marks p94c.
Richard Sturrock candle stick 1900-1910 p95.
Richard Sturrock majolica grotesques, 1900-1910 p96a.
Richard Sturrock winged grotesque 1900-1910 p96b.
Dame Nellie Melba bust by Richard Sturrock, 1904 p97a.
Richard Sturrock marks p97b.
John Gravett junior with a selection of his pottery at the back of no. 2 Smith Street, Brunswick, about 1935 p98a.
John Gravett junior pottery display, showing a variety of slip cast and thrown wares, about 1935 p98b.
John Gravett majolica vase, about 1930 p99a.
John Gravett painted dog figure, about 1935 p99b.
Gravett marks p99c.
Three Mrs Boothroyd vases, hand-painted landscapes and repetitive murals, 1925 p99d.
Three vases and a plate, made by Mrs Boothroyd showing an early appreciation of aboriginal art p99e.
Boothroyd vases 1925, showing a variety of pottery manufacturing techniques p100.
Pottery articles by the students of the Brunswick School of Pottery: candlestick by Sybil Joske, about 1925; Lidded container by Mrs M. Walsoe, about 1928; Vase by E.A. Jennings-Smith, about 1928 p101a.
Bust of Apollo made by Francis Manallack, about 1910 p101b.
Hunting jug made by Francis Manallack, 1916. This jug is thought to be the type produced earlier at the Union Pottery p102a.
Repatriated soldiers from World War One were taught new skills to allow them to re-enter the workforce despite their disabilities. Francis Manallack is the central figure here. He oversaw most aspects of pottery production undertaken at the Brunswick Technical School between 1918 and 1923 p102b.
Smiling face Toby jug, with mould, made by Francis Manallack, about 1910 p103a.
Francis Manallack jugs glazed in his distinctive cobalt blue, about 1915 p103b.
Francis Manallack on the right of a display of pottery, some of which is the same as that made at the Brunswick Technical School and later at McHugh’s Pottery in Launceston. On the left an improver is shown applying glaze to one of the pots. Francis Manallack established this pottery works within the old Rockingham Department of Cornwell’s Pottery, about 1928 p104a.
Manallack marks p104b.
Inside Francis Manallack’s Pottery, about 1928, at Cornwell’s Pottery where an improver is applying a handle to a small demijohn p104c.
John Bloor Davis 1848-1920 p105.
Group photo of the Union Pottery’s employees and its wares, about 1910: Thomas Manallack, Arthur Manallack, John Manallack junior, John Manallack senior, Francis Manallack p106.
Francis Manallack dog paperweight, about 1910 p107a.
Union Pottery wares: Hunting jug, 1910; Agate pedestal, about 1905 p107b.
Site plan of 48 Union Street, drawn 1903, showing a variety of buildings, all larger than domestic dwellings. The Union Pottery occupied one of these buildings. The Manallacks later manufactured a patented support device at the same premises p107c.
Francis Manallack money box, about 1905 p108a.
Wunderlich tobacco jar with embossed waratah design, about 1915 p108b.
Ernest Wunderlich p108c.
Alfred Wunderlich p108d.
Dr Otto Wunderlich p108e.
Exhibit of Wunderlich wares, of which the terra cotta was made at Brunswick, about 1920 p109a.
Section of a photo taken in the Wunderlich Industries office at 243 Collins Street, Melbourne, about 1920. Amongst the plainer terra cotta ware are two waratah pattern tobacco jars p109b.
A ram’s head fire surround made in terra cotta from Wunderlich’s Sunshine Works, 1933 p109c.
Wunderlich marks p109d.
Sheila and Percy Heath, about 1935 p110a.
Group of Shelmar slip cast pottery: Flared vase with flower decoration, about 1940s; Koala on log, about 1940s; Vase with palm tree, about 1940s; Vase with koala, about 1940s p110b.
Inside of the Shelmar pottery retail outlet at 315 Sydney Road, Brunswick p111a.
Inside the Shelmar factory at 8 Edward Street, Brunswick, about 1958 p111b.
Advertisement for the Shelmar Company, about 1955 p112.
Shelmar marks and distinguishing features p113.
John Mills 1845-1931 p114a.
Map of the Victoria Street Potteries, about 1905 p114b.
Salt glazed items made by Mills and Co. Federal Pottery at the 1899 Exhibition of Brunswick Potteries p115a.
Attributed Federal Pottery: Rosella on a stump p115b.
Plan of the Federal Pottery buildings, about 1940 p116a.
Group photo of the employees and wares of the Victoria Pottery Company, about 1902: standing fourth from the right is Mr L. Parker p116b.
Salt glazed shoes and boots from the Brunswick area, made by many pipe works from 1860 to 1940, often given as presents to newlyweds p117a.
Majolica jug attributed to the Brunswick Brick, Tile and Pottery Works, about 1899 p117b.
Brunswick Brick, Tile and Pottery Company, main building on Barkly Street, where they operated about 1900 p118a.
Brunswick Brick, Tile and Pottery Company’s garden edging, terra cotta, floral decoration, about 1910 p118b.
Brunswick Brick, Tile and Pottery Company marks p119.
Austin and Son’s garden edging tile, oak leaf and acorn pattern, about 1910 p120a.
Austin and Son’s garden edging tile, ivy pattern, about 1910 p120b.
Austin and Son’s garden edging tile, ivy pattern, about 1910 p120c.
Austin and Sons building, wares and staff, about 1910: Albert Austin, eldest son of William Austin senior; William Austin junior, son of William Austin senior; William Austin senior; Arthur Austin, son of William Austin senior p121a.
Austin and Son’s marks p121b.
Map of Barkly Street Potteries, about 1905 p122.
Salt glazed basic household ware, made at many pipe manufacturers p123.
William Milner porcelain cup and saucer, 1920, Coburg p124a.
Jug with transferred angel, about 1919, Jug with embossed girl and swans, 1919, William Milner, Coburg p124b.
Melrose Art Pottery advertisement (inside back cover).