tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751059924579930120.post2026667091024575428..comments2024-03-24T22:59:41.706-07:00Comments on The Rameking: DianaThe Ramekinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13305433829953070016noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751059924579930120.post-78180574417684722092022-01-13T18:05:10.281-08:002022-01-13T18:05:10.281-08:00Fantastic blog.
Just some comments:
(1) Just poi...Fantastic blog.<br /><br />Just some comments:<br /><br />(1) Just pointing out that Artware products were adversely affected by the imposition of a 66% sales tax in 1949 which put production on a knife edge, causing the failure of Bakewells for example. See https://collection.maas.museum/object/195094 (click on 'see more' button)<br /><br />(2) Of industrial awards, pottery workers were the lowest paid from the 1920s. There was even provision for city pottery workers to be paid lower wages than rural pottery workers. Post 1949 this lead to an exodus of pottery workers into the factory industries that were wanting to expand. Pottery workers got pay rises just be changing jobs. So dramatic was the effect that Sunshine Pottery lost 200 workers in 1949 alone. This lead to award changes that saw greater parity with other industries well before equal pay for females.<br /><br />Thirdly, Art Ware (not ramekins) was adversely affect by Australia's plastics industry in the 1960s. During that decade growth in Australian plastics production was the 5th fastest in the world, faster the the USA and UK. Plastics began to rob Australian Art Ware pottery and porcelain producers of a small part of their market.<br /><br />Fourth, do you know if Diana produced electric jugs? Would be grateful to know one way or the other. Thanks.MartinBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665421741741864005noreply@blogger.com