The Rameking

Worldwide Headquarters of the Australian Studio Art Ramekin, (and a few others) that piece of Australiana that has almost disappeared from our lives and tables. How many of you Baby Boomers have sat in front of a warm fire in winter, eating tinned spaghetti from a ramekin? In the period between the World Wars, and in the decades after, many famous artists made ramekins. They continued until cheap imports and copies almost killed them off in the 1970s. See them here in all their faded glory.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Joan

These ramekins are incised "Joan Beaumaris Aust". Each has a flower hand painted undergalze on the top of the handle, the body is plain. The name of each flower is painted on the base. There is no information available on who "Joan" is, however, the handwriting and flower painting is similar to that of Margot Beck, wife of Robert,son of Hatton and Lucy (nee Boyd) Beck. The bowls weigh 220 grams and are 114mm wide and 50 mm deep.

The Rameking

Monday, July 6, 2009

Joan

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