Gellibrand Pottery

Designer	Jon and Alda Hubbard
Maker	Jon and Alda Hubbard
Marks	Stamped (impressed) “Gellibrand Australia” to outer edge of flat base.
Material	Glazed Earthenware
Description	Gloss glazed earthenware bowl with unglazed flat circular base. Abstract floral design to internal and external surface of bowl. Light cream / grey under glaze over painted by hand.   Pink band around mid-outside of bowl with grey border.  Pink band around top rim of bowl.
Condition	Very Good
Number	No number
Production Date	Late 1980s
Width at rim	140mm
Width at Base	62mm
Depth	60mm
Length (with handle)	160mm
Weight	310gm
Volume	450ml
Acquisition	Purchase Salvo Stores. Kilsyth, Victoria 18th April 2015
Rameking Reference Number	Hub 001-004

These earthenware ramekins were made by the Gellibrand Pottery around the late 1980s.  More of a bowl than a ramekins, the handle is fixed horizontally to the rim, making it qualify by my definition.  The decoration is a hand painted floral pattern, partly stencilled on both the inside and outside of the bowl.  The handle is a twisted extruded strap pressed onto the outside of the rim.

Alda Hubbard

Jon Hubbard

Gellibrand Pottery was a family partnership between Jon and Alda Hubbard, established on the 7^th of January 2000. (ABN 19 445 482 657).  They were located on Old Beech Forrest Road in Gellibrand in the Otway region near Colac in Victoria.  They still live there today.  The area is an electoral district named after Joseph Gellibrand, (1792-1837) an early pioneer of Melbourne, Victoria.  He disappeared on an exporation and his remains have never been found.  Although the Gellibrand Pottery business was de-registered on the 24^th of July 2000, there are still many references to them on many business websites, even though they have not operated for some time.  There was more than one stamp used over the life of the pottery.

They had exhibited at some city galleries before commencing at Gellibrand and are reported as showing at Gallery 180 at 180 Toorak Road in South Yarra and Distelfink at 432 Burwood Road in suburban Hawthorn in 1980.  This was described thus “Perhaps on a more functional note, the selection of kitchenware thrown and painted by Jon and Alda Hubbard should appeal”.  They are now teaching Visual Arts at Trinty College Colac and Alda exhibits paintings at the Gellibrand River Gallery and more recently two paintings at the Apollo Bay Art Show, “Otway Tapestry” and “Trout.”   Both are now involved with charitable works.