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Designer
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Not
known
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Maker
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Not
known
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Marks
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Incised
”CS” to base
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Material
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Clay
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Description
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Hand-made coiled clay
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Condition
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Good
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Number
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No
number, “V.I” incised to base of one ramekin
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Production
Date
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Not
known
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Width at rim
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108mm
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Width
at Base
|
73mm
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Depth
|
40mm
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Length
(with handle)
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143mm
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Weight
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R1,
227 Gm; R2, 277 Gm
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Volume
|
237ml
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Acquisition
|
Mill
antiques Ballarat, 2 April 2019
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Rameking
Reference Number
|
MMM
006, MMM007
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Sometimes,
the big fella upstairs throws you a curved one.
I have been looking at these ramekins for years at the Mill Antiques
just outside Ballarat in Victoria, seeing them go from stall to stall. They are crudely made and were vastly
overpriced. They look like student
pieces. Anyway, recently I was browsing
and came across them again. This time,
the stall was closing down and everything was very heavily discounted,
particularly these ramekins. It appears
that the stallholder had moved locations in the complex over the years and was
now closing down. So, thanks big guy.
It appears that they are hand
made from strings of clay coiled up to make the shape, an ancient technique for
making pottery. I have no idea of who
made them, when or where. They appear to
be made in the 1930s or 1940s. The clay
looks similar to that around Preston, a suburb just north of Melbourne.