Search results for 'Geoff Laurenson'

The Jonathan Leak 1823 victory commemorative wine jug

Geoff and Kerrie Ford from the National Museum of Australian Pottery in
Holbrook had ‘a bit of an anxious month’ in the build-up to acquiring at
auction in Sydney recently, what they believe is the most important piece of
early Australian convict pottery stamped ‘J ....

Remembering Terry Lane

Geoffrey Edwards encapsulates some of the spectacular achievements of his friend
and colleague Terry Lane, a former Senior Curator at the National Gallery of Victoria.
Terry was one of the greatest and most influential collectors, researchers and
exhibition curators of Australia...

Queensland 1859 Secession’ pottery medals

Glen went on to tell us, in a joking manner, that he had made these fake 1859 Secession Medals in 1977 for fun in the hope of making some money while he was a student working in the Visual Arts department at the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education in
Toowoomba (now the University of Southern Queensla...

Thomas Wright, Geelong colonial silversmith and jeweller

Thomas Wright (c.1827–1912) may not be a well-known name today, but in early Geelong his shop was a mainstay. As with many other silversmiths and jewellers, little of his work survives, so his name rarely comes up in publications. The recent discovery of a Thomas Wright silver trowel in the Geelong Grammar Sc...

An 1865 watercolour of Fowler's Camperdown Pottery

Rare Lithgow water filter discovery

Rediscovering Jonathan Leak

Tasmania's Huon Pottery

William Holford: His Designs and Travels

Book review: Geoff Ford, ’Australian Pottery: The First 100 Years'

Book review: Geoff Ford, ‘19th Century South Australian Pottery’, Salt Glaze Press 1985

Early Find for South Australia