ceramics - Boyd, Merric
Boyd, Merric. Born in Melbourne in 1888, William Merric Boyd, known as Merric Boyd, a sculptor, first studied drawing at the Melbourne National Gallery School.
After successful experiments in pottery he built a pottery at the family home at Murrumbeena, near Melbourne, and soon became recognised as Australia's first art potter. After a period with the Australian Flying Corps during World War I, he spent some time working in the Staffordshire Potteries in England and on his return to Australia consolidated his reputation as Australia's finest potter. He is still regarded as the 'father of Australian pottery'.
Ill-health forced him to give up pottery in later life and he then concentrated on drawing. A book of his later drawings was published in 1975. William Merric Boyd died in 1959.
After successful experiments in pottery he built a pottery at the family home at Murrumbeena, near Melbourne, and soon became recognised as Australia's first art potter. After a period with the Australian Flying Corps during World War I, he spent some time working in the Staffordshire Potteries in England and on his return to Australia consolidated his reputation as Australia's finest potter. He is still regarded as the 'father of Australian pottery'.
Ill-health forced him to give up pottery in later life and he then concentrated on drawing. A book of his later drawings was published in 1975. William Merric Boyd died in 1959.
Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield. A member of one of the most distinguished 'art' families of Australia. Born in 1920, he was instructed by his father, William Merric Boyd, in the art of ceramics, and painting in the Heidelberg tradition by his grandfather.
During the 1930's Boyd came into contact with the modern movement and was brought into touch with the Contemporary Art Society by Albert Tucker. One of Australia's most important artists, Boyd died in 1999.
During the 1930's Boyd came into contact with the modern movement and was brought into touch with the Contemporary Art Society by Albert Tucker. One of Australia's most important artists, Boyd died in 1999.
56 item(s) found, 1-50 shown:
William Merric Boyd (1888-1959) Victoria, circa 1924 sculpted as a group of two koalas resting on an ovoid plinth, glazed in a translucent blue, incised designed by M.…
Merric Boyd (1862-1940) Victoria, signed and dated 1945 circular, modelled and painted in polychrome with a scene depicting a farmhouse and a landscape, incised signature and date, 16.5 cm diameter
Merric Boyd. Pottery vase with hand-painted blue landscape scene. Signed and dated 1924
Merric Boyd (1888-1959) Victoria, circa 1915, earthenware flared rim vase painted and applied with eucalyptus trees, cream ground, incised Merric Boyd 1915. Height 15 cm
Merric Boyd (1888-1959) Victoria, circa 1935, baluster Cruffel high-fired earthenware branch handled jug, mottled green ground. Height 15 cm
Merric Boyd (1888-1959) Victoria, circa 1928, earthenware jug modelled as a koala, branch handle, blue textured glaze, incised designed by M. Boyd 1928. Height 18 cm
Merric Boyd and Doris Boyd, a pottery landscape fruit bowl with applied koalas and windswept landscape farm scene, incised 'Fired by and coloured by Doris Boyd, Merrick Boyd koala Australian Native bear and gum Trees'. Height 17 cm. Width 21 cm
An Australian pottery small vase, signed Merric Boyd
Merric Boyd Victoria, dated 1915 earthenware jug painted with a landscape, incised Merric Boyd 1915. Height 12 cm, chip to rim.
Merric Boyd Victoria, dated 1914 earthenware jug modelled in the form of a Kookaburra signed and dated to the underside. Height 21 cm.
Merric Boyd. pottery jug with windswept tree handle, signed and dated 1943
Merric Boyd, blue glazed pottery jug of simplistic form, baluster shape and made without a handle, incised 'M Boyd 1924', 14 cm
Merric Boyd, tall inverted baluster shaped vase, glazed in mustard and fawn tones, incised 'Boyd 1923'. 25.5 cm
Merric Boyd, wheel thrown pottery vase, blue dribble glazed exterior with green interior and foot, incised signature, Australia 1928, 11.5 cm
Merrick Boyd, earthenware bowl, dated 1948, the square form decorated with incised linear forms, together with a Merrick Boyd Jug also dated 1948, decorated with raised grapes and incised linear fronds.
Merric Boyd vase, black/green drip glaze, incised M Boyd 1931. Height 14 cm
Merric Boyd, figure of a model swagman with pipe believed to be a self portrait, firing cracks to base, chip on shoulder, crack through arm and neck, incised side and base, Merric Boyd 1923. Height 17 cm
A Merric Boyd Gumnut Jug, 1936, waisted with substantial form of gumnut and leaves in relief with organic shaped handle and grey-green glaze. Backstamped: Incised Merric Boyd 1936 plus National Gallery of Victoria, label 34.…
A Merric Boyd Australian pottery bowl signed and dated 1937, circular, the body moulded as entwined tree trunks on a mottled grey ground, incised date and signature, 17 cm diameter.
A Merric Boyd Australian pottery vase, signed, dated indistinctly, shaped cylindrical, incised with a scene showing a cottage in an outback setting, in colours of blue and green, inscribed signature Merric Boyd and date to base, 21 cm high.
Merric Boyd, pottery vase, blue glazed cylindrical form with out-turned rim, indented on two sides, gumleaf monogram, 'B 1922', 11 cm
Merric Boyd, pottery vase, with hand painted landscape scene of hills and gumtrees, inscribed 'M Boyd, 1922'. 9 cm
Merric Boyd (attributed) Australian pottery tree trunk vase, flanked with three koalas, on a green ground, 14 cm
Merric Boyd, cylindrical form pottery vase, with flared rim in green glaze. Gum leaf monogram signed 'B 1922', 12 cm
Merric Boyd, a bulbous form pottery vase, with flared rim, matt finished blue glaze with gloss interior, signed 'Boyd 1923', 11.5 cm
Merric Boyd, pottery bowl with indented rim, blue glazed with green interior, incised gum leaf monogram 'B 1922' 14 cm diameter
1940's Merric Boyd signed koala vase, damaged/repaired ear
Merric Boyd vase, small squat 'Trunk' vase, signed to base 'Merric Boyd 1937' Height: 6.5 cm
Merric Boyd Victoria, 1920 cylindrical earthen ware vase, olive green ground with abstract decoration incised Hand Craft Boyd 1920 19.5 cm high.
Merric Boyd/ Cruffel porcelain pottery jug, green body with branch handle
Merric Boyd, pottery vase, with incised landscape scene, green and brown glazes on cream body, titled 'Australian Gum Life'
Merric Boyd, pottery jug, hand painted tree scape by Doris Boyd, incised signatures, dated 1931
Merric Boyd, pottery candleholder, decorated with gum leaves and gumnuts, cream and blue glazes, dated 1946
Merric Boyd, pottery fruit bowl, cream glazed body with wind swept tree design and branch handles, green interior, incised signature, dated 1945
Merric Boyd, pottery vase, with hand painted landscape scene, incised signature, dated 1927
Pair of Cruffel Art porcelain vases glazed in dark blue, one carrying the impressed stamp 'Australian Porcelain Co. Ltd. Melbourne Cruffel Art Porcelain', one with a small chip to the shoulder and some minor scratches
Cruffel Art porcelain jug by Merric Boyd with a deep sea-green glaze on the body and a gnarled branch handle in a contrasting dappled glaze, with two original foil stickers,…
Cruffel Porcelain jug, with a drooping, windswept tree on both sides with the handle forming the trunk of the tree down to where it rejoins the jug, exposing the roots, signed by Merric Boyd, dated 1934.
Hand painted pottery jug, by Meric Boyd in 1915
Pottery 'Fish' bowl by Arthur Meric Boyd in 1946
Merric Boyd double sided pottery jug with an olive body and black dribble glazing, signed 'M. Boyd, 1924'
Merric Boyd pottery vase with a hand painted blue scene of trees and a landscape, incised on the base 'Merric Boyd 1917'
Merric Boyd vase, incised and glazed with a landscape in shades of blue, incised 'Merric Boyd 1931'
Merric Boyd vase with a green ground and brown metallic glazed trees, incised 'Merric Boyd 1925'
Merric Boyd pottery vase with a hand painted windswept forest scene and an irregular shaped rim, incised on the base, 'Merric Boyd, 1933'
Merric Boyd pottery jug with a windswept landscape design, an applied trunk handle, an applied branch decoration and a green glazed interior and highlights, signed twice 'Merric Boyd, 1933'
Merric Boyd pottery jug with applied grapes and leaves, an incised body and an applied branch handle, signed 'Merric Boyd, (M) 1927'
Merric Boyd pottery jug with a blue glazed body, a landscape scene, an applied branch handle and incised on the base 'Gum Tree, Merric Boyd, 1943'
Merric Boyd pottery bowl decorated with an incised farm scene of fences, paddocks, hills and clouds, coloured in brown and grey glazes, and the interior incised with a maple leaf
Merric Boyd pottery vase in the form of a koala with brown glaze, an incised signature on the base and dated 1915. A similar koala resides in the Shepparton Art Gallery
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