Maude O'Reilly's Kookaburra Earthenware Figure, 1926

Maude O'Reilly (1886-1971). A slip cast, hand-finished, glazed…
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Maude O'Reilly (1886-1971). A slip cast, hand-finished, glazed earthenware figure of kookaburra with gumnuts and leaves, 1926, inscribed to base: M O'Reilly E 1926 / Kookaburra M O'Reilly Austalian 1926, 28.5 cm high, 10 cm wide, 10 cm deep. Illustrated: Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950, Kevin Fahy, Keith Free, John Freeland & Andrew Simpson, casuarina Press 2004, p. 290, plate. no. 365

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  • Earthenware - A basic ceramic material that is fired at a low temperature. Earthenware is the basis of almost all ancient, medieval, Middle Eastern and European painted ceramics. After firing, the colour is the colour of the clay when it is dug from the ground: buff, brown and red. It is not waterproof until glazed. Creamware is a type of earthenware covered with a transparent lead glaze. Majolica, faience and delft are also earthenware covered in an opaque white tin glaze.
  • Casuarina - Casuarina, is also known as beefwood (because of its appearance) she-oak, swamp oak, river oak, forest oak and Botany Bay wood. It is a native Australian hardwood, red brown in colour with dark flecks.

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