Grace Seccombe, pair yellow budgerigars, incised Grace Seccombe,…
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Grace Seccombe, pair yellow budgerigars, incised Grace Seccombe, Australia, cf. Illustrated Australian art pottery, casuarina Press, plate no. 436, p330. Height 16.5 cm
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.
incised. A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
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