177 (Early Series) Flasks with bulb base, slender neck, wavy lip
and three spiral handles.
No numbered example of this shape is recorded.
Height; the shape book indicates two sizes,
4 inch (10 cm) and 6 inch (15 cm).
177 (Early Series) Vase with two-cone base, wide straight throat and small flare.
Does this shape appear in other series? No - (none recorded) although judging by shape-book sketches two other Early Series shapes are similar;
Early Series 39 and
Early Series 202.
Their sizes however are unknown.
Height; 16 - 17.5 cm
This second 177 shape clearly post-dates and supersedes the first.
Collection; Shepparton Art Gallery
1977.8
Oscar Prouse (Long's)
Un-numbered and unsigned. These are the nearest things to the shape-book sketch recorded to date. One with a single spiral handle not three; and one with no handle at all (a similar piece is recorded marked Pamela 1934.).
Height; 9 cm (corresponding to 177/4 of the shape book)
Spiral handles are a feature of some PPP pieces but are almost unknown on Remued pieces.
A piece with applied gumleaf decoration is recorded, un-numbered.
No picture available.
Base incised 177 Remued.
Unglazed and displaying the work of an unknown china-painter.
Collection; Isabella House, NW Vic.
177 (Early Series) TWO SHAPES
The shape-book information here is particularly valuable. It not only shows the two different shapes, but provides direct documentary proof that during the early years disused shape numbers were re-allocated to new shapes.
