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KITCHENWARE, TABLEWARE and BATHROOM

(other than jugs, plates, dishes, & open bowls )

Many of these utilitarian items originate from the period 1942-45 when wartime restrictions were in force. Most are rare today, known only from surviving shape books.

Click on the links to go to the catalogue pages.

Jugs, and plates, dishes & open bowls are omitted here because they have their own dedicated pages.

Pots with lids

* Early Series 72 Butter tub with lid

* Early Series 83 Plug-shaped lid, plain lip on pot

* Later Series 75 Flat lid, indented lip on pot

* Later Series 117 Army pickle jar

* Later Series 74 Butter tub with lid

Un-numbered PPP like Early Series 83 & 72

Later Series 76

Cups & mugs Various sizes and shapes

Most of the cups and mugs in the catalogue are from the Later Series (see list below), generally dating from 1942-45 when wartime restrictions were in force.

The image database contains few Early Series example but this surviving fragment of a shape book shows some more.

The 'saggar' referred to in the top left panel is a clay box used in the kiln during firing. 'Mr.Hawkins' is of course Reg Hawkins, one of Premier Pottery's principals and the firm's decorator. Perhaps an example of the Golf Mug might yet be found inside a trophy cabinet somewhere?

The same book also refers to a 'Tea Set' but has no sketch.

* Early Series 87 (no example recorded)

* Early Series 89 PPP mug

* Later Series 73

* Later Series 80

* Later Series 82

* Later Series 114 & 115 Army mugs

* Later Series 116 Army cups

* Later Series 129 Mug, Migrant Camp

* Later Series 138 Tankard

* Later Series 147

* 'A' Series / Kerryl A48

Shaving Mugs & inserts

Various shapes. All are Later Series, produced 1942-45 under wartime restrictions.

No numbered example is recorded.

Later Series 65 & 66
Later Series 78 'Coloured Shaving Inserts, or Jelly Mould'
Later Series 81 & 82

Liqueur sets

Later Series 160 Baitz jugs and Glasses
Later Series 165 Liqueur flask with stopper

Flasks and glasses were produced to order for Baitz Liqueurs of Melbourne.

Various shapes of glasses were produced but no recorded example is numbered.

Collection; Shepparton Art Gallery

Gift of Maurice Stebbings 1989.39

Ramekins and ramekin saucers

(many have no recorded example)

* Later Series 83 Ramekins, 2 sizes

* 'A' Series A1 Small ramekin

* 'A' Series A2 (& Kerryl M17) Large ramekin

* 'A' Series A16 Large ramekin with two handles

* 'A' Series A17 Small ramekin with one handle

* 'A' Series A18 Large ramekin with one handle

* 'A' Series A19 Small ramekin with two handles

* 'A' Series A20 Small ramekin with one handle

* 'A' Series A21 Small ramekin with one handle and lid

* 'A' Series A22 Large ramekin with two handles and lid

* 'A' Series A23 Small ramekin, no handle

* 'A' Series A24 Large ramekin, no handle

* 'A' Series A26 Ramekin saucers, 2 sizes

The 'A' Series was produced alongside 1950s Later Series. Production continued and expanded at Kerryl Pottery after Premier closed in 1956, but the ramekins listed above were already in production before then. For a general note on the 'A' Series click here.

Most listed above are known only from shape-book sketches. Numbered examples are recorded for A1, A2, A23, A24 and A26 only.

Collection; Stuart Lawson

Un-numbered ramekins, like Later Series 83 but

with painted decoration.

Tyabb Packing House, Tyabb, Vic.

Ramekin A1 and Saucer A26 s

Toothbrush holder

* Later Series 148 (no example recorded)

Milk saver

* 'A' Series / Kerryl A14

Bread crocks

* Later Series 119 Two sizes (no example recorded)

Salt & Pepper shakers

* Shape-book fragment from the Early Series period. No example known.

* Kerryl M15 condiment set. Salt, pepper and mustard.

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Early Series/PPP 89

Teapots and Coffee Pots

* Later Series 123 (no numbered example recorded)

* Later Series 133

* Later Series 134

Un-numbered teapots and coffee pots

Egg cups

* Later Series 96

* Later Series 78

* 'A' Series / Kerryl A4

Eric Smith

LEFT Collection; Michael West, auspottery.com

RIGHT Long Gone Antiques & Collectables, Warrnambool Vic.

Beakers

* Later Series 79

* 'A' Series / Kerryl A3

There are also other beaker shapes, but larger or more decorative; see conical vases.

Collection;

Judith Matheson

Graham Lancaster Auctions

Long Gone Antiques & Collectables,

Warrnambool, Vic.

Base incised Remued.

Height; 14.5 cm.

Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney

Base stamped Premier Potteries, Oakover Road, Preston

Height; 18 cm.

Shape book 'C'

Small conic-shaped teapot. No example recorded, known only from this faint shape-book sketch. No shape-number mentioned. Height 10 cm.

Image; Catherine Webb research collection

Un-numbered. No base images. The egg-cup is like Later Series 96. The teapot perhaps resembles Later Series 123 although that is labelled 'Coffee Jug'.

Sugar bowls

* Later Series 76 Bowl with lid

* Later Series 92 B With cream jug

* Later Series 125 (no example recorded)

There were also several sugar bowls in the PPP range, most belonging to cream-jug-and-sugar-bowl sets. Some are known from shape book entries only - Early Series numbers 56; 66; 68; 85.

PPP sugar bowls for which examples are recorded are 67; 69; 74. See also Kerryl 'M' Series M10 & M15