4 (Early Series) SEVERAL SHAPES !
There is something strange happening with number 4 (and with the following number too,
Early Series 5).
* The first no. 4 shape was a PPP flask.
* At some point after the demise of the PPP name, the number was re-allocated to a Remued vase.
* An animal-decorated ashtray is also numbered 4, although that may be part of a separate small 'Animal' numbering series.
* Perplexingly however, even more shapes are recorded numbered 4. Two of them, and the Remued vase too, are duplicates of shapes recorded elsewhere in the Early Series with different numbers. The explanation is unknown.
4 (Early Series?) More shapes!
Pieces with other shapes are also recorded incised
4. The explanation is unknown. All are unsigned but unquestionably from Premier Pottery. Perhaps some could be just mistakes? Mistakes did happen - see
here.
Small dimpled pot, wide mouth with collar, no flare.
Only one example recorded.
Plump vase, wavy flared lip
Several examples recorded, so very unlikely to be just a stray mistake.
Small plump bowl with wide mouth and flared lip.
Matches no known number.
Height; 8 cm. Width of mouth opening 10 cm. Unsigned.
Only one is reported, no picture. Pale green and cream, all-over high gloss.
4 (Early Series) Round ashtray with animal.
Does this shape appear in other series? No - (none recorded).
It is not clear whether this number 4 represents a re-allocation of an Early Series number that had become disused, or is part of a separate little 'Animal' numbering series. (See the
'Question-marks & Mysteries' page.) It is one of a series of animal-decorated shapes that all feature a wide flaring foot becoming narrower upwards. See
Early Series
5 ;
7 ;
9 ;
13
Modelling of moulded animals attributed to John Castle-Harris
Diameter; 10 - 11 cm.
Nicholnack art in pottery
Koala
Collection; Caroline Askew
Koalas; bases incised Remued 4 B
Graham Lancaster Auctions
Lizard; base incised Remued Z
Collection; Terry Cheetham
Same shape, same size, but incised Remued 19s.
Collectors Path Pottery, Ashwood Vic.
Kookaburras are extremely rare,
even rarer than the lizard.
4 (Early Series) Two-cone vase with conic flare
Does this shape appear in other series? No, not in other series, but one example is recorded elsewhere in the Early Series at
Early Series 19s
Height; 12.5 - 13.5 cm
4 (Early Series: PPP) Large flask
Does this shape appear in other series? No (none recorded)
There are un-numbered pieces of similar shape but with with a
spiral handle.
Only one size is recorded but the use of the inch suffix 8 suggests that other sizes may have existed.
Incised 4/8, stamped PPP.
Collection; C.Z.
Un-numbered, base unmarked.
Spiral handle
Collection; John Scoullar