Only one shape is recorded but there was perhaps an earlier shape too. The numbering system was introduced during 1934 and by the end of that year had extended well beyond number 48. The only numbered examples of this conic jug, however, date from 1936. Earlier pieces from 1934 all lack numbers. Perhaps they were allocated number 48 but remained unmarked, or alternatively there might be another 48 shape (PPP perhaps?) as yet unrecorded. If you have an example we'd love to hear from you - contact us.

               

Bases incised  Remued  48. Inscription 'Edward VIII'. Left; with military cap. Right; no cap.

The only numbered examples of this shape yet recorded are all Edward VIII commemorative pieces.  Although not marked with a date, they can be confidently dated to 1936 because the reign of King Edward VIII began and ended in that year. Other commemorative pieces all relate to an earlier event, the 1934 centenary of British settlement in what was to become Victoria, and they are all un-numbered.

Inscribed 'Edward VIII'. With and without military cap.

Bases incised Remued.  (Edward VIII pieces are never marked 'Pamela' because that name had ceased earlier.)

Inscribed 'Batman'. On reverse; 'Souvenir of Melbourne'. 

Base incised Pamela 1934.

A very early example of this shape, with modelled and painted tree.

Un-numbered, base painted (not incised) Remued

Height; 16 cm.

Does this shape appear in other series?   No, not in other numbering series (none recorded), but there are un-numbered examples of this same shape, particularly other commemorative pieces from 1934 marked either Remued or Pamela.

A PPP carafe - the same shape minus handle - is recorded un-numbered, see Early Series 156.

Height; 13.5 - 15 cm

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