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.
Pots with lids
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.
Shaving Mugs & inserts
Various shapes. All are Later Series, produced 1942-45 under wartime restrictions.
No numbered example is recorded.
Liqueur sets
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)
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
with painted decoration.
Tyabb Packing House, Tyabb, Vic.
Bread crocks
Salt & Pepper shakers
* Shape-book fragment from the Early Series period. No example known.
*
Kerryl M15 condiment set. Salt, pepper and mustard.
Teapots and Coffee Pots
Un-numbered teapots and coffee pots
LEFT Collection; Michael West, auspottery.com
RIGHT Long Gone Antiques & Collectables, Warrnambool Vic.
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'.
Allan & Myrtle James Collection
Un-numbered, unsigned.
Height with lid; 10 cm.
Tyabb Packing House, Tyabb, Vic.
G&H Collection
Un-numbered beaker. Height; 10 cm.
Incised Remued and
stamped R.Hawkins.
'W' Collection
"Mr.Hawkins" mugs. Un-numbered,
incised Remued. Height 11.5 cm
Allan & Myrtle James Collection
Un-numbered, incised Remued
Un-numbered, stamped PPP.
Diameter; 14 cm.
Motto; "Don't worry it may never happen".
The Junk Company, Melbourne