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Vase handpainted by Laurence Hotham Howie

Object No. A1192

Vase, eucalyptus design, porcelain, made by Delinieres & Co, France, handpainted by Laurence Hotham Howie, Adelaide, South Australia, 1910

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Summary

Physical Description

Vase, porcelain blank made by Delinieres and Co., France, handpainted eucalyptus design in Art Nouveau style by Laurence Hotham Howie, Adelaide, South Australia, 1910 Tapering cylindrical shape vase made of white porcelain and painted with a eucalypt design in art nouveau style in green, red and pink.

DIMENSIONS

Height

340 mm

Width

135 mm

PRODUCTION

Notes

The design was painted by Laurence Hotham Howie in Adelaide, South Australia. It features eucalypt flowers and intertwined leaves painted in Art Nouveau style. The vase is stamped D & D, France.

HISTORY

Notes

This vase was purchased by early museum Curator, Richard Baker when he visited Adelaide to lecture at the Arts and Crafts Society. He gave two lectures titled 'Australian Flora in Applied Art' and 'Our Natural Heritage, the Gum Tree'. The Australian artist, Hans Heyson, famous for painting gum trees was in the audience in July 1910. Baker was a passionate advocate for the use of Australia flora and fauna in art and craft. Reference: J Wrigley and M Fagg, Eucaplypts: a celebration, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, Australia, 2010. This vase was in 'Australian Flora in Art' at the Sydney Technologicaal Museum from 1910.

SOURCE

Credit Line

Purchased 1910

Acquisition Date

18 October 1910

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