Born in Melbourne in 1899, William Ricketts was a self-taught sculptor and conservationist, who commenced modelling in clay in about 1920. Well known for his terracotta sculptures and vessels depicting heads and figures of Aboriginal subjects, he owned a property at Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges, now known as the William Rickett Sanctuary, and open to the public. This property is famous for its bush garden heavily decorated with his terracotta sculptures. Ricketts' works are represented in several state and provincial collections. He died in 1993.

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William Ricketts pottery coolamon with three aboriginal faces…

William Ricketts Pottery Coolamon with Aboriginal Faces and Branch

William Ricketts pottery coolamon with three aboriginal faces and branch handle, incised 'Wm. Ricketts, Potter's Sanctuary, Mt. Dandenong', 11 cm high, 31 cm wide

William Ricketts (1899-1993), the ceramic figural dish of…

William Ricketts Ceramic Figural Dish with Indigenous Faces and Lizard

William Ricketts (1899-1993), the ceramic figural dish of organic form with coolamon shaped well, set to one end with two indigenous faces surmounted by a lizard, inscribed to base 'Wm Ricketts 1941', height 10 cm and length 32 cm

William Ricketts pottery coolamon with snake's head and four…

Ricketts' Aboriginal Faces Pottery Coolamon with Snake Head

William Ricketts pottery coolamon with snake's head and four aboriginal faces, incised 'Wm. Ricketts', 34 cm long

William Ricketts Pottery coolamon with snakes head and four…

William Ricketts' Snake Coolamon with Four Faces

William Ricketts Pottery coolamon with snakes head and four children's faces, incised 'Wm Ricketts, 34 cm long

William Ricketts Impressive and large pottery coolamon with…

Tribal Elder Pottery Coolamon by William Ricketts

William Ricketts Impressive and large pottery coolamon with tribal elders face, 38 cm high, 101 cm wide

William Ricketts Pottery coolamon with Aboriginal head…

Aboriginal Head Pottery Coolamon by William Ricketts

William Ricketts Pottery coolamon with Aboriginal head signature illegible 24 cm long

William Rickets Pottery coolamon, incised 'Wm Ricketts, 34 cm…

William Rickets' Incised Coolamon Pottery, 34cm Long

William Rickets Pottery coolamon, incised 'Wm Ricketts, 34 cm long

William Ricketts Pottery coolamon with applied kangaroos and…

Kangaroo Coolamon with Tribal Elder

William Ricketts Pottery coolamon with applied kangaroos and tribal elder, 61 cm long

William Ricketts (1898-1993), An earthenware coolamon dish…

Earthenware Coolamon Dish with Seated Aboriginal Figure

William Ricketts (1898-1993), An earthenware coolamon dish decorated seated Aboriginal figure, 11 cm high, 19 cm wide

William Ricketts (Active c.1919- C.1990). Coolamon with…

Indigenous Children's Faces on Ricketts' Coolamon

William Ricketts (Active c.1919- C.1990). Coolamon with indigenous children's faces incised Wm. Ricketts to base, 38 cm wide

Signed William Ricketts earthenware 'Coolamon', modelled with…

Aboriginal Children and Snake Earthenware Coolamon

Signed William Ricketts earthenware 'Coolamon', modelled with four Aboriginal children's faces and a rising snake's head