Grace Seccombe Koala Bookends
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A pair of Grace Seccombe koala bookends, circa 1930, each modelled with a koala sitting in a tree trunk, with additional decoration of gum branches and clusters of gum leaves, bright yellow, emerald, tan, grey and black matt and gloss glaze, 13 cm high. 10.5 cm wide, 8 cm deep
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Australian themes, ceramics
- gumleaves and gumnuts 469
- koala 244
- Seccombe, Grace (Australia) - bookends / book ends 19
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