Blue Fairy Wren Bookends by Grace Seccombe
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a pair of blue fairy wren bookends, circa 1945, each glazed earthenware L form stand modelled with a bird perched on a naturalistic ground, each inscribed 'Grace Seccombe, Australia', 12 cm high, 7 cm wide, 10 cm deep. Provenance: Hurnall's Antiques & decorative Arts, note, for a similar pair of bookends see Smith & Singer Collections: important Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design,17 Jul 2019, Sydney, lot 176.
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Earthenware - A basic ceramic material that is fired at a low temperature. Earthenware is the basis of almost all ancient, medieval, Middle Eastern and European painted ceramics. After firing, the colour is the colour of the clay when it is dug from the ground: buff, brown and red. It is not waterproof until glazed. Creamware is a type of earthenware covered with a transparent lead glaze. Majolica, faience and delft are also earthenware covered in an opaque white tin glaze.
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