Letterpress printing, that is, printing from a raised surface, is generally considered to have started with Gutenberg back in the 15th century. In reality, printing from a raised surface had been around for hundreds of years with the Chinese printing from terracotta tablets and other printing from carved wood surfaces. It is said the oldest known printed book was…
COURTLAND Pottery Works – Great Eastern Highway, Belmont, Western AustraliaAlso known as Sydney Pottery Works; Courtland & Pedersen;C.R. Courtland Pty. Ltd., and G.T. Courtland Ltd. Courtland’s Pottery was one of the early potteries in Western Australia to concentrate on wheel thrown pottery – as distinct from potteries that made building materials. Although at one stage they made some drain…
This treadle powered printing press, serial number 2169, was part of a batch of presses numbered 2163 to 2192 that were finished at the Golding factory on 31st October 1905 and has been dated from factory records1. It is a hand-fed and foot-operated letterpress printing press, i.e. a printing press that prints from lead printers’ type onto a flat…
This table top printing press, serial number 1161, was part of a batch of presses numbered 1140 to 1164 that were finished at the Golding factory on 30th June 1891 and has been dated from factory records. It is a hand-fed and hand-operated letterpress printing press, i.e. a printing press that prints from lead printers’ type onto a flat…
Samuel Noble opened a small commercial pottery works in Mosman, Sydney commencing around 1947. His main wares were small slip-ware cream coloured jugs showing a singular motif along with an Australian town name. Each jug is clearly embossed on the base Rose Noble Australia. In this line of ware one might occasionally come across a slightly darker glazed jug…
Charles Richard Courtland was born in Sydney, 1872 and is said to have learnt his trade as a potter at Mashman’s Pottery in Sydney. The name Courtland appears to have been Anglicised from Kortland to Courtland during the 1860’s. Courtland made his way to Northam in Western Australia and is seen there by 1902, however he then established a…
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