b'22143 144PETER and VALERIE HERBSTMARTIN BOYD pottery plaque Murrumbeena Pottery Melbourne,with portrait of a maiden,circa 1950. incised Martin Boyd, Australia,Extremely rare pottery vase, hand26.5cm diameterpainted with ducks in landscape. $60100 hand signed Val.Peter Herbst.9.5cm high. 145Potter and philosopher Peter HerbstARTHUR MERRIC BOYD was notable as a co-founder of thepair of pottery ramekins Arthur Merric Boyd (AMB) Potterywith hand-painted in Murrumbeena along with paintersdecoration,Arthur Boyd and John Perceval. Herbstincised A.M. Boyd,was a Dunera boy, having arrived5.5cm high, 13.5cm widein Australia on the imfamous HMT Dunera and wrongly interred at Hay$100150 P.O.W. camp from 1940-41, alongside the likes of George Nadel, Kurt Baier,146Fred Gruen, Hugo Wolfsohn and FranzMARTIN BOYD pottery Philipp. Herbst was Emeritus Professorplaques, dishes and vase,of philosophy at the Australianincised Martin Boyd, Australia,National University in Canberra. Valeriethe largest 18.5cm diameter (5)Herbst noted artist, concert pianist$120200 and bohemian, also loomed large on the Australian post-war art scene. They eventually retired to the historic147 149town of Bells Creek near Braidwood,WEMBLEY WARE Australian Native New South Wales where they enjoyedStockman ceramic ashtray with circular the vibrant artistic local community. crown mark to base, together with a149PROVENANCE GUY BOYD pottery jug and dish, Hermannsburg pottery lidded vase with Private collection, Southern Tablelands,the Wembley Ware 15.5cm diameter (3) hand-painted melon motif, 15cm highNew South Wales. Leski Auctions,$100200$250350Private collection Melbourne.$1,2002,000148 150FLORENZ POTTERY brown glazedISOBEL group of five Australian pottery jug with incised Aboriginalpottery beakers, all hand-boomerang motif, painted with orchid motifs,signed Florence, each titled and signed Helen,19cm high 10cm high (5)$150250$120200 154 153'