PHOTOGRAPH (PROOFS): AUSTRALIAN FINE CHINA INTERIOR, SONYA SEARS, 1997

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Sonya Sears

1997

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Overview

Image: Three sepia photographs on a proof sheet one above the other. All images show different scenes from the interior of the Australian Fine China factory, identified by the photographer as 'Bristile'.

Running down the left hand side of the page is written 'BRISTILE CHINA / 13/5/97 / 576 HAY ST' above two punch holes. There is a red cross against the right hand side of the top photograph.

Reverse: Handwritten in black ink in the top right corner: '32'

Historical information

Although identified by the photographer as 'Bristile', this factory was producing ceramics as 'Australian Fine China' at the time of the photograph.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2013.204

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Chemicals

Ink

Width

150 mm

Height or length

290 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Sonya Sears

Keywords

Australian Fine China

Bristile

Hay Street (576), Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

Significant as a record of Subiaco's built environment and industrial past, especially that of the 'Australian Fine China' site. This image is also significant as part of a large collection of commissioned photographs of the City of Subiaco taken by Sonya Sears.

Aesthetic: Historic: Social: Condition: Interpretive: Provenance:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced

Last modified

Tuesday, 10 October, 2023

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