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Subiaco Museum > Records

ASHTRAY: WEMBLEY WARE, ABORIGINAL FIGURE

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Wembley Ware

c. 1950

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Wembley Ware Collection

Overview

Brown china Wembley Ware ash tray, base formed by 2 china boomerangs. Figure of male Aboriginal wearing red head band and white arm band sitting cross-legged in centre. A china cigarette lies on the left side of the ash tray. A gold and brown sticker with WEMBLEY WARE and other illegible words, a small kangar and & em and W & B adheres to the tray.

Historical information

See 2006.1

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2006.5

Item type

Inscriptions and markings

Wembley Ware

Keywords

Brisbane & Wunderlich

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

EDWARDS, George Oswell

EDWARDS, George Oswell

Year

Statement of significance

Historical significance : example of Wembley Ware made by Bristile in Subiaco

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Friday, 26 July, 2024

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