FIGURINE: WEMBLEY WARE FOOTBALLER, SOUTH FREMANTLE
c. 1950Small, hand-painted, glazed Wembley Ware china figurine of an Australian Rules football player, holding a football and in a running position with the left foot forward. The figurine has been painted with the South Fremantle Football team colours, with a red and white jersey and long, red and white striped socks. The player also has black laced football boots and black hair. The base of the ornament is green, with a tuft of grass beside the right leg of the player.
Base: White glazed clay underside with a small firing hole.
See 2006.1
Similar footballer statue (Gary Scott) sold on ebay for $5,000 in 2006.
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Wembley Ware
Wembley Ware was a line of fine china produced by the Bristile company at the their factory in the Subiaco industrial area from 1946 to 1961. Its many different decorative pieces, also known as Fancy Ware or Lustre Ware were notable for their originality and their lustrous, sometimes opalescent glazes. This piece is part of a collection donated by Mr. Ossie (G O) Edwards.
Historical significance: sporting history, industrial history
Other items by Wembley Ware
- MUG: WEMBLEY WARE, WHITE
- DISH: WEMBLEY WARE, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA UWA
- CUP AND SAUCER: WEMBLEY WARE, GREEN LUSTRE SUBIACO MUNICIPALITY TENNIS SET
- ASHTRAY: WEMBLEY WARE, KANGAROO DESIGN
- CUP AND SAUCER: WEMBLEY WARE, GREEN LUSTRE, SUBIACO MUNICIPALITY TENNIS SET
- ASHTRAY: WEMBLEY WARE, ABORIGINAL FIGURE
- BOWL: WEMBLEY WARE, WHITE
- ASHTRAY: WEMBLEY WARE, PURPLE, ROTARY SUBIACO, 1959
- VASE: WEMBLEY WARE, SMALL BASKET
- VASE: WEMBLEY WARE, SMALL BASKET
- PLATE: WEMBLEY WARE, ORANGE OVAL
- VASE: WEMBLEY WARE, SHELL WITH OPALESCENT GLAZE
More items like this
Other items from Subiaco Museum
- VASE: WEMBLEY WARE, FAN
- CAMERA: POLAROID PATHFINDER, CASE AND ACCESSORIES
- BROOCH: CROWN SHAPED
- TOOL: SPIRIT LEVEL - SMALL
- BADGE: ANZAC DAY 25TH APRIL 2006
- MEMORIAL: ROLL OF HONOUR, ST HUGHS, JOLIMONT
- ASHTRAY: WEMBLEY WARE, SEAGULL DESIGN
- LAMP BASE: WEMBLEY WARE, DHUFISH LAMP BASE
- DRESS: EVENING, BLACK WITH FLORAL APPLIQUE
- DRESS AND JACKET: COCKTAIL, RED AND BLACK
- BOOK: HONOUR ROLL ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, SUBIACO 1914-19
- BADGE: COUNCILLOR FREDERICK WALLY FLOOD
