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
- PLATE: WEMBLEY WARE, BLUE
- BOWL: WEMBLEY WARE, YELLOW
- PLATE: WEMBLEY WEAR, YELLOW
- PLATE: WEMBLEY WARE, TAN WITH FERN PATTERN
- PLATE: WEMBLEY WARE, TAN FERN PATTERN
- CUP: WEMBLEY WARE, MAUVE
- PLATE: WEMBLEY WARE, GREEN
- PLATE: WEMBLEY WARE, GREEN
- PLATE: WEMBLEY WARE, YELLOW
- FISH SHAPED DISH: WEMBLEY WARE
- PLATE: BRISTILE, YELLOW
- SAUCER: WEMBLEY WARE, MAUVE
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Other items from Subiaco Museum
- VASE: WEMBLEY WARE, FAN
- CAMERA: POLAROID PATHFINDER, CASE AND ACCESSORIES
- BROOCH: CROWN SHAPED
- TOOL: SPIRIT LEVEL - SMALL
- ASHTRAY: WEMBLEY WARE, ABORIGINAL FIGURE
- BADGE: ANZAC DAY 25TH APRIL 2006
- ASHTRAY: WEMBLEY WARE, SEAGULL DESIGN
- ASHTRAY: WEMBLEY WARE, KANGAROO DESIGN
- VASE: WEMBLEY WARE, SHELL WITH OPALESCENT GLAZE
- LAMP BASE: WEMBLEY WARE, DHUFISH LAMP BASE
- DRESS: EVENING, BLACK WITH FLORAL APPLIQUE
- DRESS AND JACKET: COCKTAIL, RED AND BLACK