These important photographs and archival documents were supplied by Naomi Fiegel who is the daughter of Bernhard Fiegel (1919-1981), founder of Terra Ceramics in Sydney in 1946 which operated into the 1980s. You can read my previous article on this important Australian Pottery HERE
These images give us an invaluable insight into the products and scope of this important Australian Pottery. Thank you to Naomi for making these images available for posterity.
Terra Ceramics, Trade Show 1955, SydneyTerra Ceramics 1956 Display at the Sydney Trade ShowTerra Ceramics Workshop c1970s Terra Ceramics Australia, Factory Interior c1970s Terra Ceramics Australia, Cruet Bottles, c1970sTerra Ceramics Catalogue – c1970s Terra Ceramics Australia c1970s Bernhard Fiegel c1960s Terra Ceramics Factory, c1970s, SydneyTerra Ceramics Display in Myer Department Store, Sydney, c1970s Terra Ceramics 1952 Trade Show Exhibition, Sydney, Horden Pavilion Terra Ceramics Australia, Sydney Factory Interior c1970s Terra Ceramics Factory Sydney c1970s, LunchroomTerra Ceramics, Women’s Weekly 1954Terra Ceramics on Display at Myer Department Store, Sydney c1970s Terra Ceramics Catalogue c1960s. Terra Ceramics Australia, Factory Interior showing the casting moulds and items in various stages of production.
After an absence from Flickr of over 10+ years I have re-discovered its value as both a repository of information, an archival resource, and a great place to run group groups or forums.
I have thousands of images of 20th Century ceramics….. far too many to put on this website and I am finding that Flickr is a great place to not only store and organise them, but enable people to see them rather than have them hidden away on a dusty old hard drive or in the cloud.
Last month I started adding my photo archives to my Flickr page, all in folders based on topic/genre/maker etc depending on how many I have in each category. I will be adding more continually.
My c20ceramics Flickr page isHERE if you would like to have a look and or follow me there.
Today I also completed setting up the framework for aGroup on 20th Century Ceramicswhich anyone is welcome to join to share photos of their collections, finds, or ask questions. Flickr is a free service up to 1,000 images. The great thing I am also finding about it also is there are no interruptions from things you are either not interested in or don’t want to look at….and everything stays in date order. Refreshingly unlike on other “social media” there aren’t ads popping up every second for things you don’t really want to look at or are simply not interested in.
If you haven’t used Flick before, setting up a free account takes just seconds, and for posting photos and queries I have some helpful guidelines on the c20ceramics group page.
I hope to see you there! Share your finds, ask questions, share information. The Forum/Group page for Twentieth Century Ceramics is located on Flickr HERE
This maker, “Edno Denmark” remains a mystery, so I would love to hear from any reader who knows a little more about the maker in the comments below.
Ive been searching from time to time online for many years to see if anyone has identified who produced the pottery and where it was located – but without success. I have the feeling the letters are an acronym.
Items for sale appear more frequently now than they used to, mainly on the Danish site DBA and occasionally on Etsy
The pieces are earthenware fajance, glazed with a white tin base glazed and then hand painted with an overglaze pattern.
Most pieces appear to be from the 1950s or 1960s.
Edno Denmark, Photo Ray Garrod Edno Denmark, Photo via Auctionnet Edno Denmark, Photo via DBA dk
OR If Etsy is unavailable, or you would prefer eBay - follow the link below (click on the image) . Basically the same items are listed, at the same price.
