Forthcoming Auctions

Australian Pottery

william ricketts

PRE-BIDDING IS NOW OPEN


Saturday 22nd November 2025

Live & Online
Location: Rocklea Showgrounds, Ipswich Road, Rocklea, Brisbane
Viewing: From 8:30 AM AEST
Auction Commences: 10:00 AM AEST

We are honoured to present what promises to be one of our most significant auctions of Australian pottery and ceramics. This carefully curated event features Part II of the Keith Free Collection, alongside selected works from the collection of Pam and the late John Stephens.

Collectors will find important and representative works from the 19th and 20th centuries, including standout examples by William Ricketts, Grace Seccombe, Una Deerbon, Merric Boyd and the Boyd family, Harry Lindeman and his school, Mollie Douglas, Castle Harris, Marian Munday, L.J. Harvey and his school, Vi Eyre, Disabled Soldiers Pottery, Alexander Murray, Fred Mann, Orpheus Arfaras, John Campbell, Premier Pottery Preston, and more.

The auction brings together a diverse and representative cross-section of Australian ceramic artistry, spanning key makers and movements from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Absentee bids are welcome.

We offer a professional in-house pack and post service for items suitable for Australia Post. Successful bidders may also collect their purchases from our South Brisbane office.

Antique Bottles & Stoneware

George Hiscox Guildford Amber codd, J. E. Kellaway & Co Rockhampton Blob Top, Eckersley

PRE-BIDDING IS NOW OPEN


Sunday 23rd November 2025

Live & Online
Location: Rocklea Showgrounds, Ipswich Road, Rocklea, Brisbane
Viewing:
From 8:30 AM AEST
Auction Commences:
10:00 AM AEST

This will be one of our finest auctions to date, showcasing an extraordinary selection of antique bottles and stoneware. This multi-vendor event features outstanding bottles from the late Brian Smith Collection, the Ron Gander Collection and the Lyn & late Don Milton Collection.

The auction includes some of Australia’s finest – Demijohns, household sauces and pickles, crown seals, ginger beers, Codds, Lamonts, cordials, blob-top sodas, convicts, black glass, fruit jars, ceramic labels, chemists, internal threads, Hamiltons, Goldfields, a superb selection of Kempsey & Orange (NSW) bottles, box lots and more.

Absentee bids are welcome.

We offer a professional in-house pack and post service for items suitable for Australia Post. Successful bidders may also collect their purchases from our South Brisbane office.