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    Posted 8 years ago

    jearve
    (103 items)

    Pretty good value for $1.
    Takacs ceramics are relatively common I think as I remember seeing them(wall plates) in relatives' houses over the years but things get broken I guess and these items become rarer?
    I've found out that Alexander Takacs was Hungarian and came to Australia in 1948, set up a ceramics studio in Bowral, New South Wales which I find funny seeing the sticker on the base is for Queensland!
    There was the original price sticker of $7.50 but I removed that.

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    1. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Nice thing ... very collectible these days .... do you mind if I direct some friends in Oz who collect Oz pots to this post?
    2. Zowie Zowie, 8 years ago
      It is really nice lucky score & at the wright price
    3. jearve jearve, 8 years ago
      Hi vetraio50,
      I found your email on your page and am in the process of sending mail.
      BTW your request is fine by me, Nigel.
    4. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Thanks NIGEL !!!!
    5. jearve jearve, 8 years ago
      Vetraio50, did you receive my email?
    6. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Ill just check NIGEL, SORRY !!!!
    7. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Just checked. No, Nigel.
    8. jearve jearve, 8 years ago
      my number is 0402119757, please text it to me?
    9. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Got it.
    10. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      That label it seems is a bit of a mystery ..... it has been seen on another TAKASC piece and on a totally unrelated piece of bird sculpture.
    11. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      It seems "We make it great in the Sunshine State" was a favourite saying of one of Queensland's State M.P.'s: the Hon. Norman Edward (Norm) Lee. It became part of a pro-Queensland slogan campaign in 1979 by the Government of the State Premier the Rt. Hon Johannes Bjelke-Petersen.

      It was used on a Xmas card sent to constituents in Dec. 1979 by Norm Lee and seems to have been used on products in the Brisbane area. Lee was the member for Yeronga - a southern area of Brisbane from 1964-89 .

      I've seen it on some furniture made in the Brisbane area too.

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