Posted 10 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.
Nice thing ... very collectible these days .... do you mind if I direct some friends in Oz who collect Oz pots to this post?
It is really nice lucky score & at the wright price
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.
Thanks NIGEL !!!!
Vetraio50, did you receive my email?
Ill just check NIGEL, SORRY !!!!
Just checked. No, Nigel.
my number is 0402119757, please text it to me?
Got it.
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.
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.