Antique 1925 Harvey School Lidded Trinket Box by Margaret Woolnough

An exceptional and beautifully preserved piece of early 20th-century Australian art pottery.

Hand-built in Brisbane in 1925, this earthenware lidded trinket jar is the work of Margaret Woolnough, a student of the highly influential L.J. Harvey School of Pottery.

The jar features a beautifully hand-sculpted yellow and blue budgerigar bird perched on organic native foliage atop the lid. It stands on distinctively modelled feet, covered in the rich, glossy tonal majolica brown low-fire glaze that defines the iconic Queensland movement.

A rare and historically significant acquisition for serious collectors of early Australian studio and art pottery.