Rose Noble

Samuel William Noble

Samuel William Noble operated a pottery in the Sydney area during the 1950's and early 1960's.

This pottery produced many little ornamental jugs with unusual motifs on the side. One would see a jug with say, a blue fish and the place name of Tenant Creek on the side. But would you expect to find any fish in Tenant Creek? Let alone a blue fish! There is a list of known motifs below.

These ornamental items were directed at the tourist and souvenir markets of the day. Easy purchase would come with a slip of paper introducing the buyer to there newly prize item.

     Image of the paper slip found with each ornamental item. This one states that there are 24 motifs to collect.

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  List of known motifs.

Swan	Kingfisher	Kookaburra
Bird Blue	Rams Head	Penquin
Koala 2 up tree	Platypus	Running Dog
Koala	Fish Reef	Rose & Leaf
Aboriginee & carvings	Fish - puff	Rose
Boomerang & carvings	Prawn	Wattle
Aboriginal carvings crockadile	Duck	Emu
Dog in horseshoe	Lady Diver	Rope & Anchor
Kangaroo hopping across Australia	Yacht	Turtle
Hopping Bunny	Kangaroo	Bunch of Grapes

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  List of Motifs and some known place names. There are numerous other place names.

Motif	Color	Brand Mark	Place Name	Place Name	Place Name	Place Name
Swan	black with red beak	3	Victor Harbour	-	-	-
Kangaroo	grey	3	Kangaroo Island	Toowoomba	-	-
Bunch of Grapes	green, brown & purple	3	Barossa Valley over brown	Macarthur "V"	-	-
Running Dog	black, pink	2	Orange	-	-	-
Turtle	brown & black	3	Port Augusta	"Mataranka Homestead" N.T.	Kagaroo Is.	-
Platypus	brown & black	3	Healesville "V"	-	-	-
2 Koalas up tree	grey koalas, black, green-also-tan koalas	3,3	Kangaroo Island	Bobbin Head N.S.W.	-	-
Dog in horseshoe	tan, brown(or dark brown), blue, yellow	3	Brisbane	Stanhorpe	-	-
Fish - reef	purple	3	Margaret River W.A.	-	-	-
Bird	blue	5	Mildura "V"	-	-	-
Wattle	green, yellow, brown,green	5	Terang	-	-	-
Boomerang & Carvings	brown & white	3	Darwin N.T. over brown	-	-	-
Emu	black, green	3,4	Granite Island S.A.	Mt Gambier S.A.	-	-
Aboriginee & Carvings	tan & white	3	Brewarrina N.S.W.	Launceston	-	-
Kookaburra	brown, green, black	3	Bendigo	-	-	-
Prawn	pink	3	Katanning W.A.	Triabunna	-	-
Kangaroo hopping across Australia	blue, yellow, grey(or brown)	3	Kangaroo Is	-	-	-
Penquin	blue, black, white, yellow	4	Cowes	-	-	-
Hopping Bunny	green, grey, red	3	Mary Kathleen "Q"	-	-	-
Duck	green & brown	5	"Mataranka Homestead" N.T.	Maryborough Vic	-	-
Lady Diver	blue, brown	5	Tumby Bay S.A.	Wondai	-	-
Aboriginal carvings crockadile	pink, black	3	Grampians	-	-	-
Yacht	blue, brown white	3	Wauchope N.S.W.	-	-	-
Rose & Leaf	green, brown, pink	5	Moama N.S.W.	-	-	-
Fish - puff	blue, black	4	blank	-	-	-
"	pink, black	3	Manly	-	-	-
"	brown, black	2	blank	-	-	-
King Fisher Bird	blue, brown, black	2	Canberra	-	-	-
Rams Head	grey, yellow round motif	2	Hoolbrook	-	-	-
Aboriginal carvings crockadile	pink, yellow, black	3	Katherine	-	-	-
Fish - reef	green	3	Port Lincoln	-	-	-
Toby Jug	lime	1
"	burgundy	1
"	green	1
"	blue	1
"	yellow	1
"	brown	1