Rose Noble - Samuel William Noble

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 their newly prized item.

Paper Slip

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

 

Some of the known marks used by the Rose Noble Pottery

Incised Rose Noble

Incised Rose Noble

Inked Rose Noble, Australia

Inked Rose Noble
Inked Rose Noble
Inked Rose Noble

Other items produced by the factory

Aborginal Head Jub

Aborginal Head Jub

Kangaroo Jug

Kangaroo Jug

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 Colour 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. Kangaroo 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 - - -

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pink, black 3 Manly - - -

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brown, black 2 blank - - -
King Fisher Bird blue, brown, black 2 Canberra - - -
Rams Head grey, yellow round motif 2 Holbrook - - -
Aboriginal carvings crockadile pink, yellow, black 3 Katherine  -  -  -
Fish - reef green 3 Port Lincoln  -  -  -
Toby Jug lime 1        

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burgundy 1        

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green 1        

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blue 1        

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yellow 1        

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brown 1