Purpose-built vessels

Catherine Truman
Australia
1957

Purpose-built vessels
1991
boat: English lime, paint, waxed linen thread; tortoise: mother-of-pearl; fish: mangrove
Place made
Gray Street Workshop, South Australia
Medium
boat: English lime, paint, waxed linen thread; tortoise: mother-of-pearl; fish: mangrove
Dimensions
4.0 x 11.5 x 2.5 cm (boat)
6.5 x 5.5 x 1.0 cm (tortoise)
2.5 x 12.5 x 1.8 cm (fish)
Credit line
Rhianon Vernon-Roberts Memorial Collection 2000
Accession number
20002A2A(a-c)
Signature and date
boat: inscribed on stern, black ink "CT 1991". tortoise: inscribed on back, black ink "CT 1991". fish: inscribed on back, black ink "CT 1991".
Media category
Jewellery
Collection area
Australian decorative arts and design
Copyright
© Catherine Truman
Image credit
Photo: AGSA