Ian Evans papers, ca. 1982-1985, together with the papers of Edward Arthur Brownfield, 1871-1930

MLMSS 5043

fonds

1871-1930, ca. 1982-1985

892934

0.18 metres of textual material (1 box)

Edward Arthur Brownfield, 1853-1939, a potter’s son, grew up in Staffordshire, England and joined the family firm, Brownfield Pottery. He arrived in Sydney, NSW in 1903, and leased the unused buildings and plant of the Lithgow Valley Colliery Company’s defunct pottery enterprise. He used local materials and mechanised the craft based industry. The Australasian Brownfield's Pottery closed in 1907. He shared his experience with students, including George Rayner Hoff at East Sydney Technical College from 1925. His notebooks provided research material for Ian Evans’ book, The Lithgow Pottery : The Flannel Flower Press, Sydney, 1981.

Papers of Ian Evans, ca. 1980-1985
1. 'Furnishing old houses’. Corrected typescript, n.d., published 1983
2. ‘The Australian Home’. Corrected typescript, n.d., published 1983
3. ‘The Federation House’. Corrected typescript, n.d., published 1986
4. ‘The Federation House’. Typesetting specification. Corrected typescript, 1985

Papers of Edward Arthur Brownfield, 1871-1930
5. Notebook - ‘Receipt Book. Cobridge, Staffordshire Potteries, England, A.D. 1871 to 1903. Lithgow, New South Wales, A.D. 1905 to 1907’, 1871-1907
6. Notebook - Details of glazes, 1872-1906
7. Notebook - Formulae to make colour for glazes, 1889-1925
8. Notebook - Wages and expenses, 1905
9. Notebook - ‘special Chemical Colors and cold-water paints (York Red)’, 1908
10. Notebook - Notes on paints and glazes formulae, ca, 1909
11. Notebook - ‘East Sydney Tech. College. Darlinghurst. Brownfield Formulae
of Pottery and Ceramic Bodies, Colour Stains, Paste and Impasto Stains, glazes and Enamels in use from January, 1926, and to be used from time to time as required’, 1919-1930
12. Notebook - ‘Central Brick Co. Ltd. Albert Street St Peters N.S.Wales Formulae of Bodies and Glazes’, 1922-1923
13. Notebook - Notes on colours including paint formulae, n.d.

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010

Keyword subjects:
Potters -- Australia.
Pottery -- New South Wales -- Lithgow.