b'4748CASTLE HARRIS (18931967) pottery vase with applied dragon,glazed in green, blue and yellow,incised Castle Harris,21cm high, 21cm wideJohn Castle (Jack) Harris (1893-1967) wasHarris had a studio in Hunter Street, born in May 1893 at North Waratah, NewSydney, in 1939 and 1940, and another at South Wales. Nothing is known about hisToongabbie in the mid-1940s. He seems to education or formal training in the arts. In thehave had no time for contemporary, earthy, 1920s he was known professionally as Castlehandicraft ideals or for the accepted notion Harris and made a living from the sale of histhat handcrafted objects should be useful. punched and embossed leather tablecloths,Often large, heavily decorated and frequently which often incorporated Australian floralsculptural, his ceramics featured Australian motifs. In the early 1930s Harris had lessonsand grotesque animals, and showed a strong in clay modelling from Una Deerbon (1882- Oriental influence. About 1946 Harris shifted 1972); on a visit to Melbourne in 1935, heto the Blue Mountains and established a worked briefly and informally at the Deerbonstudio at Wentworth Falls. He later moved to Pottery School and was employed at theLawson where he continued his work.Premier Pottery at Preston.$6,0008,00048'