Diana vases
made in Australia 1950s
Diana made art pottery out of premises that operated in Marrickville, Sydney from 1940 to 1975. Unlike many other Sydney–based potteries of the time, Diana made only domestic and art pottery, rather than industrial items – capitalising on the huge demand for domestic wares with an ‘Australiana theme’.
These vases are doubles from my collection, so I am reluctantly parting with them. They’re from the Diana ‘Australiana’ collection; hand-painted in bushland colours of eucalyptus green and brown. Because the vases are hand-painted there is quite a variation in the glazed colours: in the back two vases you can see both colours whilst in the front vase you can just see some green tones creeping into the bark-coloured brown tones.
The vase collection is in excellent vintage condition, and is for sale: $AU75
re:retro 
Hi Edwina. I have a collection of Diana and my granddaughter was sweet enough to buy me a piece out of her own money. I immediately broke it when I got home, it looks like the rounded vase in this photo. Is yours a 12-8? I would happily by the lot just to get one the same.
Kate
Hi Kate,
What a lovely granddaughter! The round vase in my image is a V12-8; and I’m happy to have you have it to replace yours.
Can you send me an email to discuss particulars? –
reretroblog@gmail.com
Edwina