How long the 'A' Series remained in production is uncertain - probably until the early sixties. Kerryl Pottery however continued until about 1980-81. Allan James is said to have been still working on the day he died in 1979.

During the sixties and seventies the public's tastes in pottery changed and the Remued and Remued-like shapes common in the 'A' Series became a thing of the past. This page illustrates just a few of the later products. Most are un-numbered, although early in the period - probably overlapping with the 'A' Series - there were other numbering series prefixed 'M' and 'B'.

Apparently introduced while 'A' Series was still current. In a shape book, 'A'-numbered pieces are followed by the 'M' Series which ranges from M1 to M30. Every example recorded to date features black glaze and is signed Kerryl.

Curiously, these canisters are inscribed A5, A6 & A7, although their style places them in the 1970s, long after the 'A' Series had ended.

Height 7.5 cm

Height 7.5 cm

Height 16 & 12.5 cm

       Height 11 cm

Height 8 cm

   M5 square ramekin.  Height 5.5 cm. Perhaps the least rare of 'M' Series shapes.

Trough vase, base incised B10/6. 

Height 20 cm, incised B11.

A replica of a shape used by both Diana and Pates.

Campana-shaped urns like this came in a range of sizes (see also A71 and A99)

'Salzburg Lodge'

'Old Mill, Hahndorf SA'

'Sandown Park Hotel, Mini Bier Fest, 1978'

Kerryl pieces are not dated but here is one where the event gives the date.

'Home Pride Poultry'

Height 26 cm

          M17 ramekin, height 5cm. (See 'A' Series A2)

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Diameter; 15.5 cm.

M30 Leaf dish (for comparison see Early Series 336)

Another early Kerryl numbering series that included some Remued shapes as well as slip-cast shapes.

               Incised B3/6. Height; 16 cm.

Same shape as Remued Later Series 183 and Kerryl 'A' Series A106

Incised B4. Height 22 cm.

Height 9.2 cm. Base incised B9

Base incised B2. Height 17 cm.

M10 sugarbowl. Height 5.6 cm.

    Incised B17/1

Kerryl made numerous pieces for the Hofbräuhaus restaurant in Melbourne. This covered dish - perhaps a presentation piece - is inscribed

Incised B7/8. Height 20 cm

A Kerryl plaque or 'shelf talker' for retail display.

The stylised 'KP' insignia was designed by Kerry James.

'Park Towers'

Bases unmarked. Cups 5.5 cm high, plates 14.2 cm diameter.

Bases incised Kerryl Melbourne

Cup 6.8 cm high, saucer 13.4 cm diameter.

Geoff Bobbitt worked with Allan James at Kerryl Pottery as a young man in the early 1970s. He worked on the jigger machine and quite likely made this saucer.

A jigger machine is for the mass production of flatware - saucers, plates etc - and is like a potters wheel except the clay is formed in a plaster mould.

(Thanks to Geoff for this contribution!)

M15 salt and pepper set.

Dish 12 cm diameter.

Height; 14 cm. Drain-hole in base.

Base incised Kerryl  p1/M. Nothing is known about this form of numbering.