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Does the shape appear in other series?  -  Yes. It proved the most popular and enduring of all Remued shapes, in this and every subsequent numbering series;  Pamela 8;  500 Series 501;  Later Series 1;  'A' Series / Kerryl A89 and A116. For a general overview click here.

Several size variants were introduced during the course of the Early Series but at first the basket came in a single size numbered just '194'. That earliest shape differed slightly from what was to become the familiar Remued basket. The use of suffixes evolved over time as variants were introduced, resulting today in a confusing hotch-potch of letters and inch sizes. (For a general account of shape-number suffixes click here.)

Applied decoration is not common. Gumleaves are found on the larger size variants but rarely on the smaller or older. Only the later-pattern gumleaf - with veins - is found. No grapevine-decorated example is recorded to date.

Height; 14.5 - 16 cm.        

Height; 12 - 13 cm

                                The 194-x baskets have the familiar later, more flared shape

                                (although again, there are exceptions to this generalisation).

Height; 13 - 16 cm

                                      Michael West  auspottery.com

The 194xx shape looks less flared, more upright (so presumably earlier) compared with 194x.          

Height; approx 10 cm

Non-twist handle; uncommon.

Height; 16 - 19 cm

Height; 20 - 24 cm

Height; 26 - 28 cm

Height; 30 - 34 cm.  The grand-daddy of them all. The 14-inch 194 was Remued's biggest basket and is uncommon. Subsequent numbering series all included baskets but they only went up to 12 inches.

No example is recorded with applied decoration.

Height; probably about 26 cm.

The shape book shows 'H' as 5-5/8 inches (about 13 cm after firing) but that would be the body height.

Basket body, incised Remued 194/8, but with two small side-handles. An unusual piece of whimsy.

Early upright shape. Base incised Remued, and 194 M is pencilled.

Height; 21 cm

These are the earliest Remued baskets. Note the shape; more upright, less flared.

(Some baskets numbered 194, however, display the typical later shape.)

In the earliest years there appear to have been variants suffixed 'M' and 'L' (Medium and Large), although the evidence is fragmentary. The use of these suffixes must have been brief. Just a single example is recorded marked 'M', and 'L' is known only from a surviving very early shape-book entry.

Unusual handle found on some 194/14 baskets - not twisted but plaited.

The same early upright shape appeared as Pamela 8

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