The products of Premier Pottery Preston were not mass-produced. Everything was hand-made. In such an environment, inevitably pieces were produced that were not intended for the retail market but were family gifts, experiments, or simply giving rein to the potter's creative spirit. Although perhaps not strictly 'Remued' many such pieces are nowadays amongst the most interesting and sought-after.

They are often incised with the potter's name or initials. Quite a few are signed by the principal throwers at Premier, David Dee and Allan James. Others were involved too; industry potters, sometimes moonlighting from jobs at bigger potteries; and studio potters, notably Margaret Kerr, Una Deerbon and John Castle-Harris.

'Workman's piece'; a one-off item made by a pottery worker at the end of the day, which would then be glazed and fired along with the rest of the production.

Ashtray, signed D.Dee and Margaret Kerr.  Length 19 cm.

Height 22 cm. Base incised

Vase with applied grapevine, signed D.Dee 1933. 

Height 18.5 cm.

Incised P.E.Horsley

Height; 14 cm

Nothing is known about this potter but the piece is surely from Premier.

Pierced decoration never featured in Premier's commercial production but some pieces were made.

Base incised A.James  1935  Melbourne

Height; 32 cm.

Base incised A.James  1934

Lidded bowl.

Unsigned. 

Attributed to R.Hawkins

Bowl with two dragons. Attributed to Margaret Kerr. Base incised Remued  PPP  1933.

Both names were current in 1933 & 34 but this is the only known piece that carries both. 

Diameter 32 cm.

Extravagantly decorated with gumleaves, gumnuts and blossom, and a goanna surveying the interior.

Base incised Remued  Hand Made. Height; 40 cm.

Bowl with creature

(Bunyip? Loch Ness monster?)

Base incised 1933

Vase with applied grapevine, signed A.James 1933. This piece is the earliest recorded with a branch-handle on a vase (ie not a jug)

Vase with applied grapevine, incised

   D.Dee  Premier pottery.

'Remued' signatures, and sometimes named signatures too, were incised by anyone given the task. The D.Dee signatures at left are unquestionably by David Dee but this one is less certain.

Ashtray, signed D.Dee and 'Mrs.Remued'!

Three pieces signed A.James, with press-moulded koalas modelled by John Castle-Harris. Elaborate modelling of wood grain and shapes.

Three-handled jardiniere by Allan James.

Incised  Mum  Alan 1941

Height 41 cm.

Workman's pieces 

Trough vase in the form of a galleon's hull.

Dimensions; 17 cm long, 6 cm high.

Unsigned, base incised with what looks like A\IV or ALN.

Slab-built square lidded box.

Height excluding lid; 7.3 cm.

Signed Lea (or Tea?) Biggs

Base incised Remued 42 s

These gumleaves and gumnuts differ from the usual. Thought to be by a worker at Premier, trying his hand at the Remued style using a standard Early Series 42 s 'ginger jar' vase. No other decorated 42 s is known.

Premier sold - or gave away - small quantities of unglazed blanks that could be used by china painters. These two pieces, however, both have the shape number painted on the base (not incised) which suggests they were painted at the pottery, or at least by someone with a connection to the pottery. It is hard to imagine any other reason why the painter would even know the shape number let alone mark it on the base. The piece on the left also has a painted name; R.Rangan

These jugs are Early Series 119. Other shapes too are sometimes found painted.

Jug with modelled and painted tree and landscape.

Base incised Remued 1934

Height; 14.5 cm.

Jug with modelled and painted tree.

Base painted (not incised) Remued

Height; 16 cm.

Detail from an exceptional pair of PPP floor vases

(see Tall vases)

Signed; left R.Hawkins, right T.Evelyn Woodrow.

Hand-modelled basket with unusual twist handle.

Unsigned. Base incised 53 (the year perhaps?)

Vase with finned reptilian creature. Base incised Remued Hand Made. Height; 28 cm

Height 17 cm. Base incised WJD - Walter Dee.

Length; 12 cm. Bases signed Nile.

Height; 19 cm. Base incised Margaret Kerr, Melbourne