The Big Duck & Fish Company
manufacturers of fine hand crafted porcelain tableware
The Big Duck and fish Company was founded by Virginia Maywald and Tim Dolan in 1987.
In 1994 the company moved from a studio at Northcote Pottery to a larger factory in North Fitzroy. This coincided with a growing demand both nationally and overseas. Virginia and Tim were sought by international hotels and resorts in Asia, America, Europe and the Middle East. They built strong connections within the Australian hospitality industry, supplying Hilton Hotels, Ayers Rock Resort, the Melbourne & Alice Springs Casinos, both David Jones and Myer food halls, to name a few. Their national profile was heightened by establishing themselves as favourites with Gabriel Gate, Jill Dupleix and Stefano de Pieri. They were featured in major publications such as Vogue and Gourmet Traveller and would appear regularly in newspaper The Age (Melbourne).
The business was wound up in 2004 after struggling to survive after the introduction of the Australian Goods and Services Tax in 2000.
Big Duck & Fish products are incredibly robust and are still being used to this day by many customers, and are regularly found in second hand shops.
Anna Buckley 