Black lacquerwork mother of pearl inlay bowl with lid depicting three ladies in traditional costumelidded bowl, lacquerwork

In 1948, the citizens of Kew presented this jewellery box to the outgoing Mayor and Mayoress of Kew, Cr & Mrs W D Vaughan. In 2021, it returned to Kew, thanks to the generous donations of our Friends of the Collection. William David Vaughan to whom the jewel box was presented in 1948 was a publisher, politician and historian, born in 1897 at Heathcote. By 1922, he had become a publisher and Secretary of Victorian Newspapers Ltd. In October 1922, he married Muriel Gladys Frazer in Bendigo. He purchased 'Elsfield' in Cotham Road, renamed it 'Carramar', and resided there for almost fifty years. His wife, the Mayoress, was an accomplished pianist and entertained the wives of councillors and supported many charitable works from her home. In 1926, Vaughan founded a local newspaper, the Kew Advertiser. During his second term as Mayor, he was elected president of Melbourne Suburban Newspapers’ Association, In April 1947, he was appointed to and later became chairman of the Free Library Services Board. In 1960, he published his history of Kew - 'Kew's Civic Century'. Vaughan’s third term as Mayor in 1962-63 saw the erection of the pavilion at Victoria Park and the final clean-up of the Outer Circle Railway. He died in September 1976. This inlaid and engraved jewellery box was part of a larger donation made to the Mayor and Mayoress of Kew in 1948 by the citizens of the municipality. It is the only 'civic award' in the collection given to a former civic leader and complements the large collection of civic portraits in the collection. The box is additionally significant because of its association with William David Vaughan - newspaper proprietor, local politician, and local historian. A presentation jewellery box, she-oak with barber pole inlay adorned with an Australian silver plaque.Engraved inscription on silver plaque - "Presented to Cr & Mrs W.D. Vaughan With The Esteem And Appreciation Of The Citizens Of Kew And In Recognition Of their Services As Mayor And Mayoress 1947-48. 28th July 1948"w d vaughan, mayors of kew, kew advertiser, kew (vic.) -- history

Table top from Wandin Sebire's house. Legs and support made by John Adeney in1992Oval centre table with floral and lined inlay in gold. It has some scratches on the top and sides are marked.tables, furniture, side tables

Wooden tray with Rising Sun design. Inlay of 2 different timbers. 4 small raised handles on edges.domestic items-trays, military history-souvenirs

The mustard spoon would have been used in the past in a container or dish for serving a small portion of mustard. A similar item could still be used today. The stud was probably used as an ornament on a scarf or tie.These items have no known provenance and are retained for display purposes..1 A buff-coloured mustard spoon with a curved handle .2 A round stud with a pearl inlay and a metal back with a screw.vintage objects, warrnambool history

ALBERT HERBERT MULLER No 448, 4th LH Regt AIF. KIA. Refer Cat No 1233P for photo of his grave & Cat No 2077 for his and his 2 brother's service details. Old moulded, wooden frame, gold inlay with glass front. Rectangular, black & white portrait photo of WWI soldier. Written bottom R corner: "Mendelssohn" photography-photographs, frame accessories

Items brought home from Vietnam by Geoff Hopper in 1970. Refer 596.3..1 & .2 Black lacquered wood with mother of pearl inlay of scenery and domestic chores. Metal tabs on back for hanging.souvenirs, vietnam, pearl

Small wooden box with mother of pearl and brass inlay, blue paper lined interior, brass hinges and lock with key.personal effects, containers, box

Born: London, Middlesex, England 1813; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1832; Died: Sydney, New South Wales 1895VictorianBennett Bequest, 1999 Oil on canvas depicting portrait of seated Caroline Johnson in grey dress. Polished timber frame with gold gesso inlayRecto: Not signed, not dated, not titled painting, portrait, colonial, woman, face, dress, flower, figure

Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. was a North American jewellery company that was established in 1949 by the Stuart family as part of Emmons Jewelry, Inc. It began operations in England and Australia in 1968, and in Australia it moved from Carlton in Melbourne to Wodonga in 1969. The premises were originally on High St. in Wodonga, but a new warehouse was built in Melbourne Rd. later in 1969. It was a direct selling jewellery business using a party-plan model similar to Tupperware and Avon. The sales reps or 'Hostesses' were provided with jewellery samples in demonstration kits, which they displayed at jewellery parties in their homes. The designs for jewellery such as brooches, necklaces, earrings, chokers and bracelets were purchased from freelance designers and jewellery manufacturers rather than in-house designers. In 1979 Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. in Wodonga was bought by three Australian businessmen, including Wodonga local Jim Sawyer, and continued to sell jewellery under the name "Sargem Pty. Ltd”, for several more years in the 1980s. As part of the Sarah Coventry collection, the hair clip has local significance with the decentralised commercial development of regional centres such as Wodonga in NE Victoria, as well as national and international significance from the perspective of social and economic developments for women after World War II. The direct selling party-plan business model Sarah Coventry was based on is also considered the first of its kind for jewellery.Gold toned metal hair clip with a circular enamel inlay with a flower petal motif surrounded by five green dots."SARAH" - thought to be first used in 1951 on the back of the circular decorative element.sarah coventry, jewellery, wodonga, costume jewellery, vintage fashion jewellery, hair clip, hair slide

Try Square metal blade with wooden handle. Brass inlay design on handle has "CK" stamped on it. 355mm x 160mm flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

When the ship Schomberg was launched in 1855, she was considered the most perfect clipper ship ever to be built. James Blaine’s Black Ball Line had commissioned her to be built for their fleet of passenger liners. At a cost of £43,103, the Aberdeen builders designed her to sail faster than the quick clippers designed by North American Donald McKay. She was a three masted wooden clipper ship, built with diagonal planking of British oat with layers of Scottish larch. This luxury vessel was designed to transport emigrants to Melbourne in superior comfort. She had ventilation ducts to provide air to the lower decks and a dining saloon, smoking room, library and bathrooms for the first class passengers. At the launch of Schomberg’s maiden voyage, her master Captain ‘Bully’ Forbes, drunkenly predicted that he would make the journey between Liverpool and Melbourne in 60 days. Schomberg departed Liverpool on 6 October 1855 with 430 passengers and 3000 tons cargo including iron rails and equipment intended the build the Geelong Railway and a bridge over the Yarra from Melbourne to Hawthorn. The winds were poor as Schomberg sailed across the equator, slowing her journey considerably. She was 78 days out of Liverpool when she ran aground on a sand-spit near Peterborough, Victoria, on 27 December; the sand spit and the currents were not marked on Forbes’s map. Overnight, the crew launched a lifeboat to find a safe place to land the ship’s passengers. The scouting party returned to Schomberg and advised Forbes that it was best to wait until morning because the rough seas could easily overturn the small lifeboats. The ship’s Chief Officer spotted SS Queen at dawn and signalled the steamer. The master of the SS Queen approached the stranded vessel and all of Schomberg’s passengers were able to disembark safely. The Black Ball Line’s Melbourne agent sent a steamer to retrieve the passengers’ baggage from the Schomberg. Other steamers helped unload her cargo until the weather changed and prevented the salvage teams from accessing the ship. Local merchants Manifold & Bostock bought the wreck and cargo, but did not attempt to salvage the cargo still on board the ship. They eventually sold it on to a Melbourne businessman and two seafarers. After two of the men drowned when they tried to reach Schomberg, salvage efforts were abandoned.32 In 1975, divers from Flagstaff Hill, including Peter Ronald, found an ornate communion set at the wreck. The set comprised a jug, two chalices, a plate and a lid. The lid did not fit any of the other objects and in 1978 a piece of the lid broke off, revealing a glint of gold. As museum staff carefully examined the lid and removed marine growth, they found a diamond ring, which is currently on display in the Great Circle Gallery.33 Flagstaff Hill also holds ship fittings and equipment, personal effects, a lithograph, tickets and photograph from the Schomberg. Most of the artefacts were salvaged from the wreck by Peter Ronald, former director of Flagstaff Hill. The Schomberg, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR S612), has great historical significance as a rare example of a large, fast clipper ship on the England to Australia run, carrying emigrants at the time of the Victorian gold rush. She represents the technical advances made to break sailing records between Europe and Australia. Flagstaff Hill’s collection of artefacts from the Schomberg is significant for its association with the shipwreck. The collection is primarily significant because of the relationship between the objects, as together they have a high potential to interpret the story of the Schomberg. It is archaeologically significant as the remains of an international passenger Ship. It is historically significant for representing aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and for its association with the shipwreck and the ship, which was designed to be fastest and most luxurious of its day Part of a Pocket knife handle, wooden handle with metal inlay on one side, blade missing. Recovered from the wreck of the Schomberg. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, schomberg, shipwrecked-artefact, clipper ship, black ball line, 1855 shipwreck, aberdeen clipper ship, captain forbes, peterborough shipwreck, ss queen, pocket knife

Born: London, Middlesex, England 1813; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1832; Died: Sydney, New South Wales 1895VictorianBennett Bequest, 1999 Oil on canvas depicting portrait of seated Henry Johnson in black suit and bowtie. Polished timber frame with gold gesso inlayRecto: Not signed, not dated, not titled painting, portrait, colonial, man, face, hands, figure

Belonged to donor's mother - in - law, the late Mrs. Doris Keene.Wooden sewing box with lock. Inlaid mother of pearl pattern on edges and insert from edge. Wood inlay centrepiece on lid.domestic items, sewing

A section of a propeller from a World War 1 plane.An inlayed wooden block which formed part of a propeller. From the Collection of Charles Henry Honybun from World War One.honybun, mitcham rsl, aircraft, first world war

Wertheim treadle sewing machine. Has wood inlayed lid and base, mounted on a black metal frame with metal treadle mechanism.see photossewing machine, sewing', wertheim, treadle

The item is a soft cover book recording daily work of T.J. Connolly, Ironmongers, Sandhurst. Each handwritten page is dated at the top and records the customer surname, goods supplied, price of items and total price. In most entries, a town or area is included after the customer's name. Each page has been wavy lines added over each customer entry. The red soft cover has a decorative inlay both front and back with some wearing at the corners. The number "231" is stamped directly on the front cover. The pages are bound together with string. The book includes the date range of 25 February 1897 to 24 May 1897. All pages have been used. This item is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection.At crossed tick has been added to the front cover to the left of the "231" stamp. A line of ink sits under some water marks at the top of the front cover. Drops of ink sit in the decorative inlay at the bottom left-hand side of the front cover and over the back cover also.margaret roberts collection, ironmongers, forest street, bendigo businesses

Belonged to Capt Warick Rosenthal No TX6321 AAMC. Refer 622.3, 775..1) Badge, shoulder, officers rank insignia. Red enamel inlay. Green leaves in circumference with clip. .2) As above without clip..1) & 2) "IRIA JUNCTA in UND"badges rank, officers

Box was General Gordon's of Khartoum, it was his letter case and brought out by his Officers after his death. Came to his niece, who many years later gave to W.A. Haines.Brown wooden box with Mother of Pearl inlay on lid, and surround of lock mechanism. With a hinged lid, and a green material underlay on the base of the box.stationery boxes, boxes

An early wooden lawn tennis racquet, with: tilt-top head; solid convex throat; and, a leather collar.The racquet features a customised handle, with intricate inlay work on both faces. On the obverse are inlays comprising of what may be two lavender buds. On the reverse is a decorative design incorporating the initials 'ESA'. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leathertennis

The bowl was presented to ANZCA by Dr K Inbasegaran on behalf of the Malaysian Society of Anesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, at the 2003 Hobart Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM). Dr. Richard Willis was President of the ANZCA at the time and formally accepted the gift during the ASM.Pewter bowl on raised round base with gold plated decorated inlay in an ornate flowery scroll pattern. The gift details are engraved on the one side of the bowl.[front] WITH COMPLIMENTS / TO ANZCA / FROM MAL. SOC. ANAES. / MAY 2003 [base, maker's mark] ROYAL / SELANGOR / PEWTERacademy of medicine of malaysia, inbasegaran, dr willis, richard, malaysia, anesthesiologists, royal selangor, malaysian society of anesthesiologists

This bowl was presented to ANZCA during the 35th Malaysia Singapore Congress of MedicinePewter bowl on raised round base with silver plated decorated inlay in an ornate flowery scroll pattern. The gift details are engraved on the one side of the bowl.[front] Presented to / Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthestists / in Conjunction With / 35th Malaysia - Singapore Congress of Medicine / August 2001 [base, maker's mark] ROYAL / SELANGOR / PEWTERcorporate gift, selangor pewter, malaysia-singapore congress

Made by P.O.W at Camp 13 Murchison for "Soda" MartinWooden handmade jewel box and lid with inlay. Has bone studs on each corner of the base held with screws. Box and lid lined with green cloth.camp 13, murchison, prisoner of war camps, handcarving

Presented to Beechworth RSL by Frederick Hoffman's sister Anna in 2009Wooden framed studio picture of 2 men in WWI uniform, training on a Vicker's Machine Gun. Ornate frame with gold inlay; reverse of frame is tattered On a manila board label inserted outside bottom right hand corner with the words; PTE F HOFFMAN "(K.I.A.) / 33 Batt / left of photo / Name in pencil on reverse of frame "Hoffman" probable the photographic studio marking to indicate the owner.picture machine gunners, vickers machine gun

Pewter flask with white inlay disc featuring line drawing of man playing tennis. On base: 'SHEFFIELD QUALITY PEWTER ENGLAND'. Materials: Pewter/Metal composite, Inktennis

This is an Aboriginal artwork that depicts a Goanna Totem. Designed by Ballarat-based, Gunditjmara artist Aunty Diana Nikkelson, the design is inspired by the artist’s totem and is a tribute to the first artists of the region, the Wadawurrung people. It acknowledges Aboriginal survival and the dynamic regeneration of the Aboriginal art and culture in the region. The artwork is in-set to the basalt paving along Police Lane by a series of etched footsteps, which evolve from human footprints to goanna prints as viewers approach the rear of the Art Gallery of Ballarat. The artwork was originally located only outdoors and half of it was brought into the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2011, when the former Federation Plaza was enclosed to form the Art Gallery of Ballarat's McCain Annexe. The artwork was created in 2006 as part of the cultural festival of the Commonwealth Games. The artwork is of cultural and aesthetic significance to the people of BallaratSand blasted petroglyph forms into bluestone on laneway surface. The carved inlay of the Goanna Totem design into the bluestone of Police Lane (beside Art Gallery of Ballarat) continues inside the building.goanna totem ballarat, goanna totem, diana nikkelson, aboriginal, dreaming, nikkelson, gunditjmara

Emma Thomas Collection: Items were owned by Emma Courtis, nee Thomas. Family lived in Hamelin St, White Hills. Emma's family include Elizabeth Penrose (mother), Solomon Thomas (father), and Richard Courtis, a blacksmith (her husband).Black rectangular box with mother of pearl inlay on lid. Keyhole located on one side. Box interior lined with patterned paper. Light engravings on lid show leaf motifs.mother of pearl, emma thomas, emma courtis, jewellery box