Ladies silk parasol with bamboo handle, cream silk with grey stripes.costume accessories, female, parasol

Lansell collection - Man's walking stick with pull out umbrella, telescopic with pointed end, made of thin celluloid type material with a chalky composite filling, outer casing striated in brown, black & grey to resemble bone, umbrella of black silkcostume accessories, male, walking stick

Ladies silk parasol with embroidered roses and leaves in shades of mauve, split cane shaft and handle with silver plated tip, handle screw off for folding.costume accessories, female, parasol

Parasol, cream linen with embroidered floral design in shades of gold, wooden handle with two silk tassels, china handle with flowers.costume accessories, female, parasol

Parasol, cream linen with stylized flower pattern in tones of orange, blue and brown with wooden handle.costume accessories, female, parasol

A box containing a pair of womens' brown leather high heeled shoes. Each contains four eyelets but not laces. They are stuffed with newspaper. One end of the box has the words 'Kumfit Shoe for Women.' Inside each shoe are the words 'R.O. Henderson. The Beehive Pall Mall Bendigo. (Paragon Shoes.')costume accessories, footwear accessories, shoes, lydia chancellor, collection, shoes, fashion, costume, costume accessories, foot wear, foot wear accessories

A shoebox containing a pair of ladies brown leather high heeled shoes with strap and buckle on the top. One end of the box contains the words 'Bedggood friendly footwear 45-51 33/6 'good company all day long.' The other end has the words, ' R.O. Henderson's Bendigo. Navy. Pinched court. Size 4. Shape marina. Price 33/6. Each shoe is stuffed with a cream knee high sock.costume accessories, footwear accessories, shoes, lydia chancellor, collection, shoes, fashion, costume, costume accessories, foot wear, foot wear accessories

A Julius Marlow shoe box containing a variety of objects - feathers for hair decoration, 2 paper fans, black buttons, empty box, and 3 spectacles in their cases.lydia chancellor, collection, hair decoration, feathers, hair ornaments, fan, buttons, spectacles, glasses, objects, ephemera, costume accessories

China hat pin holder with black and white retriever dog, base of green grass & brown logs with six holes for hat pins.costume accessories, hat accessories, hat pin holder

A newspaper cutting from the Bendigo Advertiser dated 29-12-41 with a knitting pattern for a balaclava cap to knit and send to the Middle East for soldiers and airmen.costume, male headwear, service men, lydia chancellor, collection, knitting, handcrafts, world war 11, hats, clothing, costume, costume accessories, soldiers, airmen, service men

A paper fan with a person and flowers printed on it.costume accessories, fans, clothing accessories, lydia chancellor, collection, costume accessories, fan, objects, clothing, fashion

Lemon coloured ribbon, 2.5 cm wide, hand stitched and gathered, over a horseshoe shape - possibly a cardboard shape. A narrow .5cm lemon ribbon bow is attached at the centre top and extends into a 70cm (total length then folded in half) to make a 35cm loop, to hang over the arm. Merle's Grandmother was married in 1892. She celebrated her Golden Wedding in 1942. This horseshoe was a gift on this occasion - Grandparents,Alice and Charles Geuer.costume accessories, clothes accessories, golden wedding celebration horseshoe

Golden satin ribbon gathered over a cardboard horseshoe shape. Light cream embroidered ribbon, 68 cms long, forms a loop, and is attached to the horseshoe with a bow. A floral arrangement of two leaves and five small "berries" decorates the horseshoe. Merle's Grandparents, Alice and Charles Geuer were married in 1892, celebrating their Wedding in 1942. The horseshoe was a gift on this occasion.costume accessories, clothes accessories, wedding celebration horseshoe small

Golden yellow ribbon gathered over a horseshoe shape. Ribbon 48 cms long and 3cms wide forms a loop which is attached to the top of the horseshoe. Two fine lavender stems remain sewn to the front of horseshoe. This horseshoe is part of a pair (11400.484),costume accessories, clothes accessories, golden wedding celebration horseshoe

Small golden satin ribbon covered horseshoe. Ribbon gathered over cardboard frame. No hanging loop or decoration. This horseshoe is a matching pair to (11400.483).A tiny piece of lavender stalk still visible on front of horseshoe. The horseshoe is incomplete.costume accessories, clothes accessories, golden wedding celebration horseshoe

Gold coloured satin ribbon covering a slipper shape - one bigger, one smaller. The smaller slipper would once have been attached to the larger, but now loose threads remain but the two are separate. A gold coloured satin ribbon rosette is attached to the toe of the slipper.A 53 cm length of ribbon, folded to form a 15 cm loop, and then attached as a single ribbon to the slipper.costume accessories, clothes accessories, golden wedding charm

Fabric orange blossom flowers, and one green fabric leaf wired onto a lapel charm. "Wire stems" covered with green paper. A memento of Alice and Charlie Geuer's wedding in the 1880's. Tiny stamens complete the flowers. Alice and Charlie were Merle Houlden's Grandparents.costume accessories, female, decorative lapel charm

Deep brown seal skin fur handbag on a silver frame. A side clasp opens the bag - with a silver engraved knob and keyhole. Another swing silver clasp closes the bag. Handle is covered with fur,Frame is decorated with embossed relief work, including some faces. Bag is lined with satin, and has one side pocket. Lining shows damage.Frame marked: DEP.H&B Rd. No. 25436. Patent Applied For. DEP. H&B.costume accessories, female, handbag

Rectangular storage box with three compartments. May have been used for collar and sleeve cuff studs, or a jewellery or sewing box. Full length hinged lid. Cream in colour. Black lettering on lid. Old box 74.Made in England (on base) stamped into base-RMO in black ink on lid Top RH corner.U2656 written in black oc clear nailpolish on underside top left cornercostume accessories, haberdashery, sewing box

Mauve silk organza fabric containing fragrant lavender seeds, tied into a circular ball with a 5cm pale green satin ribbon tied in a bow.4cm frill at the top of the ball. Used at marriage of Barbara Johnson to her first husband Ian Bulte.costume accessories, clothing accessories, lavender bag for wedding

Sheer embroidered nylon. Silk thread embroidery in a floral pattern. Scalloped edge finishes the lace panel. The original train on the wedding dress was a feature of the wedding gown, falling in tiers as a "waterfall" effect. One tier was later used by Merle to make a christening dress for her first child, Bronwyn. Evidence is still visible of the gathering thread at the top of this panel.costume accessories, female, wedding dress train fabric

Cream, probably nylon, embroidered gloves. Scalloped at wrist, and embroidered with a circular pattern. This pattern extends 4 cms onto the back of the hand.Three sprays, each of two flowers, decorate the back of the hand. Wrist edge is shaped by having two semi - circle shapes to the scalloped effect.costume accessories, female, wedding gloves

Suede feel, probably nylon, wedding gloves. Scalloped edge at the wrist - six scallops. Each scallop has a spray of flowers - with three eyelets, and embroidered leaves. A double row of stitching, seven cms long, forms a wavy line down the back of the hand.FINELON Made in Hong Kong 71/2costume accessories, female, wedding gloves

Grey cotton, fastened at wrist with a grey pearl button 1.5 cm in diameter. Three double rows of stitching in a V Shape on the back of the hand.Dent's Cotton Made in England 9costume accessories, male, gloves

Cream satin "slipper" shape with a cream 1cm satin ribbon loop, 30 cm long attached cream looped braid, 1 cm wide edges the slipper, and a small cream cotton orange blossom flower is stitched at the point where the ribbon loop is attached to the slipper, with a loop and two "tails".costume accessories, female, wedding slipper charm

Cream nylon (?) ribbon, 1.5 cm wide, wrapped around a flexible (possibly cardboard) horseshoe shape eleven cm long X 10 cm wide. A "stem" of cream rosebuds, studded with four teardrop shaped pearls, is stitched to the face of the horseshoe. A loop of the ribbon, 47.5 cm long, is attached for the bride's arm. This is finished with two loops, seven cm and six cm long, falling in the centre of the horse-shoe.costume accessories, female, wedding horse-shoe charm

Cream satin ribbon, ruched over a flexible, possibly cardboard, horse-shoe shape. Three way orange blossom flowers, and one stiffened fabric leaf, are attached with a 1.5cm wide satin ribbon to the right hand side of the horse-shoe. A loop of the same ribbon, 26cm long is attached at the top of the horse-shoe. A small card attached reads: from REX and ANN.From REX and ANN LEEcostume accessories, female, wedding horse-shoe charm

Flexible, possibly cardboard, horse-shoe shape, covered with cream satin ribbon. A narrow embroidered ribbon, .75 cm wide is attached to the top of the horse-shoe with a looped bow. This ribbon loop is 57 cm long.costume accessories, female, wedding horse-shoe charm

Large horse-shoe shape - flexible, possibly cardboard, covered with 4.5 cm wide cream ribbon, overlaid with gathered tulle. A 1.00 cm wide nylon ribbon forms a 50 cm loop for the bride's arm, and is finished at the top of the horse-shoe with a bow, and a sprig of waxed orange blossom. A card is attached - refer below to wording.To Merle and Jack, wishing you both happiness in the years to come, With love and kisses, Eileen.costume accessories, female, wedding horse-shoe charm

Large horse-shoe covered in a tube of ruched, cream satin, trimmed on the outer edge, (and the seam of the tube) with narrow cotton lace. A 2.5cm satin ribbon loop, 60 cm long, is attached to the top of the horse-shoe with a 2.5 cm diameter, pink cotton rose. Some stitchery at the bottom left hand side of the horse -shoe would suggest that there was once , another rosebud there.costume accessories, female, wedding horse-shoe charm