Painted by , Esme Reynolds, daughter of Edward Reynolds, early settler.This item is aesthetically significant and shows the artistic skills of women of early settler families.Oil painting of three pink camellias in a bowl with a black/brown background and wooden frame. Painted by Esme Reynolds . Frame has two raised gold lines .Front left - Esme Reynoldspainting-oil reynolds

W Baker and Co-produced many different types of pottery at their Fenton Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire England. The company was established in 1790 by Ralph Bourne and William Baker the company was working at capacity by the end of the century. By the late 1820's Bourne and Baker, in partnership with John Bourne, had acquired additional works opposite the first in 1833. With the deaths of John Bourne and William Baker, the partnership was dissolved, and then for a short time, the business was carried on by Ralph Bourne and William Baker junior and John Baker. By the early 1840s, William Baker was running it alone and was then using 'machinery for the potteries manufacturing operations in addition to the mill that was producing the raw clay. The business was subsequently carried on by William Baker and Company that were known for the making of printed, sponged, and pearl-white granite ware for export in the early 1880s at the Fenton works between Manor and Fountain Streets. The original works on the south side of City Road were by then an en-caustic tile works, apparently still in the hands of the Baker family. The pottery works flourished under William Baker’s management and by the middle of the nineteenth century with almost 500 employees was the biggest firm in Fenton. An early piece of ironstone Staffordshire pottery now a collector's item showing the types of domestic items that were exported from England to its colonies towards the end of the nineteenth century and into the beginning of the twentieth.Water pitcher ironstone ceramic white with raised embossed Lilly of the valley decoration around handle and lip sections. Marked on bottom, "Royal stone china, Baker and Co, England" with emblem of lion, crown and unicornflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, jug, kitchen utensil, kitchen ware, water pitcher

Hard covered book titled Pictures from the German Fatherland, drawn with Pen and Pencil, red cover with gold & black lettering, 224 pages with black and white illustrations, gold edging on pages, an inscription dated 1907 written in German inside front page.S G Greenheritage, history-germany-german heritage

Medical Diseases of Infancy and Childhood. A Medical Practitioners handbook.Dawson Williams. M.D.Lon.book, specialist book on health, children's diseases.

lieutenant charles george de beauvoir tupper, elizabeth christie, lieutenant colonel daniel william tupper, hms racer, hms raleigh

REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF EXPLOSIVES 1892 working of the explosives act during the year 1892/Vic. Govt.gold mining, miners' safety cage, explosives, gold, gold mining, explosives

Sepia toned photograph, mounted on buff card, of a gaelic service being held outdoors at Cnoc A' Chaisteil, Alness, Ross-shire. "With compliments & every good wish Mrs G.G. Mackenzie Xmas 93"

Purchased as a tribute to Miss B K Leviny, 2007

Probably used by the early ambulance services in metropolitan Brisbane, Possibly used in regional areas as city services developedTwo wheeled cart with sprung wheels, stretcher fitted and hoop frame for patient weather cover.ambulance queensland

A J. Dowling transitional flat-top tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, and fine-grooved, slender octagonal handle. Initials 'HR' carved into butt. Manufacturer's details impressed along shaft on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Guttennis

3 Large orange paperback booklets with black decorative borders and text. Edition 4, 7 and 13 of John L. Stoddard's portfolio of Photographs of famous cities, scenes and paintings.

Lifeboat practiceAustralian coastal rescue practice session reportsMonochrome copies of 5 x Lifeboat Practice ReportsReverse - " NIL ".historical references

Mackay John Scobie Gair (1847-1941) was a Councillor in the North Ward in Brighton, elected Mayor in 1892-93. He was a solicitor and partner in the firm Brahe and Gair and became a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Bourke East electorate from 1897-1904. portrait, policitian, victorian legislative assembly, m.l.a., mackay john scobie gair, cr. m.j.s. gair, councillor, mayor, brighton, north ward, solicitor

Most likely used by Horace Woolmer of Natimuk, to photograph life and events in the town between late 19th and early 20th centuries.Mahogany wood case and brass construction with cloth below, half plate instagraph camera.J Lancaster & Sons, Birminghamnatimuk, arapiles, camera, instagraph, photography, horace woolmer

A Spalding transitional flat-top, junior tennis racquet, featuring: solid convex throat; and, cross hatched handle. Decal of Spalding logo in wreathed ball trademark features on throat on obverse. Decal of model name features across crown, but is illegible. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Leather, Guttennis

A Spalding transitional flat-top tennis racquet, featuring: solid convex throat; and, rare handle with baseball club butt. Decal of Spalding logo in wreathed ball trademark features on throat on obverse. Decal of model name features across crown, but is illegible. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Guttennis