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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Glass Ashtray - Portland souvenir, 1920-1940
Square glass ashtray, View Ware 'The Harbour Portland'. Underside base painted royal blue. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Ashtray - Richmond Henty Hotel, n.d
Round, black bakelite ashtray. Blue lettering around sides "RICHMOND HENTY HOTEL MOTEL".Back: Circle, with 'Goodwill Products (Aust) Pty Ltd' - impressed.souvenir ashtray, henty hotel, richmond henty hotel, bakelite -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Domestic object - Ashtray, S.S. Orsova, 1950-1960
Several items were given by a seafarer, Mr Nicholas Garlick (1926-2009) into the care of Father Brady who retired from St Pauls Cathedral, Melbourne in 2018. Father Brady later donated the collection of; objects, documents and an extensive collection of cruise ship menus (1937-end of 20thC) to the Mission via the intermediary William Hastie, volunteer at the Mission for Seafarers.There are several references in the Mission records to both this ship and an earlier vessel with the same name.Glass ashtray or trinket dish with black and white printed transfer image of the S.S. Orsova at sea.S.S. "Orsova"nicolas garlick (1926-2006), sailors, seafarers, ss orsova, ship, nick garlick, ship engineer, seamen, orient steam navigation company -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Domestic object - Ashtray, SS Orontes, 1940-1960
Several items were given by a seafarer, Mr Nicholas Garlick (1926-2009) into the care of Father Brady who retired from St Pauls Cathedral, Melbourne in 2018. Father Brady later donated the collection of objects, documents and an extensive collection of cruise ship menus (1937-end of 20thC) to the Mission via the intermediary William Hastie, volunteer at the Mission for Seafarers.One of the reasons the gift has been accepted is because there are a number of items that relate to images or records of visits in the collection. Crews of ships such as the Orontes and the Orsova were regular donors to the Mission in the 20th century. Launched in 1929, the Orient Line passenger ship SS Orontes was one of the longest serving on the England to Australia route, carrying tens of thousands of British and European migrants to new lives in Australia from 1948 to 1962 and Nicholas Garlick may have worked on the ship during that time. During World War II, Orontes became a troopship, serving that role from 1940 to 1947.Glass ashtray or trinket dish with black and white printed transfer image of the RMS Orontes at sea.S.S.ORONTESss orontes, nicholas garlick (1926-2009), father brady, william hastie, nick garlick, ship engineer, passager ship, ship liner, orient line, migrant ship, troopship, ww2, smoking -
Melbourne Water
Ashtray, Graceburn Weir, Healesville Souvenir, 1930s-1940s
The Maroondah System was first and foremost developed as a functional component of Melbourne's Water Supply System. In addition to functionality, the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) envisioned the Maroondah Reserve to be enjoyed aesthetically and recreationally by the public. This souvenir illustrates the realisation of the Maroondah System as a local recreational and tourist attraction in the early 20th century. The Maroondah Reserve gardens were landscaped with English-style ornamental stonework, exotic trees, flower beds and rose gardens. All features of the water supply system became widely celebrated as beauty spots that continue to be very popular to this day with tourists and locals alike. This souvenir is a product of that flourishing tourist trade. These water supply sites continue to enhance Melbourne’s charm and liveability and are now recognised as places of cultural and historic significance.This souvenir item has been curated by Melbourne Water as it represents an important historical aspect of the organisation by demonstrating the popularity of its water asset sites as recreational places and tourist attractions, and although these sites are functional parts of the water supply system, they were also designed to be enjoyed by the public both aesthetically and recreationally.This Souvenir glass ashtray, used as a receptacle for ash from cigarettes, features a photograph of the Graceburn Weir on the base, with text reading “The Graceburn Weir, Healesville”. Rather small in size, this ashtray has a unique shape with four protruding glass points to place cigarettes. melbourne metropolitan board of works, mmbw, maroondah, dam, healesville, melbourne water, scenic view, souvenir, glass, ashtray, graceburnweir -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Souvenir Ashtray, n.d
Round, silver metal ashtray with enamelled badge of Henty memorial, 'Henty Memorial, PORTLAND' around edge.Back: Underneath - MADE IN ENGLAND "EXQUISITE" PLATEhenty, ashtray, souvenir -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Floor ash Tray, 1900 to 1960s
The word ashtray came into use around the 1920 and is a receptacle for ash from cigarettes and cigars and are typically made of fire retardant material such as glass, heat resistant plastic, pottery, metal, or stone. The most common ashtray design is a shallow cylinder with a flat base, designed to rest on a table. Other ashtrays, particularly in public places, are either wall or floor mounted. While simple, utilitarian forms of ashtrays existed long before the 19th century, it was during the start of the 20th century that the design, aesthetics and their popularity took off. As more women began to smoke. in the early 1900s, the ashtray went closer to being an art form as many women avoided the use of the traditional ashtray as it failed to reflect their feminine values, regarded as an item rather basic in design the general societal through of the time was that smoking was an activity exclusive to men. What emerged were detailed, often very fancy ashtrays acceptable to women depicting either pastoral scenes or vibrantly coloured landscapes. As time went on, and the onset of women smoking both cigars and cigarettes became less of a departure from the average person, ashtrays saw a decline in design and aesthetics beginning more of a shift towards practicality. The subject item is a primitive form of ashtray used in public spaces any time from the 1920-1960s and is not associated with an historic person or event. However the item could have come from the Warrnambool Town Hall given the inscription on the base of the item.Ash tray-large rectangular floor model with cement sheet lining. Made from a wooden box covered with textured metal on the outsideThe metal has a relief design embossed at the top back "smokers" and "Town Hall" printed on bottom.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ash tray, town hall, cigarette tray, smoker's ash tray -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Floor ash Tray, 1900 to 1960s
The word ashtray came into use around the 1920 and is a receptacle for ash from cigarettes and cigars and are typically made of fire retardant material such as glass, heat resistant plastic, pottery, metal, or stone. The most common ashtray design is a shallow cylinder with a flat base, designed to rest on a table. Other ashtrays, particularly in public places, are either wall or floor mounted. While simple, utilitarian forms of ashtrays existed long before the 19th century, it was during the start of the 20th century that the design, aesthetics and their popularity took off. As more women began to smoke. in the early 1900s, the ashtray went closer to being an art form as many women avoided the use of the traditional ashtray as it failed to reflect their feminine values, regarded as an item rather basic in design the general societal through of the time was that smoking was an activity exclusive to men. What emerged were detailed, often very fancy ashtrays acceptable to women depicting either pastoral scenes or vibrantly coloured landscapes. As time went on, and the onset of women smoking both cigars and cigarettes became less of a departure from the average person, ashtrays saw a decline in design and aesthetics beginning more of a shift towards practicality. The subject item is a primitive form of ashtray used in public spaces any time from the 1900 -1960s and is not associated with an historic person or event. However the item could have come from the Warrnambool Town Hall given the inscription on the base of the item.Ash tray-large rectangular floor model made from a wooden box covered with textured metal on the outsideThe metal has a relief design embossed at the top back "smokers" and "Town Hall" printed on bottom.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ash tray -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Ashtray (Asbakje)
The item dates from the years of Dutch influence in the region which ended in 1962. The region is now known as West Papua.As the above urls will show, West Papua's history is a complex one with various colonial powers disputing ownership with the local inhabitants. Modern Indonesia also lays claim to it. The area was part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1949 till 1962. Prior to 1949 it was part of the Dutch East Indies. The item may well date from this pre-1949 period.Richly illustrated small rectangular glass ashtray showing map of one-time Dutch New Guinea, surrounding waters and smaller islands. Two endemic bids are also shown. The glas is a pale blue; the illustrations are in green and yellow; words are in black. The ashtray's four sides are curled slightly upwards.Oceans, seas and islands are named in the Dutch language. A dotted border marks off Australian New Guinea. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Ashtray
Pale blue ashtray with high piece for matchbox to be affixed. Four card shapes ( i.e. diamonds etc ) around edgepersonal effects, smoking accessories -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - View ware Ashtray - Curator's Cottage, Botanic Gardens, n.d
View ware ashtray, square, clear glass, black and white image of the curator's cottage in the gardens. painted blue on basesouvenir, portland, botanic gardens -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Glass Ashtray, 1920-1940
Five sided, scallop edged glass ashtray. View Ware, Portland Harbour. Underside base painted light blue. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Domestic object - Comfit dish, Mid 20th C
The ashtray was found during c Mission's clearup in 2017.To be researched further. Added to collection as appears to be an artifact associated with the Mission and used by Mission staff.Moulded shell-shaped glass dish with textured underside and smooth upper side. ashtray, shell, scallop shell, shell of st james -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Ordinance, 75mm French Shell Casing, Year 1919
Many casings were decorated by troops and used as ashtrays & containers.It examples the quality of material [brass]used for shell casing at that time.Brass Shell Base with Lid Belgium 1916-1919BELGIUM ...1916_1919 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Ash Tray, c1940
hand made and used by Rudolf Hoefer in Camp 3 TaturaHand made wooden ashtray, 4 indentations on rim at regular intervals. In center is metal ash holder inset. Flat baseR. Hoefer engraved into baseash tray, camp 3, tatura, hoefer, r, handcrafts, woodcarving -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Object, Trench art, WW2
Trench art was a common past time and items were created using available materials. Ashtray created from an airplane piston with single engine airplane mounted on top edge. Three blade propeller in working order.1745-02/2 on pistol head. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Ashtray - Portland, Victoria, n.d
Purchased by CCO at market in Mount Gambier, South AustraliaCircular noritake ashtray with image of Portland lighthouse. White china with orange lustre glaze rim. Measures 12.3 cm in diameter.Front: Back- 'Noritake, made in Japan' - Printed on base -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Domestic object - Ashtray, c. 1930
Belonged to Florence Dellar (Mrs. George), 59 Henty Street, Portland.Moulded glass ashtray. Photo (Valentines) of Wannon Falls, Hamilton - on base. Square with curved corners. 4 indents in corners for cigarettes.Front: Valentines -
Bendigo Military Museum
Textile - TRENCH ART ASH TRAY, 1940
... ashtrays ...Trench Art made from brass ordnance pieces. The base & stand are made from a 75 mm shell casing & a .50 cal projectile. The top is made from a .50 cal, .303 projectile to form a Lightning Fighter aircarft.“75 mm. M18 LOT 2 - 1306 - 28 BB, CO 1941”military history, trench art, souvenirs, ashtrays -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Circular Ashtray
Smoking became common in The Netherlands as a result of trade with the West Indies. The Jan Steen illustrations of typical chaotic households were well known and eventually came to be used to poke fun at excessive tidiness.A round pewter ashtray with a scene from a Jan Steen interior in the centre bowl section. 4 cigarette resting places are round the outside edge.The outside edge is decorated with scroll type engravings. A pewter manufacturer's mark is impressed on the reverse side of the bowl. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Glass Ashtray, 1930s
Glass ashtray, rectangular, View Ware. Image is of Railway Line, Whaler's Bluff and walkway to sea baths. Underside of base painted royal blue.Back: Red and black sticker 'EM JENKIN, BENTINCK ST, PORTLAND. NEWSAGENCY & LIBRARY'souvenir of portland, portland seafront, whalers bluff, portland baths -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - TRENCH ART, C. WW2
Trench Art. Used shell base 25 pounder dated 1941 plus various rounds to depict a fighter plane. Belonged to John Donald McSween, no. 117346 LAC RAAF, enlisted 14.8.1942; discharged 14.5.1945Fighter plane mounted on ashtray base(2 pieces). Plane removable, made from artillery rounds, central stem welded onto ash tray base.Badge on central stem, "AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES".ornaments - metal, souvenirs - military history, trench art -
Friends of Westgarthtown
Ornament, frog
Green frog ornament. Frog is in upright position kneeling on one knee clutching throat with extended arms and upward facing with open mouth. Suspect it to be personal ashtray.ornaments, ceramics, frog, ornament, ashtray, open mouth. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - China Ashtray - Portland souvenir, Westminster, Australia, c. 1970
White fine china, Westminster ashtray. Decal, coloured images of K.S. Anderson wharf, historic cottage and obelisk. Square with rounded corners, gold rim and corners.Front: 'PORTLAND - VIC' Back: Makers stamp 'Fine China Westminster Australia' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Glass Ashtray - Portland Souvenir, 1920-1940
Round glass ashtray. View Ware, baths and harbour, Portland. Underside of base painted gold over royal blue. Measurements 10cm Diameter Depth 2.6 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - TRENCH ART, 1940
Ashtray, brass, decagon in shape, with two cigarette trays, 3 round metallic legs. Palestinian coins inlaid around side, some dated 1927,1935, 1937, 1939. Marked 4604 A, 1941.ordnance, trench art, memorabilia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Ashtray, 1940's
Used by internees at Camp 3, TaturaLead Kangaroo and ashtray (with separate copper insert) on polished wood plinth. Underneath of base covered with woollen material. Lead has been covered with a gold coloured laquerashtray, lead kangaroo, bissinger g, weid g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, personal, effects, smoking, accessory -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Manufactured objects, safety matches Bryant & May Ltd, 20thC
Bryant and May was a United Kingdom (UK) company created in the mid-nineteenth century specifically to make matches. Their original Bryant and May Factory was located in Bow, London. They later opened other match factories in the United Kingdom and Australia, such as the Bryant and May Factory, Melbourne; and owned match factories in other parts of the world.Bryant and May survived as an independent company for over seventy years, but went through a series of mergers with other match companies and later with consumer products companies. To protect its position Bryant and May merged with or took over its rivals. In 1971 the Northern Ireland factory, Maguire & Patterson closed down following a terrorist attack.. In the 1980s, factories in Gloucester and Glasgow closed too leaving Liverpool as the last match factory in the UK, until December 1994. The former Australian match factory, in Melbourne, closed in the mid-1980s. The registered trade name Bryant and May still exists and it is owned by Swedish Match, as are many of the other registered trade names of the other, formerly independent, companies within the Bryant and May group. The British match brands continue to survive, as brands of Swedish Match, and are made outside the UK. Matches were first produced by Bryant & May in Australia in 1909. The Redhead name applies to the red striking heads of the matches which were introduced to Australia in 1946. The logo on the matchbox depicted the head and shoulder of a redheaded woman and has had four major updates since that time with a number of special issues depicting animals, birds and notable persons also producedThe Bryant & May Ltd factory in Church St Richmond is a listed building and has been converted to apartments following the closure of the Company 1980. Bryant & May's Ltd were influential in fighting against the dreadful disease known as Phossy jaw which was caused by white phosphorus used in the manufacture of the early matches. They were also the object of the 'Match Girls Strike' in London 1888, which won important improvements in working conditions and pay for the mostly female workforce working with the dangerous white phosphorus. The public were slow to purchase these safety matches because of the higher price .A box of safety matches with unused matches made by Bryant & May Pty Ltd , Richmond Victoria Australia. The tray containing the matches slides inside the open ended cover.. The striking patch is on both sides of the cover.PREVENT FIRES/ BRYANT & MAY'S / a crown in an oval shape / SAFETY MATCHES/ MOTORISTS USE ASHTRAY/ AV. CONTENTS 60 / Made in Australiasafety matches, bryant & may's pty ltd, phosy jaw disease, early settlers, moorabbin, bentleigh, richmond, cheltenham, lights, lamps, tobacco -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - View Ware Ashtray - Portland, n.d
Horseshoe shaped View Ware clear glass ashtray, with image from Whaler's Bluff, Portland Vic, looking from north of the lighthouse across to the port. Green painted bottom.souvenir, view ware, portland, portland harbour -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, 31/11/1949
Mrs Quinn writes of receiving a photo album, some books and an ashtray Allan has sent. She tells him how proud she is of her son.Quinn CollectionThree page letter written on two sheets of buff coloured lined paper (0832.a1-0832.a2) headed 5 Pollington Street, St Kilda and dated 31/11/49. Matching envelope (0832.b). Letter commences 'Allan Dear' and concludes '...Fondest love from your Mum...'. The envelope has been re-addressed from C/- Scandinavian Shipping Office, San Francisco to M/S Mongabarra, San Francisco. Post-mark on the front is Melbourne and the Australian stamp is one shilling and sixpence. There is a San Francisco postmark on the back of the envelope and also a promotional stamp 'Save the East. Buy U.S. Bonds in payroll savings.'letters-from-abroad, quinn, 1949, lilydale high school, lilydale high school alumni