Forsbreys Vice Press - rectangular shaped wooden bow tie press with metal chrome vice and screws.neckwear, neckties, presses

Owned by Mrs. Thomas QuayleLadies sewing box inlaid with mother of pearl. Black lacquer with floral design. Contains five reels of cotton.sewing boxes, sewing equipment, boxes

Obtained from St. Vincents De Paul Lilydale.Black lacquered writing compendium decorated with pansies and inlaid with mother of pearl. A cutting from the Argus dated November 19th 1893, pasted to the inside cover.writing equipment, writing cases

Portable wooden walnut veneer writing case with inlaid design. Has two glass ink bottles - one with brass lid. Contains note paper, lilac writing paper and envelope.writing cases, writing equipment, cases

Men's brown leather accessory box with tooled gold around the edges. Used for studs, garters, tie clips, etc.boxes, accessories

Approximately 100 years old.Set of brass Post office weighing scales, used for weighing letters, with two trays, one rectangular in shape and one round, on a balancing mechanism.The scales are affixed to a wooden base in a rectangular shape with the front edge shaped into two curves. The wooden base has three slots for holding the weights. There are six brass weights with this item.balances, weighing instruments

W & T Avery was listed as a Private Limited Company in 1891 and a Public Limited Company in 1894. Set of Avery measuring scales, with two round brass pans. Has cross bar and chains. Mounted on rectangular wooden base with pull out drawer with brass handles. balances, weighing instruments

Table linenmanchester

Green glass bottle with pointed shaped basebottles, containers

stoneware hot water bottle, generally a cylindrical shape with an opening at the top and a round knob on one end which presumably functions as a holder. The main part of the body is cream, with the knob end brown.Stoneware hot water bottle with a screw in lid. Generally a cylindrical shape with an opening at the top and a round knob on one end which presumably functions as a holder. The main part of the body is cream, with the knob end and lid, brown.hot water bottles., bed warmers

Green flat-bottomed glass bottlebottles

Aqua glass bottle, 12.7 cm tall, embossed on three sides: ‘Hauthaway’s/ Peerless Gloss/ Made in U.S.A’. Hauthaway’s company, established in 1852, manufactured protective coatings for shoes. The bottles come in different colours. Some have the name Hauthaway’s repeated (instead of ‘Made in U.S.A). This example was discarded in 1908 after the death of Mary Everett. Embossed on base, ‘C/6’.Green, square-bottomed glass bottle"Hauthaway's" on one face, "Peerless Gloss" on the opposite facebottles, containers

Preserving jar with tin screw-on lidOn lid:"Improved "Kilner" Ltd." "The Kilner jar improved Regd." On bottom: 1 lb.containers, preserving jars

Green glass lemonade bottle with bakelite/wood screw topMarchant & Co.and trademark. "Registered Australia. This is the property of Marchant & Co. and cannot legally be used by others". "Taylor" inscribed on screw top.bottles, containers, beverages, non-alcoholic drinks

Brown methylated spirits bottle with top and labelSparko Industrial. On label: 19 fl. oz. net. Packed by Sparko Speciality Sales and Service, 24 Percy Street, Heidelberg Westbottles, containers, cleaning liquids, lamps

Green glass vinegar bottleChampions vinegar and trademark: horse and riderglass

Compound cordial (for medicinal use also)Ginger bottle with original metal screw-in topSharpe Bros. On original label: Compound cordial (for medicinal use also)bottles, containers

Glass and silver soda syphonBoon Spa Pty. Ltd. Melbournebottles, containers, carbonated water

Glass bottleR. Harper & Co.bottles

Amber AGM glass insulator"AGM 30" on one side, "5 ::::" on the otherequipment, electrical insulators

Small silver jewellery box containing silver lead propelling pencils x 5boxes, jewellery boxes

Two small silver jewellery boxes with lid. Heavily embossed on top and sides and lined with red velvet. One hexagon shape. One Rectangular shape. boxes, jewellery boxes

Worn by Nancy Adeney in the 1940's.Pair of white rayon wrist length gloves. gloves

Widely used to open early beer or soft drink bottles. The Abbots Lager opener may have been a promotional product for this brand of beer.Two cast iron bottle openers, rusted exterior. One labelled Fosters Lager; one labelled Abbots Lager.Carlton & Victoria Bitter.bottle openers, bottle accessories

Lemonade Alley bottle "F.J. Becker" & trademark - Healesvillebottles, containers

Blow lamps/ torches are a fuel-burning tool used for applying flame and heat to various applications, usually metalworking.Brass blow lamp with red wooden handle.blow torches, welding equipment

Mechanical food choppers or hashers (commonly called in the U.S.A.) were used around the 1880's to chop up food.Starrett cast iron mechanical food chopper with tin barrel, on green wooden base. With booklet. kitchenware, slicers, kitchen equipment

The Primus stove, the first pressurized-burner kerosene (paraffin) stove, was developed in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, a factory mechanic in Stockholm. The stove was based on the design of the hand-held blowtorch. It was Pre-heated by methylated Sprits, with three legs and a pump.Primus stove - complete in tin with picture of oven on lid.stoves, cooking stoves

Two porcelain dress buckles, used on belts. One with brown & blue floral pattern. One with country scene. belt buckles, buckles

Troy weight is a system of units of mass that originated in 15th-century England.Assorted ounce brass apothecaries weights x 6 - 3 oz, 2 oz, 1 oz 1/2 oz. on red felt stand.weights, weighing instruments