A wooden racquet with a convex throat and grooved handle. The throat on obverse features the inscription: TETHER. Below inscription is the Horsman 'centaur' trademark in black and gold. Across the right side of the stem, is the etched inscription: P.G. CURCIO. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Paint, Leathertennis

A wooden racquet with a solid, convex throat and a fine-grooved handle. Decal across throat on obverse: FAVORITE. Decal of company trademark across throat on reverse, inscription in front of large 'W' reading: THOS.E.WILSON & CO. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Ink, Lacquer, Glue, Leather, Clothtennis

A wooden racquet with a solid, convex throat and a fine-grooved handle. Decal across throat on obverse: FAVORITE. Decal of company trademark across throat on reverse, inscription in front of large 'W' reading: THOS.E.WILSON & CO. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Ink, Lacquer, Glue, Leather, Clothtennis

A Wilson Famous Player Series, Bruce Barnes Strokemaster Model tennis racquet. Shaft features a decal action photo image of Barnes, receiving a serve. Butt cover features Wilson 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Cloth, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A Davis Hipoint tennis racquet, with whipping around the shoulders, and diagonally strung head. Partially obscured model name features along throat, on obverse. TAD trademark, within diamond device, features on throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Gut, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Leathertennis

An unmarked SIRT tennis racquet, with the inscription MADE IN ITALY along the left side of shaft, and an 'S' trademark on the butt cover. Inscription on handle grip: THE "ORIGINAL"/KINGHORN TACKY GRIP. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Ribbontennis

An unmarked SIRT tennis racquet, with the inscription MADE IN ITALY along the left side of shaft, and an 'M' trademark on the butt cover. Inscription on handle grip: THE "ORIGINAL"/KINGHORN TACKY GRIP. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Ribbontennis

A Spalding 'Union Club' flat-top tennis racquet, featuring: solid concave throat; bevelled head; and fine-grooved, slender octagonal handle. Model name, and Spalding logo within ball trademark impressed across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Guttennis

A Spalding 'Ace' wooden tennis racquet with concave throat, partially double-strung net, and grooved octagonal handle. Model name across throat on obverse. Spalding ball trademark features on throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Gut, Ink, String, Leather, Painttennis

A Wilson, Tony Trabert Personal tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat and stem features model name. Lower shaft features 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ribbon, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Cloth, Hidetennis

A Wilson Billie Jean King American tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat features model name. Base of shaft and butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Ribbontennis

A Wilson Billie Jean King Ace tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Shaft features model name. Base of shaft and butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Adhesive tape, Ribbon, Plastictennis

A Wilson Stan Smith Capri tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo.Throat and shaft feature the model name, with a black starburst device. Lower shaft and butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Plastic, Plastictennis

Coacholine leather dressing used as softener, preservative, cleaning and preventing rust and waterproofing.Front: Coacholine Leather Dressing (coach - trademark) / Proprietors - Charles Markell Company Pty. Ltd. / Sydney NSW Back: Coacholine - a quality leather dressing / Coacholine softens and preserves / Coacholine will prevent rust. Directions: Wipe surface and apply freely. Rub thoroughly into leather and allow to dry for a few hours / 9-1/2 oz - Net when packed / Norton Can / (trademark removed 1966).leather dressing, coachline, charles markell company pty ltd

A wooden racquet with a convex throat and grooved handle. The throat of obverse features the inscription: NEWPORT. Below inscription is the Horsman 'centaur' trademark in black and gold. Inscription across right side of stem: MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY FOR/JORDAN MARSH COMPANY. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Painttennis

A Fred Perry Windsor tennis racquet with string whipping around shoulders and shaft. Company logo and wreath trademark feature across the throat and butt cap, with model name across the right shoulder. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Fibre, Adhesive tape, Stringtennis

A Head 'Master' tennis racquet (1), featuring: twin shaft, 'I-beam', aluminium alloy frame; 'Forten' nylon net strings; blue plastic bridge; black leather handle grip, with X-formation perforations, around black plastic shaft casing; and, black plastic butt cap. Head logo and trademark feature across bridge. AMF Head logo featured across butt sticker. Model name along outer side of left shaft. Racquet accompanied by vinyl racquet head cover (2), with AMF Head logo across obverse, and trademark on reverse. Materials: Metal, Plastic, Nylon, Adhesive tape, Leather, Paper, Ink, Vinyl, Ink, Metaltennis

Hugo Wertheim (1854-1919), was a merchant and manufacturer and was born on the 12th July 1854 at Lispenhausen, in the German electorate of Hesse-Kassel, son of Meyer Wertheim and his wife Minna, née Heinemann. Hugo reached Melbourne in October 1875. He soon began advertising, from premises at 39 Flinders Lane East, as agent for his father's cousin Joseph Wertheim, a well-established manufacturer of sewing machines. Hugo returned to Germany where he married Joseph Wertheim's daughter Sophie Emilie (1864-1953) on 30 August 1885 at Frankfurt. the couple then came to Melbourne. In a short time, with extensive advertising, Hugo established a substantial business, selling sewing machines, bicycles, pianos and other mechanical devices, under brands such as Wertheim, Electra, Planet, Griffin and Hapsburg. He also mounted elaborate displays at agricultural shows and in 1901 at the Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, United States of America. O. C. Beale worked with him before setting up his own piano business in New South Wales. Hugo continued to own 25 per cent of one of Beale's companies, which became Wertheim's Queensland business. In 1908 Wertheim opened a large, innovative piano factory at Richmond, Melbourne, intending to produce 2000 pianos and player pianos annually, predominantly using Australian materials. In laying the foundation stone, Prime Minister Alfred Deakin observed that “few men with such opportunities for a life of ease would have embarked on such an enterprise” Hugo died of chronic hepatitis on 11 July 1919 at his home at South Yarra, his wife, two daughters and three sons survived him; Herbert Joseph (1886-1972), the eldest, continued the business. Rupert became a share broker and went on to represent Victoria in inter-State tennis in 1913-27 and Australia in Davis Cup matches against Czechoslovakia in 1922. The piano factory closed in 1935, becoming a Heinz food processing plant and in 1955, GTV Channel 9 studios and offices.Early Australians had to be self-reliant in regards to making and mending their clothes and utensils. This sewing machine was one of many items used that exhibit the skill and craftsmanship of the women in these early families. A sewing machine was a necessary part of each home and this item demonstrates how women of the time managed had to become self-reliant in the repair and making of their families clothes to make their household budgets go further.Wertheim sewing machine in carry case, hand operated with two spindles, handle with locking pin, which turns lever between spokes of main handle, hand brake. The machine is table-mounted with a Turkish walnut base. The base can be attached to a cast iron table with a foot treadle as an optional extra. The walnut base has marquetry to the front set out as a measure for material. There is also an accessory box inside the carry case containing 20 additional items for use with the machine. Wertheim brass trademark badge riveted to the body of the machine of a crouching dwarf with a hammer with the name of the company Wertheim and Frankfurt. Gold filigree decoration in gold paint adorns the main body of the machine. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, sewing machine, hand operated sewing machine, crank handle sewing machine, wertheim, dressmaking, taylor, domestic, clothing, hugo wertheim, joseph wertheim

This soda syphon is a device for dispensing carbonated or soda water. The valve allows portion of the contents to be dispensed whilst maintaining the pressure inside to keep the rest of the contents from going flat. The bottle is marked ‘J. Fletcher’. John Fletcher worked as a boy at Rowley’s cordial factory in Banyan Street, Warrnambool. He then worked for John Davis who had established the Union Cordial Factory in Koroit Street, Warrnambool in the 1860s. In 1885 John Fletcher bought the Davis business and operated it until 1930. John Fletcher sold the business to Ralph Reeves and as Reeves initially used Fletcher bottles and syphons, the contents of the bottle could have come from the time of either John Fletcher or Ralph Reeves. This syphon is of interest as it comes from a mid 20th century cordial factory in Warrnambool. Cordial manufacturing was an important industry in Warrnambool for over 100 years. This is a clear glass soda syphon with a round sold base and a rounded body and a metal pump and valve mechanism affixed to the top opening. A glass tube is inside the bottle and is part of the pump mechanism. The top metal section is very corroded. The side of the bottle has the Fletcher trademark - the stylized letters J and F. ‘J. Fletcher Trade Mark Warrnambool’ ‘J. Fletcher’ ‘British Syphon Mfg Co. Ltd London’ cordial manufacturing in warrnambool, fletcher, history of warrnambool

A wooden racquet with a convex throat and grooved handle. The throat of obverse features the inscription: ARDSLEY. Below inscription is the Horsman 'centaur' trademark in black and gold. Inscription across right side of stem: MANUFACTURED BY/E.I. HORSMAN CO. NEW YORK. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Painttennis

An Andersons Match wooden tennis racquet, with concave throat, cloth tape reinforcements around shoulders, and a fish-tailed handle butt. Impressed model name across throat on obverse. Decal of manufacturers trademark across throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Ink, Cloth tapetennis

This plate has been produced by the English firm of W.H.Grindley for use at the Criterion Hotel in Warrnambool. The Criterion Hotel was on the western side of Kepler Street near Lava Street and was established in 1872 with the first licensee being John Tate. The hotel closed in 2008, was partially destroyed by fire in 2010 and was demolished in 2013. The Humm family had a long association with the Criterion Hotel with George Humm of Woodford taking over as licensee in 1882, buying the hotel in 1887 and remaining there until his death in 1894. George Humm’s widow, Elizabeth, was the licensee from 1894 to 1907, her son, John, was the licensee from 1907 to 1916 and his widow, Bridget, was the licensee from 1916 to 1919. The plate could have been in use for all or part of these years but is most likely to have been bought early in the 20th century. This plate is of considerable interest because it came from the Criterion Hotel, a prominent hotel in Warrnambool for over 130 years. This is a white china plate which has been broken into three pieces and inexpertly mended. The plate is much stained. It has a red embedded stamp in the shape of a belt (the maker’s trademark) on the front and on the back it has the blue markings of the maker with an image of a crown. The bowl has a shallow curved base and was perhaps used for soup. ‘Humms Criterion Hotel Warrnambool’ ‘Grindley Hotel Ware England Vitrified’ criterion hotel, humm family of woodford, history of warrnambool

A Chicago Sports Equipment Co. 'Pickwick' tennis racquet, with 'Indestructo' plastic shoulder reinforcements and collar, and a fine-grooved octagonal handle. Model name across throat on obverse; manufacturer's name and trademark across throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, Leather, String, Cloth, Ink, Plastictennis

A CB Co. tennis racquet featuring: bevelled crown; laminated, convex throat; and fine-grooved bulbous handle. Manufacturer's trademark decal, comprising of monogram centred between two crossed racquets, with a ball immediately below, features across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, Inktennis

A 'Tether' wooden tennis racquet, with laminated convex throat, and fine-grooved handle. Manufacturer's trademark of a five-pointed star mounted above a wreath-framed crown features on the throat on obverse. The model name features across the crown of the racquet head. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Ink, Leathertennis

A Spalding 'The Slocum' flat-top tennis racquet, featuring: solid convex throat; slender, octagonal handle; and wooden butt cap. Decal of model name and Spalding logo within ball trademark feature across black-painted throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Ink, Painttennis

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