Showing 178 items matching functional domestic item
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Keys - domestic, n.d
... functional domestic item... keys functional domestic item ...Two metal keys on piece of string. In white envelope with keys of small handbag for laundry washing, in blue biro.Front: 'CHENEY Made in England' Back: Patent No. 481600keys, functional domestic item -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Souvenir Cup and Saucer - Portland Centenary, c. 1834
... souvenir functional object domestic item ...Portland Centenary souvenir 1834 -1934souvenir, functional object, domestic item -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Functional object - Kitchen equipment, fire bellows, c1900
Early settlers had to daily maintain a fire in their kitchen hearth for cooking and heating purposes. Preservation of meat entailed curing by smoking in the kitchen hearth, hence domestic bellows were an important item of kitchen equipment. These domestic fire bellows were used to maintain the fire in the kitchen hearth for cooking,preserving and heating purposes by an early settler family in Moorabbin Shire.A small, domestic, fire bellows for maintaining a fire in the kitchen hearth for cooking and heating. brighton, moorabbin, cooking, pioneers, market gardeners, early settlers, kitchen equipment, bellows, meat, betleigh, fireplaces, farm equipment -
Bendigo Military Museum
Functional object - TRIVET, C. 1939 - 45
Trivet - on which hot items could be placed. Brought back to Australia by an AIF officerSquare trivet featuring swastika. Made from green and purple beads joined with brown cord. Swastika is in purple beading.domestic items - cooking, metal craft? -
Friends of Westgarthtown
Functional object - Brush
Elongated oval-shaped wooden brush with arched handle and brown bristles made of natural fibres. Body painted blue.No visible markingsdomestic items, cleaning, brush, bristle -
Friends of Westgarthtown
Functional object - Hearth Brush
Wooden handled brush, hand crafted from sundry miscellaneous wooden parts.No visible markingsdomestic items, cleaning, brush, bristle, craft -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Functional object - Fork and spoon
Items from Italian Prisoners of War held in Camp 13, MurchisonSteel spoon with steel fork attached with a rivetitalian pow's, camp 13 murchison, domestic utensils, camp cutlery -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Functional object - Knife
Object found at POW Camp 13 Knife metal handle with long sharp pointed blademurchison, camp 13, tatura, personal, domestic, items -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Functional object - Pot, cooking, c. 1900s
cooking pot (saucepan) rounded sides straight fluted handle, Inside enamelled, colour blackT&C Clark & Co/ England/ No 2 1/2 pints/ first qualitylocal history, domestic items, cooking -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Functional object - Cover, food, early 1900s
High round perforated tin object standing in tin plate with sides. Used to protect food from flies and antslocal history, domestic items, food storage & preservation, food cover, cake cover -
Duldig Studio museum + sculpture garden
Ceramic, Karl Duldig, Gumnut Bowl by Karl Duldig c.1948, c. 1948
Karl Duldig’s ceramic bowl is a particularly interesting example of Karl’s ability to creatively respond to a new environment with a fresh visual repertoire, in this case, the flowering Eucalyptus in a design reminiscent of traditional European folk art. The bowl is an excellent example of the utilitarian and decorative studio pottery produced by Karl and his wife Slawa Horowitz-Duldig between 1944 and 1960. Clay was an important medium for Karl. When he was forced to flee Austria for Switzerland, working with clay became a convenient medium; and he continued to expand his use of clay in Singapore. In Australia his work in clay extended from domestic hand-made pottery to public sculptures and architectural reliefs. In 1944 Duldig purchased a kiln, which was installed in the garage of the family’s St. Kilda flat, soon after a pottery wheel was acquired. It was the beginning of a cottage industry that supplemented the family income during the war years and beyond. Duldig initially sold his decorative ceramic wares through a local florist in St. Kilda, and subsequently through shops such as the Chez Nous French Art Shop (Howey Place) and Light and Shade (Royal Arcade), and the Primrose Pottery shop in Collins Street. The Primrose Pottery shop was an extremely important commercial outlet, and hub, for emerging artists, potters and designers from 1929 until 1974. Its proprietors Edith and Betty MacMillan worked closely with their suppliers, commissioning and taking items on consignment. In the post war period important Melbourne studio potters such as Allan Lowe, Arthur Boyd, John Perceval and Neil Douglas exhibited and sold domestic wares in the Primrose Pottery shop. The Duldigs studio pottery provides a counterpoint to the ceramics produced at Arthur Merric Boyd Pottery in Murrumbeena, which was established in 1944 by Arthur Boyd, John Perceval and Peter Herbst. The emphasis on painterly decoration was important and the AMB potters also produced simple household wares decorated with Australian flora and wildlife, for example Neil Douglas also made small bowls decorated with the fairy wrens, lyrebirds, gumnuts and eucalypts. Ann Carew 2016The Duldig Studio’s collection of ceramics has national aesthetic and historic significance. It contains a representative sample of works of art in ceramics created by Karl Duldig during his lifetime, including small sculptures, as well as functional and novelty items for the tourist market during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. The artist’s working methods and the development of his practice are comprehensively demonstrated in the collection. This in-situ collection demonstrates the philosophy of the Vienna Secession and its inheritors that handcrafted, simple functional domestic wares might enrich both the lives of the maker and the user. This bowl is part of a collection of ceramics that has national historic significance in providing a rich illustration of an immigrant and artistic experience, and touching on the themes of settlement adaptation of artistic practice. The collection is also associated with places of cultural and historical significance in Melbourne such as the Primrose Pottery Shop, and the story of Australian studio ceramics in the post-war years. Ann Carew 2016Cream earthenware bowl with flowering gum motif and sponged green background.Duldig in script incised under. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Headwear - Green Cotton & Yellow Silk Ribbon Smoker's or Lounge Cap, 1860s
The context in which the hat was made and worn assists in establishing its potential historic significance. 'Bailliere's Victorian Gazetteer and Road Guide containing the most recent and accurate information as to every place in the Colony' (1870), describes the village of Vaughan as being located on the road from Daylesford to Castlemaine. In 1870 the Vaughan was deemed to be entirely a gold mining area, gold having been discovered in the district in 1853. Intriguingly the entry in the Gazetteer claims that the electoral division of Vaughan began at the junction of the Middleton Creek and the Loddon River, so perhaps the cap might have belonged to a member of a significant local family. In 1870, Vaughan had a population of about 1000 persons and included almost 300 dwellings. Articles from newspapers, published on Trove refer frequently to a Mr Middleton as a litigant in court cases before the Vaughan Court in the 1860s. By the 1870s, the Mt Alexander Mail, in an article on ‘Mining: The Pioneer Wheel’ describes the success of Mr Middleton and his Middleton’s Reef Gold Quartz Mining Company, which had built the largest water wheel in the Colony. The wheel was 20’ in diameter and 2’ wide. Quartz mining as practiced by companies such as Middleton’s had become necessary after the exhaustion of alluvial quartz mining deposits in the 1860s. So we can probably establish a link between the cap and a significant mining identity in the period in which the article was made. The historical significance of the cap is only one part of the story. Caps such as the Middleton example can also be items of aesthetic significance as they were typically, examples of women’s work, using published patterns in magazines such as the Ladies Home Magazine. While women might follow or adapt a published pattern, their choice of materials reflected what was available locally. The fine hand stitching on this example is evidence of high quality domestic needlework. The maker crafted the cap from five triangular pieces of cotton cloth, each piece lined with a faded yellow net. The net provides some stiffening for the cap and has a functional purpose in that it anchors the hand-stitched, looped design of yellow silk ribbon that decorates the surface of the cap. Gentleman’s smoking (lounging) cap believed to have been made in c.1860-69. The conical hat is made of a dark green cotton fabric embroidered with narrow ribbon of a paler green silk. The unlined rimless hat is made of four pieces of fabric. There is no evidence of the hat at one stage featuring a tassle. The original donation record noted that the cap had been made for, and was worn by, a Mr Middleton, of Vaughan in Central Victoria. Nilhats, smokers hats, men's clothing -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Fire Box, Late 19th to early 20th century
Item used in the late Victorian to early Edwardian period as an insert into a house fireplace allowing the burning of coal or wood as fuel to heat a home.An item that is significant as it gives an insight into daily domestic life in the home regards heating.Fire box insert & tray black metal Embossed design to casting at back of box flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Chamber Pot, Possibly 1820-1830
A rare standard design pewter chamber pot possibly made during George the IV reign (1820-1830)A significant early domestic item of interest mainly due to its social history connection.Chamber pot pewter possibly made during the reign of George IV9" on baseflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, chamber pot, chamber pot pewter, pewter pot -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Functional object - Portable writing desk
Black portable writing desk with writing pad, ink wells and other compartmentsportable writing desk, domestic item -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Functional object - Trolley, Shopping jeep
Given to Barbara NUGENT by local male resident in 1980s. Displayed at the heritage exhibition, Seamen's Mission, 1988.Hand-made shopping trolley (or jeep). Construction: wooden frame, three-ply metal arms, wooden handle, rear cloth pocket, pram wheels, metal foot plate with Dunlop "kromhyo" kick plate, metal bands top and bottom. (Ref item 15)domestic life, barbara nugent -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - SCALES
.1 Kitchen scales, rectangular base painted yellow .2 Round curved metal tray for holding ingredients .3 to .8 Round weights painted sliver stamped with weight value on the top of each weight 1/2 oz, 1 oz, 2 oz, 4 oz, 8 oz, 1 lb, 2lbdomestic items (kitchen), imperial weights, scales -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - CLOTHES BRUSH
CLOTHES BRUSH WITH CREAM HORSE HAIR WITH SILVER BACK EMBOSSED WITH DRAGONlocal history, domestic items, cleaning, clothes brush -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - GLASS CONTAINER
SMALL RECTANGULAR GLASS CONTAINER, PATTERN ON BASElocal history, domestic items, containers, -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - TUB
GALVANIZED METAL TUB, TWO HANDLESlocal history, domestic item, laundering, domestic items, laundry -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - CHERRY CHEESE PRESS
CHEESE PRESS WAS DONATED FROM ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FARMS IN THE DUNACH DISTRICT FROM THE ESTATE OF MAVIS HARRIS DUNACHCHEERY CHEESE PRESS AND ACCESSORIES. WOODEN FRAME WITH IRON PRESS AND WOODEN STANDSEE MAKER DETAILS [BELOW}local history, domestic item, food preparation -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - BUTTER CHURN
BUTTER CHURN: GLASS CONTAINER WITH METAL LID AND FITTINGS AND WOODEN HANDLEON LID - MADE IN ENGLAND NO.30 CR. 40 MARKING ON GLASS CONTAINER - BLOW BUTTER CHURN 3/30 MADE IN ENGLAND. IMPERIAL QUARTS STICKER ATTACHED "BUTTER CHURN" DONATED BY W. HARRIS. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH. "77"local history, domestic item, food preparation -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - TIN OF RAT POISON, FELTON, GRIMWADE & DUERDINS PTY. LTD. 342 FLINDERS LANE, MELBOURNE
POISON USED TO GET RID OF RATS.A SMALL TIN CONTAINER OF RAT POISONlocal history, domestic item, pest control, -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - SEWING MACHINE, Singer Manufacturing Co, 1920
https://www.singermachines.co.uk/faq/singer-sewing-machine-company-history/Singer sewing machine, black with gold, green, red scroll pattern, hand operated, lift up machine attached to wooden base with a wooden coverIn gold on top of machine "The Singer Manufacturing Co." On metal plate base of machine "F9719565" Cover; Gold marking on front of cover "The Singer Mnft Co. TradeMark"sewing, domestic item, singer manufacturing co. -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - WASHING BOARD
Wooden frame with lined glass scrubbing areaOn top of frame printed in ink; "POSSUM" Trademark Sticker on back "24"domestic item, possum brand, washboard -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - BUTTER CHURN
Wooden butter churn, painted blue, inside and outside, box containing churn, with lid. Metal handle with wood.Sticker "Butter churn Tom Wickham"churn, domestic item -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - BUTTER CHURN
Wooden butter churn, metal handle to wood beaters insideNilchurn, domestic item -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - FOOD MINCER, 1890's
No.1 Universal food chopper with 2 cutters L. F. & C. NEW BRITAIN CONN USA PAT Oct 12, 1897 Apr 18, 1898 RE Sep 5, 1899 On Handle; GREAT BRITAIN 24326-97 BREVETE S. G. D. G. 1897 DRP No. 104782 BELGIUM 139446 PAT MAY 15 1900 CANADA PAT OCT 12, 1897 food chopper, univesal brand, domestic item, food mincer -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - KNIFE, GEORGE WOSTENHOLM
KNIFE, SMALL, METAL BLADE WITH WOODEN HANDLE.GEORGE WOSTENHOLM IXL CUTLERY SHEFFIELDlocal history, domestic item, cutlery -
Clunes Museum
functional object - YARN BALL
ROUND BAKELITE BALL TO HOLD YARN TO KEEP IT CLEANlocal history, domestic item, ball to hold wool