This electric kettle/Jug is shaped in the style of the Art Deco period 1930's to 1950's (in Australia). It was at the beginning of the wave of creative kitchen ware to stimulate and impress visitors and uplift what used to be a boring kitchen environment.This "art deco" electric kettle is very significant to the Kiewa Valley because it highlight that rural families and areas where in step (fashion wise) to their city "cousins". In the mid 1900's "the fashion" in Australia was (on the whole) always some years behind that of England and Europe. The years after World war II reduced the time lag between the "advanced fashion" of Europe and England and came in step with the emerging modern American fashion. American "film stars" started have their fashion projected onto the silver screens.This electric Fowler ware is a ceramic hot water jug. Its shape is in the "Art Deco" style of the early 1920's.On base "240V - 1650W" below this "AC ONLY" below this "MODEL No. EEJ" "APP. No. N550" below this "JUG BODY BY" under this and in script style "FOWLER WARE" below this "1583"kitchen appliances, tea/coffee preparation, light refreshments, hospitality offerings, art deco styles in appliances

Electric kettles were invented by the English to speed up tea preparation. In Australia fancy ceramic electric jugs quickly became a status symbol. During the Great Depression era anyone who could offer you a cuppa from a beautiful Electric Kookaburra Jug was considered to be doing well. Made by Nilsen Porcelain Australia in the 193Os, these kettles were unique for their charming art deco bird shape. Nilsen Electric Kookaburra Jugs are now regarded as a classic Australian icon prized by collectors. Oliver John Nilsen was born in Collingwood, Victoria in 1894. In 1916 he began his own electrical business, Oliver J. Nilsen & Co. (later Oliver J. Nilsen (Australia) Ltd). Nilsen's manufactured goods included such diverse products as transformers, bearings, battery chargers, bells, buzzers and gongs, porcelain ware, fuses, insulators and neon signs. Nilsen Porcelain Australia was a smaller company within the Nilsen group. Nilsen still operates as an electro-technology company operating throughout AustraliaThis jug is an excellent example of art deco ceramic appliances of the 1930s to 1950s on both a local and national level. It is also representative of products developed by a major Australian manufacturer. Earthernware ceramic jug, moulded in art deco style to represent an Australian kookaburra.vintage electric kettles, kitchen appliances, nilsen australia

UnknownClock square with rounded corners cream bakelite electric wall clock with art deco style corners. Silver edged clock face with black numbers on silver edge with cream centre. Black filigree hands with a red minute hand. Black adjustment knob at bottom. Made in Great Britain by Smiths Sectric is marked on face. Back is black bakelite 'Smiths English Clocks' 200/250V 50SFC - Reg Trade Mark. Made in England. Instructions to set hands, press and turn knob. Made under one or more Brit. Patents 366710 369 336 374 713 384441 484222. Back is cream with black back and white electric cord with black ring-grip plug 250V - 10amp. Made in Australiahorology, clocks, electrical technology, appliances & accessories

The vintage Speedie toaster is an iconic piece of Australian mid-century kitchenware. Manufactured by the Speedie Manufacturing Co. in Melbourne, these chrome-plated steel toasters were produced from the 1940s through the 1960s. They are renowned for their Art Deco design, "side-loading" flip-down doors, and lasting durability.design, "side-loading" flip-down doors, and lasting durability. Elmaco was an established Australian manufacturer of bakelite plugs, sockets, and electrical accessories. It has an authentic brown bakelite ELMACO plug (rated typically for 10A at 250V) Made in Australia.A vintage Art Deco silhouette style Speedie chrome plated steel two slice electric toaster on a footed base. It has two side-loading flip-down doors on either side with small black plastic or bakelite handles. The bread is placed inside the door, then closed to toast. When it is toasted, the door is opened and the toast flips to toast the other side. It has attached, a black and tan patterned cotton thread covered electrical cord which has three prongs on a black plug. On the top is a five rack stand to hold the cooked toast to keep it warm. There are four vents on each side of the body. The glowing heating element inside is called the nichrome wire which is typically wrapped back and forth across thin, flat sheets of mica, a naturally occurring heat-resistant mineral that serves as an electrical insulator.On the base of the toaster: 'V/Ac/T 5 F 240 volts 550 watts Cat No T 5F B' On the plug: 'ELMACO Made in Australia 24V 10 Amp'kitchen appliances, toasters, kitchenware, kitchen equipment