Showing 5 items matching "cranberry glass"
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Hymettus Cottage & Garden BallaratFunctional object - Sugar bowl, Cranberry glass sugar bowl
... Cranberry glass sugar bowl...Cranberry glass...This cranberry glass sugar bowl was a wedding gift to Eleanor and Archibald Burke of Dooboobetic upon their marriage in 1902. ...It passed to their daughter Mary (Taffe) and has remained at Hymettus, the Taffe family home at Ballarat since she moved there with her husband in 1945. Cranberry glass glass condiments Cranberry glass sugar bowl Functional object Sugar bowl ...This cranberry glass sugar bowl was a wedding gift to Eleanor and Archibald Burke of Dooboobetic upon their marriage in 1902. It passed to their daughter Mary (Taffe) and has remained at Hymettus, the Taffe family home at Ballarat since she moved there with her husband in 1945.cranberry glass, glass, condiments -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Whale Oil Lamp, n.d
... Whale oil lamp, round base, metal painted pink; weighted base to make it self-righting if knocked. 5 cm cranberry glass chimney, wick winder....Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Whale oil lamp, round base, metal painted pink; weighted base to make it self-righting if knocked. 5 cm cranberry glass chimney, wick winder. Functional object Whale Oil Lamp ...Whale oil lamp, round base, metal painted pink; weighted base to make it self-righting if knocked. 5 cm cranberry glass chimney, wick winder. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)Lights, Victorian kerosene banquet lamp, c1900
... A Victorian kerosene banquet lamp, with a gilded metal quad footed base, cranberry glass oil reservoir with geometric patterns, original etched, yellow, glass globe shade and clear glass chimney. ...Prior to the introduction of gas and electricity these lamps provided light after sunset for the early settlers, as they established their farms and businesses, in Moorabbin Shire. early settlers. pioneers follett w moorabbin bentleigh brighton ormond market gardeners kerosene paraffin lights lamps candles A Victorian kerosene banquet lamp, with a gilded metal quad footed base, cranberry glass oil reservoir with geometric patterns, original etched, yellow, glass globe shade and clear glass chimney. ...The kerosene lamp is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. Kerosene lamps have a wick or mantle as light source, protected by a glass chimney or globe; lamps may be used on a table, or hand-held lanterns may used for portable lighting. There are three types of kerosene lamp: traditional flat wick, central draught (tubular round wick), and mantle lamp. The side screws adjust the length of the wick and hence the strength of the flame / light produced. Prior to the introduction of gas and electricity these lamps provided light in households after sunset.Prior to the introduction of gas and electricity these lamps provided light after sunset for the early settlers, as they established their farms and businesses, in Moorabbin Shire.A Victorian kerosene banquet lamp, with a gilded metal quad footed base, cranberry glass oil reservoir with geometric patterns, original etched, yellow, glass globe shade and clear glass chimney. There are 2 side screws for adjusting the flame.early settlers. pioneers, follett w, moorabbin, bentleigh, brighton, ormond, market gardeners, kerosene, paraffin, lights, lamps, candles -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Domestic object - Ruby Glass Bowl
... Ruby glass aka Cranberry glass was first made in the late Roman Empire. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields Ruby glass aka Cranberry glass was first made in the late Roman Empire. ...Ruby glass aka Cranberry glass was first made in the late Roman Empire. The glass is made by adding gold salts or colloidal gold to molten glass. Because of the gold inclusion, true Ruby Glass is expensive to produce and usually reserved for small batches of decorative items.Ruby Cut Glass Bowl with fluted sides, frilled around top. Star pattern in base heavily patterned with diamond shapes on sides.ruby glass, bowl -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionDrawing, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Astroloma Humifusum (Cranberry Heath), 1982
... Cranberry Heath). CEW/82 (artist's signature, lower left in image) (coloured pencil). Back: 10 (upper left) (pen) Different detail studies of plant. From top-bottom, right to left are a side study of red flower with elongated petals in tube shape. Stem with three pale-gree leaves. Top view of dark green leaf with serated edges. Stem and flower bud study. 2 stems joined with many clusters of spikey green leaves coming off central stems and 6 flowers and 3-4 buds. A seed study. A view into tube of flower. Work mounted in double matt (taupe on sage) under glass ...Part of "Woolcock Gallery Collection" Exhibition 1989 CEMA.Different detail studies of plant. From top-bottom, right to left are a side study of red flower with elongated petals in tube shape. Stem with three pale-gree leaves. Top view of dark green leaf with serated edges. Stem and flower bud study. 2 stems joined with many clusters of spikey green leaves coming off central stems and 6 flowers and 3-4 buds. A seed study. A view into tube of flower. Work mounted in double matt (taupe on sage) under glass in gold frame. Artists signature next to last flower study, lower left.Front: Astroloma humifusum (Cranberry Heath). CEW/82 (artist's signature, lower left in image) (coloured pencil). Back: 10 (upper left) (pen)cema, botanical, collin woolcock
