This fine white unglazed porcelain figurine is one of six donated together. The bisque material was easy to carve and allowed fine detail. Figurine ornaments were popular for table decorations between the mid-18th to early 19th centuries. This ornament was most likely made in Germany, and German manufacturers began to use bisque material to make realistic faces for dolls in the 1850s.The set of six bisque figurines is representative of popular table decorations during the 19th and early 20th centuries.Ornament, fine unglazed white porcelain, carved to represent a woman standing in front of a green vase. flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, bisque, china ornament, white china ornament, german, porcelain, unglazed porcelain, 19th century, 18th century, european ornament, pottery, unglazed pottery, domestic ornament, decoration, table decoration, vase, woman with vase, germany

Ponsonby May CAREW SMYTH Ponsonby May Carew Smyth was born at Cork, Ireland, Carew-Smyth studied at the Belfast School of Art and Design. Carew Smyth taught at the National Art Training School, London and Rugby School. He arrived in Australia in January 1891 , and was appointed Principal of the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery School (Ballarat West Technical Art School) from 1891 to 1899. In 1907 Carew Smyth was Chief Inspector of Art for the Victorian Education Department. He designed commemorative wall plaques for state schools after World War One. In 1936 Carew Smyth was Acting Director of the National Gallery of Victoria. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed pencil drawing of a woman carrying a vase.art, artwork, ponsonby carew-smyth, ballarat west technical art school, victorian education department inspector of art, drawing, art education

Greek community newspaper. Black and white photograph of a woman sitting with a flower vase.greek community

Black and white photo: young woman standing, leaning on sideboard, vase of roses on RH side of photo. Woman is dressed in dark long dress, buttoned down side, white lace collar. Image is edged in pink. On back of image : ' M. Bent, Photographer, Centre of Pall Mall, Sandhurst. Duplicates and enlarged copies on application.'Bent Photo, Pall Mall, Sandhurstperson, individual, female portrait, bendigo, sandhurst, female portrait

This is a photo of Ida Stanton taken while setting up for the Wildflower Show in Halls Gap Hall. The show opened on 28/09/1985.Photo shows a woman wearing a red cardigan with her back to the camera. She is looking at a display of wildflowers in vases, set up on shelves and a trestle table. There are two windows in the background.events, wildflower show

The couple are May & David Mitchell in the front room of their holiday shack called "The Holiday Hut" - built by E.C. Mitchell of Stawell at the site of the Borough Huts. See Rec 586 for more information.The photo shows a man and a woman standing in a room. The walls have been papered. A double shelf behind the man has a china jug/vase on the top section and glasses on the lower one. Two lamps stand on the mantle shelf behind the couple. Both people are wearing glasses and the woman is wearing a cardigan with a cream blouse with a brooch. The man is wearing a tie, shirt and zipped cardigan.buildings, houses

The Tawonga branch of the C.W.A. commenced on the 7th Feb. 1946 and often combined activities with the other branches in the Kiewa Valley. The C.W.A. aimed to improve health, welfare and education for women and children in the country. The members achieved these aims by being involved in handcrafts of all kinds.Women living in Tawonga were mostly on farms and, in 1946, when the branch commenced would have been feeling more remote with WW11 having an effect on available workers and the well being of the women and children.The book has a cover with Autumn colours of flowers in a vase with the title in block letters of pale yellow. It has 47 pages bound by 2 staples. The crafts involve the use of plants in creating decorations.tawonga. country woman's association of australia. crafts. plant crafts.c.w.a.

A mass produced utilitarian item made for domestic decorative use. No history or manufacturing provenance currently available.The subject item at this time cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unknown. The item is assessed as a collection asset as it is believed to have been produced after 1910 and before 1950.Container of pressed metal. The container has a broad, thin lip, and its round body flares outwards towards base, then tapers inwards to a short heel. A loop holding a metal ring is attached to the side, near the top. A decorative geometrical transfer pattern in blue and cream covers the body and inside of the lip. In the centre of one side is a round frame with the portrait of an Egyptian woman within.warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, flower vase, decorative object, tin vase

Sepia photo of wedding group. Five adults. Three men, one seated and two standing. Men are wearing three piece suits, white shirts, butterfly collard and bowties, buttonholes and carrying gloves. Bride's bouquet has long trailing asparagus fern. Dress-length veil and headdress, spectacles. Other woman wears wide-brimmed hat. Flowers in vase on small table. Palms just visible left and right. Inscriptions: on cardboard - 'Croxton 831 High St Northcote Studio'.Croxton Studio, 831 High Street, Northcoteperson, group, wedding, see also 2001.323.01

Shaped, brown wooden picture frame with rectangular picture in the centre and an oval one on each side of it. At each end are carved wooden gumnuts which have been glued on. Some pieces are missing. The left photo is a sepia, waist high portrait of two young women. Both are wearing lacy type dresses with high necklines. One is wearing a locket? and the other a brooch. The centre photo is a young woman sitting at a window. She is wearing a lacy type dress and a bracelet on her right arm and also a ring. There are some flowers in a vase and on her lap. The photo on the right is of an older woman wearing a dark embroidered high neck dress with a white frill collar. She has a brooch at the neckline. Also a waist high portrait.person, family, family, foster & wilson collection, photograph

Colour Photograph: Two People a man and a woman. the man holding a small white vase with blue decorations.

Portrait of a woman seated in an armchair with legs folded and two vases of flowers and a tea service. Signed (L.r) 'Clifton 25-29 April '82'. clifton pugh, portrait, adriane, painting

Professor Vernon PATRICK (1943- ) Born Havre, Montana, United States of America A lecturer at the Montana State University, Vernon Patrick was a visiting artist to the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design (GCAD).Woodfired stoneware vase form. jan feder memorial collection, vernon patrick, ceramics, gippsland campus, artwork, artist, jan feder memorial ceramics collection, patrick vernon

George Sandow was overseer at Mt Bute pastoral station for many years. He married Mary Ann Lewis in 1882 and they had seven children. After living at Gnarrkeet for many years they bought a property near Linton, on what is now the Geelong Road.Black and white copy of original photograph which shows a middle-aged man and a woman seated at a table, on which is a vase of flowers. The man has a beard, and he is holding a document. The woman's hair is parted in the centre and she is wearing glasses.george sandow, mary ann sandow (née lewis)

Dr Briscoe was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Pain Medicine in 2008 and gifted the vase at the end of her term in 2010. Dr Briscoe was the first woman to be appointed Dean of the Faculty. The artist Robert Wynne is an accomplished glass artist in Australia. His artworks are held in significant public and private collections nation wide and overseas. Public collections include the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Artbank and the Queensland Contemporary Art Gallery. Wynne's artworks are also part of the private collections of Bill Clinton, Sir Elton John and the Royal Family Collection of Japan.Tear shaped, emerald green, hand-blown glassEtched on base - DENIZENdr briscoe, penelope (penny), wynne, robert, dean, faculty of pain medicine, fpm

Thought to have originated in Austria in 1869, postcards first gained popularity in Australia in the 1890s.They were used to send short messages to friends and family. This collection was generated by Mary Emma Elliot of Talgarno. Talgarno is a rural locality in Victoria, Australia, situated on the southern shoreline of Lake Hume, about 23 km east of Albury-Wodonga. The collection contains postcards from across the world. Mary Emma Sibley was born in Ironbark, Bendigo in 1859. She married James Elliot in 1893 and they settled at “Kelso”, Talgarno. They had two children – Mona and Sibley. Mary Emma Elliot died in Melbourne in 1944, aged 84 years. Australian postcards collected by Mrs. James Elliot between 1898 and 1915. 1405.341 Winter Scene 1405.342 A Vase of Flowers 1405.343 On the Road 1405.344 Artist's Glen, Lorne, Victoria 1405.345 Knight of the Bath 1405.346 Off on the Wallaby Track 1405.347 Washing-day in Camp 1405.348 Woman and Child 1405.349 A breezy day on a Rocky Coast 1405.350 Allan's Music Shop 1405.351 Rocky Headlands, near Cowes, Phillip Island 1405.352 Birthday Card 1405.353 On the Buffalo River 1405.354 Jack's Creek Aqueduct, Whittlesea 1405.355 River Yarra, Yarra Junction 1405.356 Shire Hall, Warragul 1405.357 Mentone 1405.358 Holiday Resort, Lorne, Vic 1405.359 Botannical Gardens, Ballarat 1405.360 Snow Scene, Ballarat Gardens. 1905 postcards, collecting, collections, talgarno