Bootmaking Equipment

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From the Collection of Mont De Lancey 71 Wellington Road Wandin North Victoria

Description: Cast iron Heel plate. Miscellaneous Sole plates. Hobnails and a tin of wooden sprigs.
Size: Hell plate: 7.5cm 8.5cm Wooden Sprigs: 1.5cm x 0.3cm
Object Registration: 3113
Keywords: bootmaking tools, nails
Historical information: Wandin Thomas Sebire JP (1867-1960) learnt boot-making as a young man. In a small workshop on his property in Sebire Avenue, Wandin he made boots for family, friends & neighbours. He also repaired boots & made other small leather articles.
Bootmaking is a complex process requiring a variety of tools.
The leather is cut to shape, glazed & burnished (polished) with heated irons. The pieces are stretched onto, & nailed to, a wooden last to form the boot. Once attached to the insole, the boot is finished on a metal last. Uppers are stitched with waxed thread through holes made with an awl. Heels comprise pieces nailed together & neatened with a heel shave.
Metal plates, short nails or hob nails driven into the sole & heel, often in a pattern, improved durability.
Last updated: 8 Jul 2019 at 1:07PM

Record Player

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Portable table model record player in a brown wooden box, with 4 control knobs, and a lift up needle arm.

Inscriptions & Markings

"PL-6S 240Volt AC 48 Watt" "Made in Japan"

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Gramophone

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Portable gramophone in brown wooden box, with lid, wind up handle, pull out needle arm and turntable. Record compartment in lid/cover, in-built speaker, and a leather carry handle. Tin container with needles.

Inscriptions & Markings

"Cuckoo Junior Made in USA"

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Child's Romper Pants

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Child's lemon romper pants (size 18) with button holes and elastic at hem.

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Tin

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Red Benson and Hedges tin, with Royal Crest.

Inscriptions & Markings

"By Appointment Tobacconists to His Majesty the King" "When only the Best Will Do" "Benson and Hedges Super Virginia Cigarette"

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Tin

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Bushells tin container, with lid, yellow painted scenery and people carrying tea in India"

Inscriptions & Markings

"Bushells The Tea of Flavour" "Young, tender leaves, picked fresh and cured slowly, give Bushells Tea that enticing flavour" "Slow, careful curing imprisons the fragrant sap-juice within the young tender leaves of Bushells Tea"

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Carving Dish

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Wedgewood china, white carving dish, with black decoration around the rim.

Historical information

Gift to Wandin Museum by Mrs. K. Bourke of Hawthorn.

Inscriptions & Markings

"Wedgewood & Co. Ltd. England"

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Carving Dish

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Large china carving dish, patterned blue and white, with a scalloped edge.

Historical information

Part of a Wedding present Dinner Service. Used in Australia.

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Film Projector

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Electric powered, metal film projector, reel to reel, lens, and lighting aperture.

Inscriptions & Markings

"Paillard" "Swiss Made" "Curant Model No. D.A."

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Magazines

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

4 x Australian Women's Weekly magazines. Dated:- 1. December 4, 1943; 2. July 29, 1944; 3. August 5, 1944; and 4. September 2, 1944. All were priced at 4d.

Historical information

In November 1932, Frank Packer and Ted Theodore purchased the World, a struggling afternoon newspaper owned and operated by the Australian Workers' Union in Sydney, and re-branded it as the Star. Approached by Sir Hugh Denison, who enjoyed a monopoly over the Sydney newspaper market, they were offered 86,500 Pounds to close the paper if they agreed not to publish a morning, evening or Sunday newspaper within a 300-mile radius of the city for three years. Packer and Theodore accepted the offer, the the Weekly was a way of skirting the embargo, it would be a women's newspaper, and it would be self-sufficient. George Warnecke envisioned the Weekly as a publication with an Australian outlook, appealing to all sections of society, and offering an element of news in every article, whether it concern fashion, cookery, or parenting. When the first issue appeared in Sydney on June 10, 1933, it was printed in black-and-white newspaper format and priced at twopence per copy, "the biggest value in the world". It had sold out by lunchtime.

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Telephone

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Black wall type bakelite telephone, with finger operated metal dial, and combined earpiece and mouthpiece attached to a cord.

Historical information

A type of early telephone used in Wandin, Victoria, Australia.

Inscriptions & Markings

"Listen for dial tone" "Wandin 64 4546"

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Telephone

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Wind-up, wall type telephone, with a mouthpiece, ear piece and twin bells.

Historical information

A type of early telephone used in Wandin, Victoria, Australia.

Inscriptions & Markings

"Listen before calling"

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Chair

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Brown wooden collapsible deck chair, with wooden slats attached to canvas straps for the seat. Nine (9) wooden dowling pieces on the back of the seat, and two (2) armrests.

Historical information

Brought from Guernsey to Campbell's Creek, Victoria on the Brig "Lydia" by Mr. A.H. Bienvenu in 1853. Kindly given by Miss Noel Bienvenu in 1995.

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Chair

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Brown wooden miniature chair with floral tapestry seat, and floral tapestry tear-drop shape in back panel.

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Chair

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Wooden 'bell' shaped chair with armrests, and 9 pies of turned wood in the upper part. Seat is made of particle board.

Historical information

Used by Principal of Wandin East Primary School. Donated by teacher, Mrs. Margot Capuano.

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Chair

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Wooden 'Mothering' chair, with a low seat, and a high panel back, with has a heart shape cut-out.

Historical information

Chip-carved by the Late Miss E.M. Lord in 1899.

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Table

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Octagonal shaped occasional table, with chip-carved surface, legs and base, with a shelf below the table top.

Historical information

The Late Miss E.M. Lord chip-carved the table in 1900.

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Clock

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Wooden round wall clock with a white dial, which is losing paint, set in a wooden frame, with Roman numerals.

Historical information

Original clock from Wandin North Post Office, Circa 1920.

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Clock

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Wooden wall clock with a white round clock face. With Roman numerals, and a brass pendulum enclosed in a glass faced compartment. With a brass presentation plaque below the clock, on the wooden pole.

Historical information

Brass plaque:- "This clock was presented to the MDL Museum to mark the 90th birthday of Mr. Neville Lord Gift from Mrs Annette Lord 22:1:1995"

Inscriptions & Markings

"Gerber" "Quartz"

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Sewing Machine

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Treadle sewing machine in a wooden cabinet, with fold out lid, and a pull out drawer below the machine, and a foot operated treadle below.

Historical information

Used by Mrs. Alice Hoiles of Wandin North, Victoria, Australia.

Inscriptions & Markings

"Wertheim" "Made in Germany"

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Sewing Machine

Mont De Lancey, Wandin North

Treadle sewing machine in wooden cabinet with a fold out lid, and opening door, and a foot operated treadle below. Gold floral painting on plate and machine body, and a bag of 'feet'.

Inscriptions & Markings

"Victor Medium CS Serial Number 173897"

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