Historical information

These items were made by Stella Turner who operated a business called Clematis Crafts which sold locally as well as interstate and overseas especially to Embassies. Stella was also a poet and an author and had played cello with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Significance

These are examples of local wildflowers arranged and pressed by a local artist.

Physical description

Two pressed wildflower arrangements mounted in identical cardboard frames, covered with clear cellophane

Inscriptions & markings

On front of first image, handwritten: 'Fog Grass / Flannel Flowers'
On front of second image, handwritten: 'Mountain Moss / Field Wood Rushes'
On back of both images, seller's stamp: ' Australian Wild Flowers / by / Clematis Crafts'