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Category Archives: Collectibles
May Your Cup Runneth Over and Be Squashed
Left: Paper cup and straw by Jasper Jacobsen, Time’s Black Arrow (2014). Jasper Jacobsen is a Melbourne-based artist currently completing a Master of Contemporary Art degree at the Victorian College of the Arts. Centre: This paper cup was found in … Continue reading
Posted in Collectibles, QuestionableArt, RubbishArt
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Scusi, Venice the Next Vaporetto to Murano?
Murano Glass is a famous product of the Venetian island of Murano. Most Murano glass art is made using the lamp working technique, where the glass is made from silica, which becomes liquid at high temperatures. As the glass passes … Continue reading
Posted in Collectibles, DecorativeArts, Glass
Tagged millefiori, Murano, murano glass, Venetian glass
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Bathroom Blues? Let Freddie the Frog Come to the Rescue On Demand
Arkie by Brett Whiteley (1967) oil mixed media on canvas on board (Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria). Australian Avant-garde artist Brett Whiteley (born Sydney, 7 April 1939 – died 15 June 1992) is well represented in many Australian galleries and was … Continue reading
A tureen to help store your emotional cabbage?
Above: Cabbage Tureen by Paul-Antoine Hannong, from Hannong Factory Strasbourg, Alsace, France (ca 1754-1762) – Faience earthenware (tin-glazed), 21.2 × 34.6 × 33.1 cm (Collection of National Gallery of Victoria, International). Faience (tin-glazed earthenware) and porcelain were the principal products of the … Continue reading
Posted in Ceramics, Collectibles, DecorativeArts, Gallery Art, Porcelain
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There is Nothing Harder at Task for Haida the Mask
Among the Haida people from the Pacific Northwest of North America existed secret religious societies that performed dances in which they wore wooden masks or carried wooden puppets that represented gagid, or the spirits of the forest. A gagid mask … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Carvings, Collectibles, DarkArt, DecorativeArts, Sculpture
Tagged gagid, Haida Mask, Haida Masks, potlatch
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Callooh! Callay! for Calouste is Okay
Above: Dragonfly brooch once adorned by Sarah Bernhardt to whom it was lent by friend Calouste Gulbenkian. A corsage ornament which consists of dragonfly with griffon’s paws and green female torso whose face is supposed to be of Sarah herself. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Collectibles, DecorativeArts
Tagged Calouste Gulbenkian, Dragonfly brooch, Lalique, Sarah Bernhardt
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Whoop Oop De Boop
Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. According to Wikipedia, the caricature of a Jazz Age flapper, Betty Boop was described in a 1934 court case as:”combining in appearance … Continue reading
Posted in Collectibles, Illustrations
Tagged Betty Boop, caricatures, cartoons, Comic heroes
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There’s a Bear Out There… and What The Steiff Would I Know!
Above: Teddy Bear by Steiff (ca 1912) 48cm. German designer Richard Steiff was born on February 7, 1877 in the German city of Giengen. In 1897 at the age of 20, Steiff joined his aunt Margarete’s toy making enterprise. While … Continue reading
Posted in #Games&Toys, Collectibles, nostalgia
Tagged Richard Steif, Steiff Bears, Steiff Teddy Bears, Teddy Bears
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Try Your Luck and Maybe Spend a Buck at the Fryerstown Antique Fair
Fryerstown Antique Fair will celebrate its 42nd anniversary in 2017. It is held on the surrounding days of the Australia Day holiday on January 25th each year. The popular annual event has grown from strength to strength each year and … Continue reading
Posted in Bone China, Ceramics, CigaretteCards, Collectibles, Crystal, Glass, Hard Paste Porcelain, Marbles, Paperweights, Perfume Bottles, Porcelain, Postcards, Sculpture, Snowdomes, Soft paste Porcelain, Stained Glass, Stamps, SwapCards, Tea Towels
Tagged Fryerstown Antique Fair, Fryerstown Antique Market
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Good Morning Vietnam!
On 25 April, 2016 Australia and New Zealand celebrated ANZAC Day joint war and conflict commemorations, with a special emphasis on the celebration of the Australian involvement in the Vietnam Veterans 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, in … Continue reading
An Annalisa enigma
I saw a show on TV a while ago where the presenters focussed on a private collector’s specialty – Decorative label surrounds for tinned tomatoes – especially those from Italy and Spain. Needless to say his collection was vast and … Continue reading
Posted in Collectibles, Cover Art, Edible Art, Illustrations
Tagged annalisa, Annalisa tinned tomatoes, Italian tinned tomatoes, Lodato, Salerno, Senesi, tinned tomatoes
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Bring a plate
A tip for young players – “Bring a plate” is a term which is often used to party invitees. It’s a form of entertaining where costs and provisions are shared by all invited guests. You bring a plate of savoury … Continue reading
Posted in Ceramics, Collectibles, Gallery Art, Porcelain
Tagged #Porcelain, #Pottery, Cauldon pottery
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