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- You See Him Here | You See Him There | Mitchell’s Art is Everywhere
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- If Deb’s Art Was on Air, It Would Be Debonair
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- The Raft of the Medusa and Two Naked Men
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Archive
Category Archives: Tea Towels
I’m Spinning Around | The Famous Hill’s Hoists
The Australian invention Hill’s Hoists outdoors clothes line transformed backyards across Australia in years after World War Two (WW2) due to a couple of wayward fruit trees behind a house in an Adelaide suburb. Lance Hill of Glenunga returned home … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gallery Art, Illustrations, nostalgia, Paintings, Tea Towels
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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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A wipe of tea towels (dish towels)
Plenty of people collect tea towels and there is probably a collector’s term ending in -ology which relates to it, but what about a collective noun. Could it be something like a ‘wipe of tea towels?’. Wikipedia provides some historical … Continue reading
Posted in Collectibles, Tea Towels
Tagged Art, collectible art, Collectibles, dish towels, Irish linen, linen cloth, tea towels
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