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February - favourite items, from Carlton ware to snail shells

4/3/2020

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The first 2020 meeting of Collectors drew 16 people, most of whom brought along some of their favourite items.  They included Dorothy’s diminutive Peter Pan sewing machine and very old ivory elephant, Robyn’s Carlton ware, Wilma’s teapots and linen tea towels, Helen’s family lace collection and Shirlie’s commemorative English royal family books and a handmade coronation procession skirt.

Judith brought her pride and joy, a fuchsia Royal Winton Grimwades dish, while Jenny brought a coloured handle Wiltshire cutlery set, won by someone in a 1964 golf competition.

Wendy had an elegant art deco, chalkware figurine of a dancing couple and a replica anointment spoon from Edward’s coronation and Jennifer brought a Carlton Ware cup and saucer and a Royal Staffordshire strawberry dish.

Jacquie showed an ammonite fossil of a coiled shell from either the Jurassic or Cretaceous period, ammonites being a squid like creature.

Heather and Alan both had unusual objects.

Heather’s were stress squeeze toys in various shapes including one which held special meaning for her. The stress squeeze police car was a lasting reminder of the 1986 Russell Street police headquarters bombing and the man who pushed her and others through a back door to safety. Not employed by Victoria Police, Heather had been doing work in the records office for another company on that day, which killed one policewoman and injured 22 people.

Alan, a collector of shells for 70 years, said he had not chosen his most valuable object, but decided to bring two common garden snails, one of which was an oddity.

Shells are usually sinistral with their aperture on the right but one of the snails he had stumbled across had its shell opening on the left.

It was decided Collectors’ next meeting would be on Labor Day, Monday, March 9 from 10am and the theme would be metal.

​Jacquie
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    ​Do you enjoy 'Antiques Roadshow' and 'Bargain Hunt' on TV?  Have you a collection or the beginnings of one?  ‘Collectors’ is for people who enjoy collecting and seeing the collections of others.   Sessions take the form of ‘show and tell’, with participants bringing along an item or a collection to share with others in the group.  Items shown last year ranged from the quirky to the beautiful.  They may be inherited, be valuable antiques or items purchased from the Op Shop but which you enjoy.  It is hoped to have a guest speaker for one session to help us develop skills in identifying and valuing our purchases.  Please bring along to the first session one or two of your favourite items and be prepared to ‘show and tell’. 

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