Vintage table top display
Old timber work tray converted to a table top cubby display unit for those small vintage collectables.
Industrial lighting
Vintage brass bucket siphon pumps which were common farm equipment in the 1940’s and 50’s have be upcycled into elegant table lamps utilising the foot stands and extension spray rods from the pumps along with the…
Vintage door knobs
These vintage Australian door knobs are a regular find in sheds, recycle centres, demolition yards and second hand supply yards. They can be tin brass plain ornate in pristine condition and quite beat…
1942 WW2 Army canvas bag
A 1942 Australian army khaki canvas bag to hold an army issue gas respirator and its accessories. The bag has an overlapping top flap with two press stud fasteners in each corner and…
Vintage 1952 Elna 1 Grasshopper
Made January of 1952 this Swiss made Elna 1 was the first of its kind with production starting in 1940 and going through to mid 1952 when they brought out the next model…
100 year + Butter Churn
This butter churn was purchased cheaply because it didn’t work. Not that there is a big call for churning butter at home these days. It came fixed to an old board and was badly rusting…
Vintage Sports Field Line Marker.
This is a “Newmark” sports field line marker and would have been used in the 1960s to lay out the boundaries of a football field or tennis court. It originally had a push…
Vintage Scale. – S.A. Scale Company
This refurbished scale now utilised as a fruit plate was discovered in a shed and had been colonised by mud wasps. Looking good now this vintage scale needed quite a bit of help to come…
Coca-Cola vintage crate display
Hung on a wall or placed on a side table this old Coca-Cola bottle crate has ‘the look’ to be utilised as a display frame that only gets better with the addition of…
Anti-Shok Vintage Table Lamp
This 20cm high electrical transformer box stood out in the discard pile at the local dump because of its retro name plate and its distressed and faded industrial paint finish. Long past its use-by…
Upcycle Vintage Lamp
This vintage Willow tin funnel was found in a home workshop amongst many old tools. The original finish has oxidised giving it a deep rich appearance that is enhanced by the designed roll top…
Industrial Metal Box.
Vintage heavy duty industrial metal box with a paint finish that could not be faked. It has taken years of neglect to get this sort of authentic look and what a fine job someone has done. There…
Vintage Olympia Portable Typewriter
1977 Olympia Traveller mechanical portable typewriter. Great little unit in good condition Serial number 15-3535175. This one is white with black trim complete with case. Fully mechanical, no power needed, just take the case…
Millinery block
Vintage millinery crown and brim block used to mould and shape a hat. It is a 21.5 inch crown and 43.5 inch brim. It is made of Australian hardwood and is in great condition….
Vintage smokers stand lamp
Smokers stands were a convenient way of having an ash tray at elbow height while you listened to a radio and shortened your life smoking cigarette after cigarette. Not in great demand these days this…
Monkey Box Table Lamp
This vintage stucco monkey box, was rescued from the ‘outdated / discard pile’ mainly because of the patina of the galvanised tin and rusted fittings. It has a utilitarian feel about it and…
Industrial Display Unit.
This 60cm (24″) high x 30cm (12″) wide display is a repurposed metal filing drawer that had been discarded and left to rust in the weather – and what a great idea that was….
Vintage Barrel
This barrel was used to send Sodium Phosphate from London to Brisbane around 1940. It was recently “cleaned out” of a shed where it had been for the last 60 odd years. The markings…
Crown No.12 Circular Mirror
A washing machine of sorts from the 1930’s, the ‘Crown Copper’ was in fact a pot on legs with an enamelled casing around it that you boiled clothes in, along with a little soap and kerosene…
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