Vintage Rouge stick and container
1.5 inch / 35mm long polished steel container with rouge stick found in a vintage makeup purse.
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…
Bakelite Biscuit canister
Vintage EON Bakelite art deco biscuit kitchen canister Cream with raised red lettering It is in really good condition, the colours are still great and would make a great kitchen display piece. It stands 20cm…
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…
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 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…
Vintage School Case
This terrific child’s school case from the 1940’s measuring 40cm x 25cm x 10cm deep was part of a deceased estate and contained a few games, toys and pencils in a pencil case all from…
Homing Pigeon carry box.
Circa 1940 three compartment vintage carry box for homing pigeons. Just a fantastic piece with well worn wire cage imbedded into a pine painted frame. There is still a decent hint of the…
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This vintage stucco monkey box, was rescued from the ‘outdated / discard pile’ mainly because of the patina of the galvanised tin and rusted fittings.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…
Vintage Trunk Coffee Table
This trunk was found at a garage sale and the outside was completely covered in rust. It had been in the family for years and in the shed for as long as they…
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 Oil Pouring Can
One pint oil can with pouring spout and cork stopper in well used condition.
Vintage Wooden Trays
Two wooden trays circa 1930s made from Australian cedar and old clear pine. Both items have the 100 year patina look and are simply made for use as a utility item. The cedar…
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…
Plumbers wooden turnpins
These old wooden cones were acquired simply because they are beautiful objects and a curiousness about what they could have been used for. The smallest is 7cm (2.75 inches) tall and the largest…
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