Period Pot Cupboard
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Circa: 1940s
Features: Blackwood
Dimensions: 59.5cm wide x 75cm high x 45cm depth
Price: (AUD) $85.00
Period Pot Cupboard
Address:
a Byaduk Second-Hand Store
5787 Hamilton-Port Fairy Rd
BYADUK VIC 3301
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Late Victorian Toilet Mirror
Circa: Late Victorian
Features:
Mahogany
2 Drawers
Condition:
Slight split along base of one side.
Small piece missing from back of mirror
Price: (AUD) $220.00
(Can be delivered to your home in Melbourne or a freight depot in Melbourne. Please contact me for further details.)
Toilet Mirror
Toilet Mirror - Rear
Toilet Mirror - Drawers Open
Toilet Mirror - Detail
Mahogany Wine Table (Reproduction)
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Price: (AUD) $125.00
Mahogany Wine Table (reproduction) - stand
Mahogany Wine Table (reproduction)
July 21st, 2009
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Solid Leather Suitcase with Travel Stickers
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Circa: 1920s
Features:
Made by Pausacker & Evans, Melbourne.
Warranted Solid Leather
Three thistle trademark.
Condition:
General wear and tear.
3 straps on front broken
No Key
Dimensions: 68cm wide x 29.5cm high x 37cm depth
Price: (AUD) $95.00
Solid Leather Suitcase - front
Solid Leather Suitcase - RHS
Solid Leather Suitcase - Inside
July 21st, 2009
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From what I can glean the word ‘byaduk’ is not Scottish, despite many tartan settlers in the area, but indigenous. It means either stone axe or running water. With plenty of bluestone chips in the volcanic soil and a permanent stream in Scott’s Creek, it’s hard to choose.
Whatever the origins of the place name, for no particular reason, I have started to collect ducks. Or, if you prefer, I like to buy a duck. And they are flocking in.
My favourites are the vintage wooden decoy ducks, sometimes in cork and often with hand-painted heads and plumage. More often than not there are a few pellet wounds as well.
It is staggering what a range of ducks have been produced in wood, china, plastic and in such a variety of styles. Why are these feathery creatures so popular? Even Leunig features them in his cartoons. The short answer is that there is something very reassuring about a duck.
That may explain why there are quite a few duck fanciers out there. Every time my flock develops, someone comes along to convince me that they need them more than I do. Who can argue? When you are in duck H.Q. (Byaduk) there are always new birds arriving or, if needs be, you can always ’sell a chook and buy-a-duck’!