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MEMENTOSFROM THE WARA jeep in SydneyA cross in Changi
DO YOU RECOGNISETHIS CHAIR?Windsors: England’s mostsuccessful seating design
SLAVIC FOLK TRADITIONSTransforming a pagan symbol into an Easter egg
MECHANICALMUSICAL MARVELSThe original way to build a music libraryFrom music box to jukebox
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FEATURES
10 Windsor chairs
Why are they still in
production
after 300 years?
Michael Harding-Hill
& Robert Parrott
20 Mechanical music boxes
Feats of engineering marvels that
continues to fascinate
Melody Amsel-Arieli
42 Recollections and reminiscences
What the dealer knows
Conrad Blakeman
50 Gingerbread houses:
consider starting your own tradition
We show you how
Margaret McNiven
56 Identifying Australian china
painters 1920-30s
Continuing the series of
articles on Australian
ceramics
Avis Smith
84 The Titanic centenary and sporting
memorabilia:
strange bedfellows
HERITAGE
60 Photographic postcards from Australia:
a historic legacy
Early photographers identified
DESTINATIONS
64 Crossing over into Canada along
Highway 401
Collecting heaven for the
intrepid visitor
Margaret McNiven
KNOWLEDGE BASE
85 Studio Glass Movement
86 OUT & ABOUT
REGULAR FEATURES
46 Online magazines
47 Conundrum
49 Fairs and more
80 Notice board
83 Collectables subscription
94 Advertising rates
96 Advertisers index
WINconundrumenter our prize draw
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Focus on an EASTER TRADITION
24 The Pysansky: an Easter
egg from the Ukraine
Melody Amsel-Arieli
AUCTION INSIGHTS
30 Australian stories in agricultural and
exhibition medals
Acquired for the national collection
Peter Lane
44 Vintage toys up for auction
70 Early Australian minted coins
WHO IS COLLECTING6 A ceremonial trowel
An inspired decision leads to a new
collecting direction
Peter Lane
74 A consuming passion for vesta boxes
Bitten by the collecting bug 40 years ago
and still on the lookout for another piece
Rob Ditessa
In the ANZAC SPIRIT
18 Changi cross
A powerful remembrance honoured
at the Changi Museum
Margaret McNiven
78 A World War II jeep repatriated
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A Sydney ceremonial church
trowel formy collectionCeremonial trowels are used to lay foundation stones
and are a tangible record of an important moment of
time in the history of a building. Trowels are beautiful,
unique and have an aura of excitement; knowing who
held them, and the purpose for which they were used
Ceremonial trowel presentedto James R Fairfax 1887,made of EPNS with ivoryhandle, 32 cm long
Ceremonial trowels forthe Australiana collector.Courtesy Hunters & Collectors
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Symbol of RemembranceThe ChangiCross
Margaret D McNivenS eventy years ago, on 15February 1942, when Japan
invaded Singapore, British-led
troops became prisoners of war
while civilian women, children and
men were interred in Changi Gaol.
A simple brass cross on the altar
of the Changi Chapel within the
Changi Museum of Singapore is a
tribute to the memory of the tens of
thousands who suffered and died in
the cruelty of war.During WWII, POWs built many
chapels within the Changi area, but
not exclusively as statements of faith.
Building, maintaining, furnishing and
meeting at a place of worship were
group acts of resistance to their
captors during the Japanese
occupation from 1942 to 1945.
When a makeshift chapel was
destroyed by guards, another would
be built the next day of twigs,
branches and whatever could be
spared. Whether prayers were
mumbled or intelligence was passed
from kneeling man to man, both
helped in the mental and physical
struggles to survive.In an ecumenical gesture, an
Indian mosque near Changi was
converted to a Church of England
chapel by POWs. It was to be the
first of several called ‘St George’s
Chapel’ after the English saint who
slew the dragon – perhaps soldiers
from the west fighting those from
the east.
The makerNo mass-produced altar cross
adorned the ‘St George’s Chapel.’ Its
maker was Staff Sgt Harry Stogden
of the RAOC who left England with
the 18th Division, and arrived in
Singapore just three weeks before
being captured by the Japanese.
His raw material was the brass
from a 4.5 Howitzer shell, and his
design based on a drawing he was
given of a traditional St George’s
cross. When ‘F’ Force men were sent
to work on the infamous Death
Railway in Thailand, their chaplain
took this, ‘their’ cross, with the POWs
and re-established another chapel in
that fateful camp north of Singapore.
Belated recognitionAt the end of WWII again this cross
travelled; this time from Thailand to
England. It was only recognised as
Stogden’s work in the early 1990s.
He had been taken to Japan as a
slave factory labourer and died at
sea just after WWII ended. Forty years later, in 1995, it
returned to Changi. On 15 February
2001, his son, Bernard Stogden was
invited to place the cross in the new
Changi chapel within the Museum.
Two Changi Chapels to visit
The Chapel in the Changi Museum
of Singapore is a symbolic replica of
the many chapels that were built in
various parts of Singapore during the
Japanese occupation between 1942
and 1945. It is dedicated to the
memory of the tens of thousands of
civilian women, men and children
and Allied Prisoners of War who
were incarcerated in the vicinity of
Changi Prison during WWII.The Changi Chapel at Australia’s
Royal Military College, Duntroon, in
Canberra is one of the many original
chapels found on the liberation of
Singapore at the end of WWII.
Requested by Army Chaplain Father
Lionel Marsden, it had been built as
‘Our Lady Christians Roman Catholic
Chapel’ by Australian POWs and was
dismantled and relocated to
Canberra at the end of the war. It is
dedicated as a national memorial to
all Australian prisoners of war.Lest we forget
The Changi Cross made by Staff Sgt Harry Stogden, 1942-1943,
from a brass 4.5 Howitzer shell. Courtesy Changi Museum
Changi Chapel, Duntroon, Canberra
Now proudly on display, this significant World
War II memento is a reminder of strength and
endurance in the face of great adversity
agricultural and
exhibition medals
for the national collection
australian
stories
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Aldinga (SA) Ploughing completion medal of
1853, won by John Bennett, diam: 45 mm
Peter Lane
David Allen, a respected long-time
collector and dealer, re
cently
decided to dispose of his collec
tion of
agricultural and exhibition medals
through a Noble Numismatics auction
in Sydney. Regarded as one of the most
important collections to com
e on to the
market since the 2008 sale of
the
famous Dr Chapman collection, the sale
attracted buyers from
around Australia.
Although many of the pieces
offered are very rare and highly
desirable, because so many medals
were hitting the market at one
time, and within a gloomy
economic climate, some collectors
and dealers believed the sale
would be a buyer’s market – it
turned out to be a seller’s one. As
well as private collectors, the Allen
collection attracted the attention
of the National Museum of
Australia (NMA). It is anticipated
that a number of the medals
acquired by the NMA will be on
show in their Landmarks and Old
New Land displays.
What the museum
purchased
The NMA medal purchases covered all
states, but particularly medals from
the eastern states. The earliest medal
now in the collection is dated 1853,
and at $9,320 (estimate: $5,000)
was the most expensive purchase. The
medal was presented to John Bennett
who was judged ‘Best Man’ at the
Aldinga (SA) annual ploughing match.
Bennett also received prize money of
five guineas, a considerable sum in
those days. These matches were often
a precursor to agricultural and
horticultural shows.
The most recent medal is dated
1924 and was presented by the Royal
Agricultural Society of Western
Australia to J. N. Cox for his dried
fruit. Cox was based at Coolup on the
southern outskirts of Perth, and was
on the board of the Dried Fruits
Association in WA. The medal was
acquired for $815 which was double
the estimate. After the sale the NMA
curator spoke on national radio about
the medal collection and a
descendant of Cox rang in giving a
fuller account of his forebear.
A collection of Australian
agricultural and
exhibition medals begun
in the early 1960s was
recently sold with
surprising results. Up for
sale were more than
250 medals, of which
over 40 percent were
acquired by the National
Museum of Australia
and hisvesta-box collection
Bill Ryan
Rob Ditessa
When Bill Ryan came across
his first vesta-box some 40
years ago, he discovered an entirely
new category of collectables that
added a fresh aspect to his
collecting interests. After finding
that first vesta, which was made of
sterling silver and cost him $80, in
a Sydney antique shop, Ryan began
fossicking in antique stores and
collectors’ fairs in search of
affordable vestas. Most of the
examples he found were with a
floral pattern and some initials on
the front.
Along the way, he recollects, as he
learned about their history, he also
made a study of hallmarks, which
identify the maker, and place and
date of manufacture. He consults
authoritative reference books that
contain images of vestas, which is
vital for identification purposes. His
other source of information is now
the Internet.
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strike and the direction
it can take you,
as this dedicated
collector discovered
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MEMENTOSFROM THE WARA jeep in SydneyA cross in Changi
DO YOU RECOGNISETHIS CHAIR?Windsors: England’s mostsuccessful seating design
SLAVIC FOLK TRADITIONSTransforming a pagan symbol into an Easter egg
MECHANICALMUSICAL MARVELSThe original way to build a music libraryFrom music box to jukebox
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