Blogroll and malcolm enright and urban archaeology blogging, collections, fashion, handmade, silver, the good things 2:01 pm
Georgian silver finely engraved button – Scottish with a running fox. Found in London and into the studio collection although Barbara’s dog collection that I’ve been building for twenty years or so now needs a resort as she keeps taking pieces into her secret realm . . . dogs (foxes) especially!
Blogroll and malcolm enright and urban archaeology bespoke, blogging, collections, exhibition, fashion, handmade, objects with text, research, the good things 2:56 pm
Glenn Cooke was offered the three pieces by Sharon at Lancasters in Toowoomba ages ago, he scooped the two chairs as they had wood and more particularly tooled leather work. He declined the deeply carved table from the set which shows her family crest by marriage, that of the Robinson clan. We are so fortunate to own this piece of early Queensland cabinetry using local timbers by an important female maker.
Anna Craig / Miss Lubke was trained as a leather worker, was born Anna Charlotte Lubke in Hanover, Prussia, grand-daughter of the Count von Hartung. George Hulber of Hamburg had revived the ancient art of leatherwork and was accorded considerable fame in Europe at the time; Miss Lubke was one of his few students. She practised her leatherwork in Hamburg, then moved to London where she won awards, including a diploma for a leather-bound book at the 1896 East London Trades, Industries and Arts Exhibition. She was employed as private secretary to Princess Beatrice of Battenberg. Anna came to Australia in 1898 as companion to the wife of the owner of the Valley of Lagoons, a station on the Upper Burdekin, North Queensland. There she met, and the following year married at Ingham, Charles Baker Craig. She spent her early married years at the Valley of Lagoons. Housework was performed by Aboriginal servants so she had time to devote to her craft. Later Mr Craig acquired a property, Craigmore, in the Toowoomba district and the family moved between the two. Mrs Craig exhibited her leather and marquetry work with the Toowoomba branch of the Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland from 1902 to 1920; in 1914 her embossed panels included Phoebus and Apollo , Diana and Mermaid . In 1920 she received silver medals for her embossed leatherwork exhibits. She also showed leatherwork at the 1907 exhibition of the Austral Association. A leather screen and an album cover were exhibited in the preliminary Brisbane Women’s Work Exhibition that year; when shown in Melbourne the screen was awarded a first and a special prize in its class. She received a Queensland Jubilee Medal for her piano stool in leather work at the 1909 Queensland National Agricultural and Industrial Association (QNAIA) Exhibition at Brisbane and prizes for embossed leather work at the Rockhampton Agricultural Society Shows in 1917, 1918, 1933-36. In 1922 the Craigs moved to Waverley Road, Taringa, Brisbane, and Anna began to exhibit regularly with the QNAIA. Between 1925 and 1936 she was awarded several prizes for her leatherwork and marquetry staining. From Glenn Cooke’s biography of her in 1995.
Blogroll and malcolm enright and urban archaeology blogging, exhibition, primitive objects, the good things 11:48 am
Facebook has been a-buzz this week with postings and the like, lots of you might have missed this but don’t miss the gig on the night? It’s a show about Australian music. Jordie and David Kilby collect records and RareCollections is their way of sharing some of the interesting stories and music they dig up.
A direct link
The link to the entire recorded show
Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and urban archaeology Australian gardens, blogging, the good things 8:31 pm
In the very first days we arrived we hosted Dr Gael Phillips & Adelle Outteridge-Field who are both Barbara’s distant cousins – they were off to a Longford family get-together. Here we are at Punch’s place at Tunbridge, the place is now left to fall down by the Lodge family.
We also missed David and Anne Kirnke and didn’t mention folks in Oatlands we saw (Monica and Kevin) and missed (Debra and Cam).
Blogroll and malcolm enright and urban archaeology Australian gardens, collecting, the good things 5:32 pm
Pat wants the recipe and Barb isn’t too sure about some amounts – we will figure it out
Blogroll and malcolm enright and urban archaeology bespoke, blogging, fashion, research, the good things 6:12 pm
‘closer’ weighs in over our gram scales’ capicity, 307 bleed pages and 43mm thick – one well dressed human after another. His old blog redirects itself to here. Barbara found a second hand copy when we were in Sydney last, nice find.
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Blogroll and malcolm enright and urban archaeology blogging, found photography, the good things 10:08 am
Yes, his wall clock needed attention, hence the note to remind me to attend to it on Boxing Day. His prowess at the pool table will be challenged but a word of warning – don’t bet on your friends!
O.K. – party pics ( 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 ) and an update: Ended up being two parties at the same place 12:00 noon for the family and all the kids then after two games of pool with eldest son (malE), all his cronies turned up at 3:00pm and I left at 3:30pm
“poppy’ as he is known to his great grandchildren won both games of pool, it was down to the black first game and I went in off the black and down to the black in the second game, I kept playing it safe and trying to snooker him but he potted that black and so it was two-nil . . . what fun to see Dick in his element!
barbara heath and Blogroll and malcolm enright and urban archaeology blogging, collections, recycling, research, the good things 5:16 pm
The other side of the entrance to the Bacon show, we loved it. The AGNSW show was pretty well the *John Russell viewpoint, to me – but that was my first view of Bacon’s work (until the first time I viewed them at the Tate). I hated the glass over the canvas, understandable but regrettable. Tony Bond’s video clip was a treat, especially his ‘void’ comments/observations. I have always loved Bacon’s constructed grounds, the doorways and the flat panels behind the figures, *Thames and Hudson published John Russell’s work on Bacon in 1971 which I read at the time. Alas the reproductions were so small but the friendships, the precursors, the sitters, the lovers were all recorded in his detailed chronology. Amongst John Waterman’s library was a new copy of ’7 Reece Mews’ – Francis Bacon’s Studio published in 2001 by Thames and Hudson and penned by John Edward’s – the sole heir to the booty, since gifted and spirited away to Dublin.
yep, no photography allowed – my movie of the day – HERE
Those Kaldor works are all wonderful, Jeff Koons and mal E and Bh
Playing around at Bruce McLeod’s shop in South Dowling Street, the three of us surprised him – he is my good friend and life-long dealer in special objects. Just celebrated his 83rd birthday.
Back at the Boulevarde where I stayed 1979–1984 while working with David and Leo at SSB
Blogroll and malcolm enright and urban archaeology blogging, the good things 11:27 am
Blogroll and jeweller to the lost - commisions and jeweller to the lost - sculpture and malcolm enright and urban archaeology 11:11 am
The top shot of Lot 116 – A collection of seven egg drainers 1775–1790 – SOLD for £937 Six in creamware, the other in pearlware with a blue rim, each pierced with a different geometric pattern, the handles either moulded as scallop shells or applied loops of ropetwist, 8.8cm to 9.8cm wide (some with fine cracks or chips) (7)
Lot 117 - Three creamware drainers and a hot water plate, circa 1785-95 – SOLD for £750 All with intricate pierced patterns, comprising a Wedgwood drainer of circular form with a blue line border with black gadrooning, 31cm diam, impressed WEDGWOOD, P, incised numerals, two drainers of oval form, 33.8cm diam and 25.1cm diam the meat plate with a hollow interior pierced with a slit for filling with water, with a scroll work rim,24.3cm diam (4)
Next thing we know – the Muzda aka Ray Norman will be onto me to post this on collect eleven
