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DECEMBER 2010 - FEBRUARY 2011 9 771445 816006 ISSN 1445-8160 Aust $9.95 NZ $13.95 TRA Unearthing neglected Australian ART WARES An introduction to the art of SILVERSMITHING A craft that is as modern as it is ancient From jewellery to restoration GIFT IDEAS FOR ALL SEASONS Catering to all ages, generations and interests HOLIDAY TRAVELS Themed for the collector and family HOW TO Make a visit to a fair child friendly ONLINE @ worldaa.com AUSTRALASIA’S LEADING ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES MAGAZINE

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Unearthing neglected Australian

ART WARESAn introduction to the art of

SILVERSMITHINGA craft that is as modern as it is ancient

From jewellery to restoration

GIFT IDEAS FOR ALL SEASONSCatering to all ages, generations and interests

HOLIDAY TRAVELSThemed for the collector and family

HOW TOMake a visit to a fair child friendly

ONLINE @worldaa.com

AUSTRALASIA’S LEADING ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES MAGAZINE

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WINT R A D E R

Collectables

conundrumenter our prize draw

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In this editionAUSTRALIANA FEATUREAustralian art potters discovered

12 Amy Harvey from Western Australia

Dr Dorothy Erickson

36 Victoria’s Gwen Watson

Robin Kelly

BUILDING YOURKNOWLEDGE BASE80 The cassone – a marriage or wedding chest

HOLIDAY SPECIAL20 How to visit a fair with children

Heather Zubek

52 Gift ideas for the holiday season and more

INSIGHTS ONPRECIOUS METALS 16 Rebuilding the Lakes Cup

Dennis De Muth

42 From the UK: Jacqueline Mina’s jewellery

Amanda Stücklin

64 Investing in Australian military memorabilia

Peter Lane

NEW COLLECTINGTHEMES32 Board games as a fun collectable

Rob Ditessa

74 Lacquer ware from Russia

Melody Amsel-Arieli

TRAVEL FEATURE 6 New Orleans through the eyes of an

expert dealer

Roy Williams

58 For the family

South Australia’s National Railway Museum

Moana Colmer

68 Explore Vietnam’s art deco heritage

Dr Margaret D McNiven

REGULAR FEATURES46 Online magazines

47 Conundrum

49 Collectables fairs

50 Collectables subscription

85 Out & about

88 Bulletin board

95 Advertising rates

96 Advertisers’ Index

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New OrleansRoy Williams

N ew Orleans looks

precisely like the

Brisbane I grew up in

during the 60s and 70s. Old

Brisbane was a gracious, rambling

colonial city, all 19th century iron

lace strangled by bougainvillea.

That city has long since been

demolished and transformed into a

Dallas, Texas clone. One of the

reasons I love New Orleans is that

it allows me to go back to a very

much idealised version of my

childhood home town.

It certainly looks absolutelynothing like Paris! Nevertheless,residents of French colonial NewOrleans shock me every time I amthere by asking, ‘Doesn’t NewOrleans look just like Paris?’

While the two cities could not bemore different physically, spirituallythey are indeed sisters. Here aretwo cities where life is viewed as anart. Gastronomy is not generally agreat passion in the US, butLouisiana is a food oasis, rich withCreole and Cajun culture. NewOrleans gave us the cocktail, praisebe! There is also an appreciation offaded elegance – worn luxury –

As the Australian dollar rises

now is the time for a trip to

the USA. If planning to go down

south, our feature article by

noted antiques dealer Roy

Williams on historic New

Orleans is an invaluable guide

timeless and historic a city of nostalgic remembrances

Travel Feature

1 Oak Alley Plantation is the one used in many films, fromGone With the Wind to Interview with the Vampire

2 Royal Street, New Orleans

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Dennis De Muth

The Lakes Cup, once a

prized and valued silver

trophy, was in a sorry state

when rescued. Only the large silver

base complete with inscriptions

survived, its large cup/bowl and

wooden plinth were missing.

Nothing else pertaining to the

trophy was found so it is conjecture

that the bowl would also originally

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The restitution of anabandoned trophy

Sporting history reclaimed

WJ Sanders was

presented with a

formidable task: the

rebuilding of what

was once a prized

golfing trophy that

had come to be

dumped in a golf

club’s basement

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Board Games

Rob Ditessa

S ome collectors are

keen to keep their board

games in pristine

condition, but the only reason

Tommy adds a game to his

collection is that he wants the

enjoyment of using it. Before

coming to the realisation that he

was a ‘collector,’ Tommy says his

wife suspected it as she watched

her precious storage space in their

home slowly disappear under an

ever-increasing number of games.

‘Once you start doing little thingslike plastic bagging your pieces,laminating rules and other papercomponents and even getting extrabits to replace the plainer things ina game, then you start to see youare in deeper than you think,’ hetells Collectables.

As an enthusiast computer andconsole games player, he had quitea collection, but slowly began toremember what fun it was playingwith board games as a child, asopposed to the solitary experienceof console games.

Coincidentally, he met someone

Celebrated comedian Tommy Dean describes his

collecting board games as a passionate pastime

geared towards having fun

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More Than Child’s Play

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Gwen Watson (1916–1994)

A remarkable Australian ceramicist ROBIN KELLY

THE MAKINGS OF AN ARTIST

Gwen Gidney was born andraised in the rural Gippsland. In aninterview printed in The Argus (3 Nov 1950) Gwen recalled the firsttime she handled clay. In 1937,while convalescing after an illness,her mother brought home clayunearthed from a landslide atKoonwarra. She ‘shaped it into afish … and has been modelling withclay ever since.’

A NATURAL TALENT

By 1940, married and now Gwen

Watson, with a young family, she

was unable to attend pottery

classes. Living in rural Victoria,

Gwen sourced information and

pottery techniques from books and

learned by trial and error. As related in

the Argus feature, her implements

were her hands, darning needles and

a hair pin. The pieces modelled in the

kitchen, and then fired in the electric

kiln in her bedroom.

Art ware is highly

sought after so

when an artist

whose work until

recently has

slipped under the

radar comes to the

public eye, the

excitement amongst

researchers, dealers

and collectors

is palpable

Robin Kelly and her collection of Gwen Watson ceramics

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of a consummate artist-goldsmith

Through the eyes

Amanda Stücklin

Exploring the ideas and

processes of an artisan

enhances the

understanding and appreciation of

their work. Historically, Jacqueline’s

designs may remind the observer

of the tenets of Art Nouveau – the

natural world metamorphosed into

fluid forms – yet her jewellery

designs speak of the artist and are

representative of her times.

FROM CONCEPT TO FORM

Jacqueline rarely sketches an

idea in advance and works directly

with the metal, letting it ‘speak to

her,’ before creating the final

design. Constantly experimenting

and exploring ways of combining

gold and platinum to bring out their

qualities, her jewellery is about

Jacqueline Mina is regarded as one of the United

Kingdom’s leading artist goldsmiths, with an

international reputation for her technical

brilliance and unorthodox approach to

traditional goldsmithing techniques

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A review of a recent Brisbane

auction reveals that investing

in Australian military

memorabilia while continuing

to be affordable, is achieving

stronger prices

Auction Review

Followingthe

trendsFor Collectors of Numismatics

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Some thousand lots went

under the hammer at an

auction recently held in

Brisbane. On offer were seldom

seen historical pieces that were

snapped up by astute collectors at

estimate or above. Australian war

medals attracted the more

financially well-heeled collector.

Prices were around expectation.

The war medal section highlight

was a group of six WWI and WWIImedals that included an AustralianFlying Corps WWI Military Crosswon during the taking of Jerusalem.Although passed in, the group soldimmediately after the auction for arespectable $45,000 includingbuyer’s premium.

Poignant reminders of lives lost, afamily group of WWI medals, with aMilitary Medal won at Messines,were awarded to brothers both killedin action on the Western Front. The

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