Monthly Archives: July 2023

Cast marks on nineteenth and early twentieth century bottles in Australia

Nineteenth and early twentieth century Australia were perpetually short of medicine bottles. Even though Felton and Grimwade, who were originally a specialist medicine bottle importer, started bottle manufacturing in the early 1870’s, Australia was always short of bottles. This is … Continue reading

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Life drawing and prurience

J, my partner in crime, is an accomplished artist. While she does do the occasional landscape, what she really likes doing is drawing people and doing portraits. And like everything, while innate talent helps, you have to practise, one of … Continue reading

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