Repin’s Coffee tin

Repin's Coffee tin

Coffee tin for Repin’s. The Repin’s Coffee Inn was a chain of cafes founded in Sydney in 1930 by Russian immigrant Ivan Repin. By 1937 there were five Repin’s Coffee Inns in the city, operating from 9am until midnight. The Museum of Arts and Applied Sciences (MAAS) has a collection of items from Repin’s Coffee […]

Usher’s Whisky water carafe

Whisky water carafe

An Usher’s Whisky water carafe. Andrew Usher & Co. of Edinburgh revolutionised the whisky industry in the 1840s by perfecting the art of blending malt and grain whisky. As the first recognised Master Blender, Usher’s creation of Old Vatted Glenlivet (OVG) in 1853 made Scotch accessible, consistent and globally popular.

Whiting & Davis mesh accessories

Whiting & Davis mesh

Some gorgeous Whiting and Davis mesh Snake bangles $95 each and a Snake belt $145. The first Whiting & Davis mesh purse was made in 1892. A tiny 8cm square, it had a simple twist closure. In the late 1800s the mediaeval look was all the rage, so chainmail-like coin purses that attached to a […]

Lanark & Renfrew Scottish cap badge

Lanark & Renfrew Scottish cap badge

A Lanark & Renfrew Scottish cap badge. (Lanark & Renfrew Scottish) is the 42nd Field Artillery Regiment of the Canadian Army Reserve based in Ontario. It was first organised as the 42nd Brockville Battalion of Infantry in 1866; the regiment was later relocated to Pembroke, Ontario and redesignated as the 42nd Lanark and Renfrew Battalion of Infantry. It […]