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25.01.2022 It’s the last day of National Archaeology Week! Today’s Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this beautiful broken ten piece earthenware rim soup bowl that has been conjoined back together. It was made by Johnson Brothers Pottery which was founded by brothers Alfred, Frederick, Henry and Robert who purchased a pottery factory in Hanley, England, in 1883. The makers mark in the image above says "Old Britain Castles." Old British Castles was the range of romantic eighteenth centu...ry British castle landscapes transferred onto dinnerware. The crown and Johnson Bro England in the makers mark was used after 1913 but the Old British Castles range wasn’t produced until the 1930s . The central scene is showing boats on the water with Windsor Castle (England) on a hill in the background with trees along the waters edge. This is surrounded by a lovely floral and scallop border design near the outer edges which accompanied all dinnerware in this range. "Windsor in 1792" is just visible below the scene. ‘Old British Castles’, n.d., accessed 21/05/2020 from http://oldbritaincastles.com/history/. The image of the whole bowl is available here: https://www.replacements.com/p/johnson-brothers-//59449481. ______ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday @ Subiaco Oval

25.01.2022 Check out todays shitty Archae-aus Artefact of the Day. Today it is our Ford Pills container. Ford Pills were a stimulant laxative that was extensively marketed towards women to keep their figure and supposedly energy in the 1940s to 1970s. This is just one example of a plethora of dieting pills that were available during the time. Usually they were detrimental to a persons health or provided no health benefit when taken regularly. Check out the outdated advertisement.... Advertisement: The ABC Weekly, 1940, vol. 2, no. 3, p. 41, accessed 3/04/2020 from https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-1267490907 A TV commercial for Ford Pills from 1963 (see advertisement 2009, accessed on 23/03/2020 from advertisement https://youtu.be/uBPWt4OQ-RY). Glover, R., 2018, Why were so many women in the 1970s high on drugs and called Barry? accessed 3/04/2020 from https://www.smh.com.au//why-were-so-many-women-in-the-1970. @ Fremantle, Western Australia

25.01.2022 More on the wooden road found in Fremantle a few weeks ago https://www.watercorporation.com.au//Historic-wooden-road-

25.01.2022 Its National Archaeology Week! We were busy monitoring yesterday so missed our Artefact of the Day! Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this Dental Floss glass vial. Dental floss was invented in 1819 by a Vermont dentist named Levi Spear Parmly. At the time silk was too expensive to use and ordinary sewing thread wasnt strong enough. Mostly people used sharp objects like wooden sticks to clean in between their teeth. Codman & Shurtleff (a medical devices company) sta...rted marketing unwaxed silk dental floss in 1882. However, floss didnt take off and become mainstream until after WWII when nylon was used instead of silk. Silk was in demand for parachutes during the war. Johnson and Johnson had the idea of taking the leftover silk that wasnt used in suture production to make dental floss that could be produced in quantity and packaged to make it affordable. Paper label: 12 Yds NEW ERA Wax Dental - Floss with cutting device. See the example of the brand Johnson and Johnson dental floss with "12 Yds New Ear Waxed" on the label from the 1950s and the 1913 advert above! So do you floss too? Gurowitz, M 2008, Dental Floss, accessed 19/05/2020 from https://www.kilmerhouse.com/2008/03/dental-floss/. Rothman, L 2016, How Dental Floss became a thing in the First Place Time, https://time.com/4435267/dental-floss-history/. https://collection.maas.museum/object/12221. _______ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #nationalarchaeologyweek @ Subiaco Oval

24.01.2022 More National archaeology week posts. Today’s Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this nylon ‘Tek toothbrush. Made by Johnson & Johnson, Tek was first produced in the United States in the late 1920s, and went on sale in Australia in the early 1930s. They were the first toothbrushes to have coloured plastic handles instead of wood. The Tek toothbrushes were issued to Australian service personnel from late 1941. They proved immensely popular as a source of brightly coloured pla...stic that could be cut up or melted and incorporated into trench art souvenirs such as sweetheart jewellery and inlaid metal work. The resulting objects were called 'Tek Art' by the Australians. The link below shows Warrant Officer V. J. Hibbens’ (RAAF) toothbrush, which was lucky to remain intact! Service personnel behind the front lines of the Second World War created Tek Art with military equipment like drills and vices. The most common souvenir was sweetheart jewellery like the ring in the above image. It became a lucrative trade so much so that family members at home would send military personnel more toothbrushes for Tek Art. Have a look at the Australian War Memorial links below for more information on this fascinating history. New, A., 2019, 'Tek Art', accessed 21/05/2020 from https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/tek-art. The Australian War Memorial, n.d., ‘Tek Toothbrush : Warrant Officer V J Hibbens, RAAF’, accessed 21/05/2020 from https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1227227. Johnson and Johnson, n.d., ‘TEK Toothbrush, 1928’, accessed 21/05/2020 from https://ourstory.jnj.com/tek-toothbrush. ____ #2020naw #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #tek #toothbrush @ Subiaco Oval

24.01.2022 Following on from the pen nib, todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this brown glazed ink bottle by Stephens Inks (Aust) Ltd. Stephens Ink was an indelible and non-fading blue ink that dried black. It was invented in 1832 by British physician, Dr Henry Stephens (1796-1864). It was also the same year the company was registered. This ink revolutionised writing and stationary. Its use was mandatory for British government official documents and ships logbooks. Its impact ...was so profound that in 1919 The Treaty of Versailles was signed using Stephens indelible blue-black ink. The ink was advertised in Australia as early as the 1850s and they exhibited at the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879. A distribution centre was established in Sydney and by 1935 the company had a factory in North Sydney. The ink was sold in locally-made glass bottles that remained the property of the company and were collected for reuse. Stewart J Wild, 2014, Timeline History of Henry C. Stephens LTD, the Stephens Ink Company, accessed 24/05/2020 from http://www.stephenshouseandgardens.com//InkCompanyTimeline. Museum Victoria Collections, n.d., accessed 23/3/2020 from https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/250718. ____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #inkbottle @ Subiaco Oval

22.01.2022 To rouge or not to rouge? Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this bakelite lid from a jar of rouge. Rouge has a long history of use by both men and women. Until cosmetic companies began manufacturing to a standard, red pigments for checks, eyes or lips were usually poisonous. Mineral reds such as lead tetroxide (red lead, minium, calx of lead) and mercuric sulphide (cinnabar, vermillion) were poisonous. Ferric oxide is not (iron oxide, ochre) and is still used in cosm...etics today. Cosmetic companies by the nineteenth century used their packaging to encourage shoppers into buying their product. Quality packaging and brand names like Bourjois, Guerlain and Dorin became trusted to consumers. See the quality packaging in a Bourjois advertisement from 1925. On top of poisonous ingredients, (usually) women had to contend with the unfair stigmas of make-up and rouge. Check out the news article from 1924 who shames people who wear makeup! Artefact inscription: SMART GIRL ROUGE, REFLECTS REFINEMENT, DAINTEE PRODUCT. Bennett, J., 2020, Cosmetics and Skin, accessed 23/04/2020 from https://www.cosmeticsandskin.com/bcb/rouge.php. Full article here Herald 1924, (Melbourne), Tuesday 28 October, p. 10, accessed 23/04/2020 from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244844357. Bourjois Advertisement Duke University Libraries Digital Collections, n.d., accessed 23/04/2020 from https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4sb3xk9x _____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #smartgirlrouge #rouge @ Fremantle, Western Australia

22.01.2022 Today’s Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this glass Listerine bottle, contents unknown! Listerine was named after Sir Joseph Lister. He was a founder of the practice of antiseptic medicine used in surgeries during a time when washing your hands before surgery was not even optional it was just not done! The product was first formulated in St. Louis, MO in 1879 by Dr. Joseph Lawrence and Jordan Wheat Lambert. It was first created as a surgery antiseptic then later sold, in d...istilled form, as both a floor cleaner, a cure for gonorrhoea, a cure for dandruff and even aftershave. But the product wasn’t a success until the 1920s with a fearmongering advertising campaign. It was a solution for chronic halitosis a then obscure medical term for bad breath. Bad breath was a scourge on polite society. Check out the advertisement from the 1950s! Old Main Artefacts 2011, 'Listerine, Lambert Pharmacal Company, St. Louis, MO', accessed 29/05/2020 from https://oldmainartifacts.wordpress.com//listerine-lambert/. Marie T., 2016, ‘The untold Truth of Listerine’, accessed 29/05/2020 from https://www.grunge.com/24417/untold-truth-listerine/ Advertisement: https://www.etsy.com//listerine-mouthwash-funny-vintage-ad _____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #listerine @ Subiaco Oval

22.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this Roboleine jar. The British product was sold in Australian by Muir & Neil Ltd, Sydney as a vitamin and mineral supplement. The delicious ingredients of bone marrow, malt, egg yolk and lemon juice would rejuvenate health and was the food that builds the body. It was mostly advertised for children and adults in need of energy. Roboleine was associated with health, energy and was (apparently) endorsed by doctors. Have a look at th...e advertisement. What strange remedies do you remember in your childhood? Australian Womans Mirror, 1934 (3 April), vol. 10, no. 19, accessed 7/04/2020 from https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-415154078. eHive, 2020, Bottle, Roboleine, brown glass; Muir & Neil Ltd; [1920-1940]; 981.1.86, accessed 7/04/2020 from https://ehive.com//obj/506891/bottle-roboleine-brown-glass #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #roboleine @ Fremantle, Western Australia

22.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this blue stoneware ceramic bottle. After seeing these bottles on Pinterest usually in an on-trend indoor setting mostly executed by a particular cool youth group I had to know more! In fact these hot dcor items came from humble beginnings. Etched on the bottom of the bottle is RONUK a floor, leather and furniture polish brand from England in the 1920s. Before these bottles (now converted vases) contained Proteas and succulents,... our blue bottle likely contained furniture cream, a product made by Ronuk as you can see by the advertisement. At least it is now brightening up our artefact space. Middleton, J, 2016, Ronuk of Portslade, accessed 2/04/2020 from http://portsladehistory.blogspot.com//ronuk-of-portslade.h. The Australian Womans Mirror, 1925, vol. 1 no. 39 (18 August 1925), p. 59, accessed 31/03/2020 from https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-394621034/view Polish & Cleaners Posters & Adverts, n.d., accessed 31/03/2020 from https://www.flickriver.com/groups/3190108@N25//interesting/ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #ronuk @ Fremantle, Western Australia

22.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this glass Listerine bottle, contents unknown! Listerine was named after Sir Joseph Lister. He was a founder of the practice of antiseptic medicine used in surgeries during a time when washing your hands before surgery was not even optional it was just not done! The product was first formulated in St. Louis, MO in 1879 by Dr. Joseph Lawrence and Jordan Wheat Lambert. It was first created as a surgery antiseptic then later sold, in d...istilled form, as both a floor cleaner, a cure for gonorrhoea, a cure for dandruff and even aftershave. But the product wasnt a success until the 1920s with a fearmongering advertising campaign. It was a solution for chronic halitosis a then obscure medical term for bad breath. Bad breath was a scourge on polite society. Check out the advertisement from the 1950s! Old Main Artefacts 2011, Listerine, Lambert Pharmacal Company, St. Louis, MO, accessed 29/05/2020 from https://oldmainartifacts.wordpress.com//listerine-lambert/. Marie T., 2016, The untold Truth of Listerine, accessed 29/05/2020 from https://www.grunge.com/24417/untold-truth-listerine/ Advertisement: https://www.etsy.com//listerine-mouthwash-funny-vintage-ad _____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #listerine @ Subiaco Oval

21.01.2022 https://facebook.com/events/s/week-10-crafting-archaeology-i/1064499943968990/?ti=icl

20.01.2022 It’s National Archaeology Week and Sydney University Press have posted an photo and excerpt from Crafting Country as part of their celebration of Australian archaeology. Great work Archae-aus team https://sydneyuniversitypress.com.au//archaeology-in-5-pic

20.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is another Vicks product and we dive a little deeper into its history including the panic buying of Vicks during the 1918 flu epidemic. This little blue bottle is the popular Vick Vaporub, as you can see with the embossing on the base. Lunsford Richardson, a pharmacist in Greensboro, North Carolina, created and sold home remedies under the Vicks name in the 1890s. This was a time were doctors created their own medicines for illness ...and symptoms. The Vicks salve we know today was initially created to treat croupy babies. According to the Vicks website, Vaporub sales increased dramatically during the 1918-1919 Spanish flu outbreak in the U.S. This was due to an advertising campaign in newspapers of towns affected by the flu. These sophisticated and scientific advertisements worked. Vicks Vaporub stocks were selling out further creating a panic of purchasing. Oh this sounds so familiar. The advertisements actually started to ask druggists to conserve and limit stock! Check out the 1932 Australian advertisement that refers to the Spanish flu! Oh how history repeats itself. Advertisement, The Sun, 1932 (Wednesday 24 August), p. 16, accessed 8/02/2020 from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228874017. Shidler, James Derek, 2010, A Tale of Two Cities: The 1918 Influenza, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, vol. 103, no. 2, pp. 165179, accessed 8/04/2020 from www.jstor.org/stable/25701282. Vicks History, n.d., accessed 24/03/2020 from https://vicks.com/en-us/vicks-history. #australianarchaeology #historicalwrchaeology #vicks #20thcenturyarchaeology #subiacooval #subiacohistory #spanishflu #panicbuying @ Fremantle, Western Australia

20.01.2022 Some results of work in progress with Yinhawangka

19.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is a glass jar for Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The Pink Pills were a late 19th to early 20th-century patent medicine. It was owned by G.T. Fulford Co. Ltd. (of Canada), the proprietors of the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., London. The Pink Pills cured all problems from anaemia to tuberculosis, paralysis and kidney and liver complaints. The pills pink colour reflected the pink glow of healthy people. Advertisements usually cont...ained personal testimonies from cured patients. Unfortunately the pills were widely advertised usually with success in 82 countries. In 1897, the product was condemned in an Exposures of Quackery when it was found to contain extract of Barbadoes aloes enclosed in a thin coating of sugar, coloured pink with carmine. The pills continued to be sold through the 20th century, with several changes to the ingredients; they were eventually withdrawn in the UK in the 1970s Maybe we need an Exposures of Quackery for 2020. Nurse. J 2015, Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org//dr-williams-pink-pills-f/. Science Museum Group, n.d., Dr Williams Pink Pills, London, England, 1850-1920, accessed 24/05/2020 from https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk//dr-williams-. Exposures of Quackery, p. 13 21, accessed 24/05/2020 from https://archive.org/stream/exposuresofquack00lond ____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #pinkpills @ Subiaco Oval

19.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this 35 mm bulk film stock. Gosh we love excavating 20th century deposits. The 35 mm film was invented in 1913 by Oskar Barnack, a development engineer for Leitz. He first created his compact 35 mm in 1913 in order to use 35 mm film for still photography rather than motion picture photography. But World War One delayed development. The first 35 mm camera; The Leica I, was in 1927. Prior to the invention of the 35 mm camera, photograp...hers had to haul around heavy plate cameras. The 35 mm film stock would be loaded into a bulk film loader which was then fed onto empty rolls to be inserted into a camera. It was a cheaper method and meant you werent limited to 12, 24 or 36 exposures at any given time. See the photo attached of the loader and the clip below to see how it was loaded! Unfortunately this film had already been exposed to the sunlight when found and has not been used. Taking photos sure looks different now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcepJOHKMXQ Welsch, C. 2017, History of the 35mm: The Original Compact Camera, accessed 12/05/2020 from https://theoldtimey.com/35mm-camera-history/. ______ #selfie #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #oldfilm #bulkFilmstock @ Subiaco Oval

18.01.2022 Archae-aus is looking for casual archaeologists to join our team - we have a number of historical and Aboriginal heritage projects across the State on the go. You need to be based in WA and have a honours degree in archaeology (or equivalent). Send your CV to [email protected] and we will be in touch.

18.01.2022 Feeling Peckish? Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this Pecks glass jar. Pecks Paste by General Mills was introduced to Australia as early as 1904 and was established in England in 1891. The tasty meat spread came in four varieties devilled ham, chicken and ham, anchovette, and salmon and lobster. They were spread on toast, crackers and sandwiches. The English product became popular in the 1950s and 1960s with new varieties including Pecks Tuna, Pecks Shelled Pra...wns and Pecks Hungarian Goulash. Oh delicious Do check out the advertisement! Which one is your favourite? Australian Food History Timeline 2020, accessed 24/04/2020 from https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/pecks-pastes-austral/). Advertisement, accessed 24/04/2020 from https://i.pinimg.com//06/8a24064ba7756854bbeadea82b4f234b. ______ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #peckspaste #peckspastejar @ Fremantle, Western Australia

17.01.2022 Today’s Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is a glass jar for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. The Pink Pills were a late 19th to early 20th-century patent medicine. It was owned by G.T. Fulford Co. Ltd. (of Canada), the proprietors of the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., London. The Pink Pills cured all problems from anaemia to tuberculosis, paralysis and kidney and liver complaints. The pills pink colour reflected the pink glow of healthy people. Advertisements usually cont...ained personal testimonies from ‘cured’ patients. Unfortunately the pills were widely advertised usually with success in 82 countries. In 1897, the product was condemned in an Exposures of Quackery when it was found to contain extract of Barbadoes aloes enclosed in a thin coating of sugar, coloured pink with carmine. The pills continued to be sold through the 20th century, with several changes to the ingredients; they were eventually withdrawn in the UK in the 1970s Maybe we need an Exposures of Quackery for 2020. Nurse. J 2015, 'Dr Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People', http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org//dr-williams-pink-pills-f/. Science Museum Group, n.d., ‘Dr Williams' 'Pink Pills', London, England, 1850-1920’, accessed 24/05/2020 from https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk//dr-williams-. Exposures of Quackery, p. 13 21, accessed 24/05/2020 from https://archive.org/stream/exposuresofquack00lond ____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #pinkpills @ Subiaco Oval

16.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this glass jar and corroded screw lid from the Foggitt, Jones & Co LTD. Founded in 1904 and based in Brisbane, the company began with Charles Emanuel Foggitt and Thomas Llewellyn Jones leaving food manufacturer J.C. Hutton. Together the merchants took over the Oxley Factory (now a Heritage Site) establishing a ham, bacon and smallgoods manufacturer and distributor with much success. Foggitt ran the processing and Jones ran the busine...ss. On the artefact is an embossed crown with the word Rex which refers to their name brand. Have a look at the image above referring to their goods with this trademark as ham, bacon, lard, preserved meats and meat food, cheese, preserved fruits and vegetables and soups. They advertised their pork was King (read the news article)! And they also produced puddings and sauces. With the passing of Foggitt in 1926, a year later Foggitt, Jones & Co LTD took over C.J Hutton. It wasnt until Jones passed away in 1946 did the holding company United Provisions Ltd changed the name to Huttons, sold its operations, and delisting from the stock exchange. History Out There, 2015 Ham and Cheese Please, accessed 12/06/2020 from https://historyoutthere.com/2015//14/ham-and-cheese-please/. REX 67889, 2016, accessed 15/05/2020 from http://www.ipaustralia.com.au//foggitt-j/trademarks/67889/. West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wednesday 23 May 1934, p. 6, accessed 15/05/2020 from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33231629. _____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #foggitt @ Subiaco, Western Australia

15.01.2022 At last we can talk about it!

14.01.2022 Archae-aus staff Caroline Bird, Jim Rhoads and Fiona Hook are giving a online lecture at UWA on 8 October 2020 4:00 pm entitled Crafting archaeology in Nyiyaparli Country: reflections on transforming compliance archaeology into research https://www.facebook.com/events/1064499943968990

13.01.2022 Its National Archaeology Week and Sydney University Press have posted an photo and excerpt from Crafting Country as part of their celebration of Australian archaeology. Great work Archae-aus team https://sydneyuniversitypress.com.au//archaeology-in-5-pic

13.01.2022 Archae-aus is looking for senior archaeologists to join our team - we have a number of historical and Aboriginal heritage projects across the State on the go. You need to be based in WA and have as a minimum an honours degree in archaeology (or equivalent) and four years heritage consultancy experience. Send your CV to [email protected] and we will be in touch.

12.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is another cure-all medicine bottle because laxatives cured everything... W.H. Comstocks Morses Indian Root Pills were created in the USA in 1854 and was a cure-all over the counter medicine. It only become popular in Australia in the 1920s. It was based on a secret recipe variously described as containing herbal or purely vegetable ingredients. In Australia, advertising of the product tapered off in the late 1940s because of a... general decline in the popularity of patent cure-all medicines as the pharmaceutical and medical industries became increasing scientific. Have a look at the Australian advertisement booklet in the pdf link below. How many cures did you read of?! Booklet: https://downloads.newcastle.edu.au//Just_a_word_Dr_Morses_ Museum Victoria Collections, n.d., accessed 6/05/2020 from https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/1769520. Bottle of Dr. Morses Indian Root Pills, the W. H. Comstock Co Ltd, Sydney c. 1930s-1940s. 2019, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 6 May 2020 from https://ma.as/263471. _____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #indianrootpills #indianrootpillsforall @ Subiaco Oval

12.01.2022 Its the last day of National Archaeology Week! Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this beautiful broken ten piece earthenware rim soup bowl that has been conjoined back together. It was made by Johnson Brothers Pottery which was founded by brothers Alfred, Frederick, Henry and Robert who purchased a pottery factory in Hanley, England, in 1883. The makers mark in the image above says "Old Britain Castles." Old British Castles was the range of romantic eighteenth centu...ry British castle landscapes transferred onto dinnerware. The crown and Johnson Bro England in the makers mark was used after 1913 but the Old British Castles range wasnt produced until the 1930s . The central scene is showing boats on the water with Windsor Castle (England) on a hill in the background with trees along the waters edge. This is surrounded by a lovely floral and scallop border design near the outer edges which accompanied all dinnerware in this range. "Windsor in 1792" is just visible below the scene. Old British Castles, n.d., accessed 21/05/2020 from http://oldbritaincastles.com/history/. The image of the whole bowl is available here: https://www.replacements.com/p/johnson-brothers-//59449481. ______ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday @ Subiaco Oval

12.01.2022 Today’s Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this Dunlop tyre. Dunlop first began in 1888 when John Boyd Dunlop developed a tyre for his son’s tricycle in Belfast, Ireland. Not for a vehicle, the first tyres were made for bicycles and tricycles. Dunlop developed the first air cushioning system in history, and laid the foundation for the first pneumatic tyre. After a number of victories by cyclist Willie Hume using the tyres, Dunlop became a success. He patented the idea and bega...n his commercial venture. In 1923, there was the First Grand Prix victory and in 1924 there was victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In Australia, the Company opened a branch office and factory in Melbourne's Chinatown district in 1893. After a number of changes, the Dunlop Rubber Company of Australia Ltd succeeded the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company of Australasia in 1906. The Company merged with the Perdriau Rubber Co. Ltd., in 1929, forming the Dunlop Perdriau Co. Ltd up until the 1980s. Check out the early Australian advertisement above. Dunlop, ‘About Us’, accessed 25/05/2020 from http://www.dunloptyres.com.au/about-us/. Dunlop, ‘History’, accessed 25/05/2020 from https://www.dunlop.eu/dunlop_be/_header/about_us/history/. Trove, ‘Dunlop Perdriau Co Ltd. (1929-1980)’, accessed 26/05/2020 from https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1477013?c=people Advertisement: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/421941 _____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #dunloptyres @ Subiaco Oval

11.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is the California Syrup of Figs bottle another laxative! The California Fig Co. at Reno, Nevada, in 1878, sold the syrup as its only product. It was advertised as an effective but delightful liquid laxative in Australia as early as 1900. It was marketed to parents as a child friendly medicine. In the early 1900s it was packaged in no less than six different embossed bottles and we are cataloguing one! Have a look at the paper label a...bove for serving instructions. Embossed text: CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO STERLING PRODUCTS (INC) PROPRIETARY AGENCIES (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD SUCCESSORS." Lockhart, B, Schriever, B., 2018, California Fig Syrup: The Company and Its Bottles, accessed 8/04/2020 from https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/CaliforniaFigSyrup.pdf. Brisbane Courier, Monday 7 July 1902, p. 6, accessed 5/05/2020 from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19187466. "California Syrup of Figs" : a reliable natural laxative, accessed 5/05/2020 from https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b28682191. California Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, 2020, accessed 5/5/2020 from https://americanhistory.si.edu/collec//object/nmah_1425448. @ Subiaco Oval

10.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this blue perfume bottle with corroded atomiser nozzle. Perfume became available to the working class with the manufacture of inexpensive glass during the time of the Industrial Revolution. It wasnt until the 1900s that bottles and labels were carefully designed to advertise the perfume. In addition, the atomiser nozzle was originally invented for medical purposes (see second picture for atomizer). The first atomiser nozzle was inv...ented by an American doctor Allen DeVilbiss, an ear, nose and throat specialist from Ohio, who used it to spray medicine on the back of his patients throats in 1887. The easy and great use of this invention caught other physicians attention that Dr. DeVilbiss opened a factory to manufacture atomisers in 1890. The device since then, has been applied to many other usages and perfume is one of them, thanks to Thomas DeVilbiss, the son of Dr. DeVilbiss, who joined the company in 1905 and started manufacturing perfume atomizers. What is your signature scent? A History of Perfume 2010, accessed 26/03/2020 from https://thesweetdahlings.co//n/83096897-history-of-perfume. A Brief History of the Glass Perfume Bottle, 2014, accessed 3/04/2020 from https://blog.cmog.org//a-brief-history-of-the-glass-perfu/. Does anybody recognise this bottle? There are no makers marks. #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #20thcenturyarchaeology #australianarchaeology #subiacooval #subiacohistory #perfumebottle @ Fremantle, Western Australia

09.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day are these milk glass Ponds Cream jars. We have tons. And working in most historical sites in Perth the Ponds jar is a standard find. Ponds Cream was invented in the United States as a medicine by scientist Theron T. Pond in 1846. It was advertised as a medicine derived from witch hazel and a "cure all" for many ailments including burns, colds, catarrh, wounds, chilblains, hoarseness, sore throats, piles, scalds, bruises, sunburn, rheu...matism, chapped hands, bites, boils, chafing, lameness, nosebleed, frost bite, inflamed eyes and female complaints. By 1904, the company was selling facial cosmetics products like the "Ponds Vanishing Cream" and the "Ponds Cold Cream." By 1932, Ponds was manufacturing in London and distributing their products around the world. Ponds is still sold today. Check out the clip below of a blogger testing out a Ponds beauty kit from the 1930s! https://laurajaneatelier.com/testing-out-vintage-ponds-fro/ Bennett, J., 2020, Ponds Extract Company accessed 4/05/2020 from http://www.cosmeticsandskin.com/companies/ponds.php). ______ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #pondscoldcream #pondsjar @ Subiaco Oval

09.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is a good old fashion can of Coca-Cola. This can was found on one of the sites we are working on in the City of Perth. This particular specimen dates to the early 1970s and unfortunately isnt in the greatest condition. Did you know that Coca-Cola was founded in the United States of America in 1892 by an Atlanta pharmacist, John S. Pemberton (183188), at the Pemberton Chemical Company? As was fitting with the period, Pemberton originall...y touted his drink as a tonic for most common ailments. Good to the last drop, Coca-Cola was based on a delicious mix of sugar, cocaine and caffeine-rich extracts of the kola nut. It mustve really revived and sustained people! Sadly, the cocaine was removed from Coca-Colas formula in about 1903. While were sure Pemberton was a brilliant pharmacist and had a great recipe, his advertising skills were less than peppy: Drink Coca-Cola and Enjoy It!. Australians began enjoying the great national temperance beverage from the early 1900s with Coke being imported from the USA. But Coca-Colas salespeople had a hard time convincing shop owners to take their product with most only accepting a single bottle at a time to begin with! As Australians began to develop a taste for the best thing a thirst has ever had, Coca-Cola was eventually produced locally in Australia after 1938. The outbreak of WWII saw US Servicemen and women come to our shore in droves all with a passport to refreshment. In 1941, when President of The Coca-Cola Company, R. W. Woodruff, decided to make Coca-Cola available to all US service men and women, wherever they were, whatever the cost, Coca-Colas popularity exploded onto the world stage. In the 1950s, the Don Drapers of the ad world made Coca-Cola a household brand and a sign of good taste, especially for people on the go! Although there were imitations, the real thing grew to become one of the biggest companies in the world and always coke is one of the most consumed beverages on the planet! Bonus point: Did you spot all of the Coca-Cola slogans from over the years? See if you can list them all. #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #subiaco @ Fremantle, Western Australia

08.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this glass bottle that held Harper and Co products. Robert Harper (1842-1919) migrated to Melbourne from Scotland in 1856. In 1865 Harper established Robert Harper & Co., trading in tea, coffee and spices from the East Indies and later in oatmeal and flour. By the mid-1870s Harper was a leading Melbourne merchant and had branches in Sydney (1877), Adelaide (1882), Brisbane (1887) and later New Zealand. The spices shown in the Victori...an Collections indicate that Harper and Co. was still operating in the 1960s. Note the remains of the paper label and embossing on the glass body. Anyone else drinking way too much coffee lately? Cook, P., 1983, Harper, Robert (18421919), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed online 31 March 2020 from http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harper-robert-6572/text11305). Also see Middleton, J, 2016, Ronuk of Portslade, accessed 2/04/2020 from http://portsladehistory.blogspot.com//ronuk-of-portslade.h. Victorian Collections, 2018, Harpers spice packs . Ground nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, accessed 7/04/2020 from https://victoriancollections.net.au//5021e3f12162ef0f6861a Mailing Card, 2018, accessed 7/04/2020 from https://www.flickr.com/photos/70994841@N07/41678760210 #historicalarchaeology #australianarchaeology #archaeology #20thcenturyarchaeology #subiacooval #subiacohistory #harperscoffee @ Fremantle, Western Australia

08.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this Rosella glass bottle. Embossed on the body is the following; "PROPERTY OF ROSELLA PRESERVES & MFG. CO LTD." The Australian brand Rosella was established in 1895 as the Rosella Preserving & Manufacturing Co. Their products included tomato soup, tomato sauces, pickled vegetables, and condiments. In 2013 it returned to being owned by an Australian brand after a decline and change of hands in the 1980s. Check out this vintage Rosell...a sign! I wonder what they did to the bean formula? 1895 Rosella Preserving Company founded, 2020, accessed 8/04/2020 from https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/rosella-preserving-c/. ________ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #rosellajar #rosella @ Fremantle, Western Australia

07.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is a bottle of Bonningtons Irish Moss cough syrup used to treat coughs, cold, asthma, influenza and bronchitis. This product hails from New Zealand and was invented by the chemist George Bonnington at his home in Richmond, Nelson in the 1860s. The product came to Australia in 1892 with the opening of a factory in Harris Street, Sydney. The product was a clear, dark brown syrupy cough mixture of vinegar and an extract of seaweed, carra...geen sweetened with honey. Other popular products included Bonningtons Liver Pills and Liver Tonic. With an extensive advertisement campaign and endorsement by the celebrities of the day in the early 1900s the product was immensely successful. George Bonnington became very wealthy. I am sure it had nothing to do with the early bottles Irish Moss syrup having traces of opium and morphine in them! Do check out the news article where an Australian grocer was fined for selling the opium and morphine laced product in 1907! Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Friday 6 December 1907, p. 8, accessed 17/4/2020 from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5111840. Australian Variety Theatre Archive, 2015, Bonningtons Irish Moss, accessed 17/4/2020 from https://ozvta.files.wordpress.com//bonningtons-irish-moss.. Original proof postcard design for Bonningtons Irish Moss - circa 1929, accessed 17/04/2020 from https://www.flickr.com/ph/hwmobs/33565537330//photostream/. The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, n.d., accessed 17/04/2020 from https://teara.govt.nz//advertisement-for-bonningtons-irish. _______ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #bonningtonsirishmoss @ Fremantle, Western Australia

07.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this Dunlop tyre. Dunlop first began in 1888 when John Boyd Dunlop developed a tyre for his sons tricycle in Belfast, Ireland. Not for a vehicle, the first tyres were made for bicycles and tricycles. Dunlop developed the first air cushioning system in history, and laid the foundation for the first pneumatic tyre. After a number of victories by cyclist Willie Hume using the tyres, Dunlop became a success. He patented the idea and bega...n his commercial venture. In 1923, there was the First Grand Prix victory and in 1924 there was victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In Australia, the Company opened a branch office and factory in Melbournes Chinatown district in 1893. After a number of changes, the Dunlop Rubber Company of Australia Ltd succeeded the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company of Australasia in 1906. The Company merged with the Perdriau Rubber Co. Ltd., in 1929, forming the Dunlop Perdriau Co. Ltd up until the 1980s. Check out the early Australian advertisement above. Dunlop, About Us, accessed 25/05/2020 from http://www.dunloptyres.com.au/about-us/. Dunlop, History, accessed 25/05/2020 from https://www.dunlop.eu/dunlop_be/_header/about_us/history/. Trove, Dunlop Perdriau Co Ltd. (1929-1980), accessed 26/05/2020 from https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1477013?c=people Advertisement: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/421941 _____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #dunloptyres @ Subiaco Oval

05.01.2022 They have been used by children and adults alike. In 1998, it was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame and they have been found at archaeological sites across the world from different time periods including Egyptian and Roman, to the Aztecs and to 15th century Germany. They have been mentioned by Ovid and Shakespeare. Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is the delightful ceramic marble. Early versions were made from clay or stone. Handmade marbles from Germany dominated the ...market up until the nineteenth century. In the 1850s handmade glass marbles were produced, some with semi-precious stone. Ceramic marbles were inexpensive to make by toy makers and were popular from the 1850s to the early 20th century. In 1901, mass production of glass marbles began, thanks to a machine invented by Akrons M.F. Christensen. By the 1920s the system was fully automated making uniform marbles. After the 1950s their popularity waned to make a come-back in the 1970s. When did you play with marbles? Read the delightful article from 1923 of a little boy playing with pearl marbles! Lammle, R., 2015, A Brief History of Marbles (Including All That Marble Slang), accessed 12/05/2020 from https://www.mentalfloss.com//brief-history-marbles-includi. History of Marbles, n.d., accessed 14/05/2020 from http://www.greyhoundmarbles.com/history-of-marbl/4552604595. Saturday Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1929), Saturday 1 December 1923, p. 6, accessed 14/05/2020 from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199235798. Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org//File:Boys_playing_marbles.p. @ Subiaco Oval

05.01.2022 After a week of fieldwork were back in the lab with todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day! These brown jars contained Kruschen Salts. Kruschen Salts were used as a laxative and made by E. Griffiths Hughes Pty Ltd, Sydney, around 1930 to 1959. The labels contained information about the product use. The remedy was for Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbaga, Eczema, Constipation, Liver and Kidney Disorders and removing Uric Acid from the blood. The salts were advertised to promote ove...r health by alkalising the body and even improving attractiveness when taken in a glass of hot water before breakfast. Kruschen Salts contain six salts and citric acid to promote healthy bowl movements and ease muscle cramping. MAAS, n.d., Jar of Kruschen Salts, accessed 24/03/2020 from https://collection.maas.museum/object/263304. Victoria Collections, n.d., accessed 24/03/2020 https://victoriancollections.net.au//58aa5cc3d0cdeb1854acc. Pharmacy NZ 2020, accessed 4/05/2020 from https://www.pharmacy-nz.com/blog/kruschen-salts/. @ Fremantle, Western Australia

05.01.2022 Staying moisturised is important with all this hand washing! Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this Innoxa milk glass cosmetic jar. Innoxa is an Australian skincare brand established by a French dermatologist in 1933. Innoxa still exists today under distributor Heritage Brands. ... Because were worth it! Australian Trade and Investment Commission, 2020, Trade as, accessed 6/04/2020 from https://www.austrade.gov.au/SupplierDetails.aspx. Recorder, 1938, (Wednesday 11 May), p. 3, accessed 6/04/2020 from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article95947114. #historicalarchaeology #20thcenturyarchaeology #subiacooval #subiacohistory #innoxa #thepastinajar #australianarchaeology @ Fremantle, Western Australia

05.01.2022 More on the recent work we’ve been doing for Yinhawangka near Paraburdoo. Some of the text is written a bit oddly but you’ll get the gist. https://thewest.com.au//dig-reveals-ancient-treasures-ng-b

04.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is everybodys favourite meat extract paste Bovril! We are cataloguing Bovril glass jars. In 1886 Bovril was launched on the UK market. It was made by Scotsman John Lawson Johnston in the 1870s. Johnston, a butcher, was tasked with supplying the French army with preserved beef products in the 1870s. He decided to use beef trimmings to make his own glace de viande (meat glaze) beef stock, concentrated by heating until it becomes dark ...brown and viscous, thus giving it a long shelf-life. Johnstons Fluid Beef (later the Bovril brand) was born! While advertised as nutritious and a beef replacement, the product became synonymous everything British, even though it was for the French! Check out the history clip below. Video: Bovril: a very beefy (and British) love affair, 2020, accessed 8/05/2020 from https://www.cam.ac.uk//bovril-a-very-beefy-and-british-lov. Bovril Old Time Beef Extract 2016, accessed 24/03/2020 from https://culinarylore.com/food-history:bovril-beef-extract/. It puts Beef into you 2013, accessed 8/5/2020 from https://gcaptain.com/maritime-monday-bovril-boats/. _____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #bovril #bovriljar @ Subiaco Oval

04.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is a Rayner Products and Sons LTD glass bottle, a Perth local! The products Harry Rayner sold included jams, tomato sauces and pickles from his factory in West Perth. He also traded under the name Reindeer and some of his bottles were embossed with a reindeer. Have a look at the reindeer on the bottle from the Western Australian Museum collection. Rayner Products and Sons were likely in operation from 1902 to the late 1930s. Coates, L...., 2015, Manufacturing Factories 1900 - Above and Beyond Perth and Suburbs, Hesparian Press, Victoria Park. Sunday Times, 1933 (Sunday 24 September), p. 18, accessed 2/04/2020 from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58704510. Western Australian Museum Collections, 2020, accessed 16/04/2020 from http://museum.wa.gov.au/online-collections/content/T1970.813. ______ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #raynerperth #reindeerpickles @ Fremantle, Western Australia

03.01.2022 More National archaeology week posts. Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this nylon Tek toothbrush. Made by Johnson & Johnson, Tek was first produced in the United States in the late 1920s, and went on sale in Australia in the early 1930s. They were the first toothbrushes to have coloured plastic handles instead of wood. The Tek toothbrushes were issued to Australian service personnel from late 1941. They proved immensely popular as a source of brightly coloured pla...stic that could be cut up or melted and incorporated into trench art souvenirs such as sweetheart jewellery and inlaid metal work. The resulting objects were called Tek Art by the Australians. The link below shows Warrant Officer V. J. Hibbens (RAAF) toothbrush, which was lucky to remain intact! Service personnel behind the front lines of the Second World War created Tek Art with military equipment like drills and vices. The most common souvenir was sweetheart jewellery like the ring in the above image. It became a lucrative trade so much so that family members at home would send military personnel more toothbrushes for Tek Art. Have a look at the Australian War Memorial links below for more information on this fascinating history. New, A., 2019, Tek Art, accessed 21/05/2020 from https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/tek-art. The Australian War Memorial, n.d., Tek Toothbrush : Warrant Officer V J Hibbens, RAAF, accessed 21/05/2020 from https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1227227. Johnson and Johnson, n.d., TEK Toothbrush, 1928, accessed 21/05/2020 from https://ourstory.jnj.com/tek-toothbrush. ____ #2020naw #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #tek #toothbrush @ Subiaco Oval

02.01.2022 Following on from the pen nib, today’s Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is this brown glazed ink bottle by Stephens' Inks (Aust) Ltd. Stephen’s Ink was an indelible and non-fading blue ink that dried black. It was invented in 1832 by British physician, Dr Henry Stephens (1796-1864). It was also the same year the company was registered. This ink revolutionised writing and stationary. Its use was mandatory for British government official documents and ships’ logbooks. Its impact ...was so profound that in 1919 The Treaty of Versailles was signed using Stephens' indelible blue-black ink. The ink was advertised in Australia as early as the 1850s and they exhibited at the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879. A distribution centre was established in Sydney and by 1935 the company had a factory in North Sydney. The ink was sold in locally-made glass bottles that remained the property of the company and were collected for reuse. Stewart J Wild, 2014, ‘Timeline History of Henry C. Stephens LTD, the Stephen’s Ink Company’, accessed 24/05/2020 from http://www.stephenshouseandgardens.com//InkCompanyTimeline. Museum Victoria Collections, n.d., accessed 23/3/2020 from https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/250718. ____ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #inkbottle @ Subiaco Oval

02.01.2022 With the winter cold setting in now is the time to enjoy a whisky by the fire! Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day are these ornate whisky bottles by W & A Gilbey. W & A Gilbey was a wine and spirits merchant specialising in wines from the South African Cape. Beginning in 1857 on Oxford Street in London, the three Gilbey brothers soon expanded into producing spirits particularly London dry gin. Additional branches were open in Dublin and Edinburgh in 1859, as well as a ...warehouse in Edinburghs Haymarket area. The Gilbey brothers began purchasing whiskies to sell under their name. To meet customer demands towards the end of the century the company remodelled and from 1870 to 1896 a range of wines, spirits and beers were purchased and rebranded under Gilbeys Castle brand name. They also sold brand name spirits customers began associating with taste and quality, effectively dominating a large area of the market. The company merged with United Wine Traders and became International Distillers and Vintners in 1962. Inscription: "PROPERTY OF W & A GILBEY LTD" W&A GILBEY PROFILE, 2020 accessed 8/05/2020 from https://scotchwhisky.com. Hands T. (2018) Selling the Illusion of the Brand: W & A Gilbey. In: Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, accessed 12/05/2020 from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92964-4_8. - #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #instagood #picoftheday #whiskeybottle #gilbeyswhiskey @ Subiaco Oval

02.01.2022 Todays Archae-aus Artefact of the Day is a small model die-cast metal warship. The model warship is very similar to a common type of American metal toy called a TootsieToy. Die-cast metal models were first mass produced in the 1920s and the TootsieToy company continued manufacturing into the 1990s. Our Artefact of the Day appears to be an earlier version of the popular 1940s TootsieToy Destroyer in the attached image. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TootsieToy The model wars...hip was found just inside the main gates at Subiaco Oval in an area that was rich with other historical finds like glass bottles and pieces of pottery, dating back to at least the 1920s. It is possible that the model was dropped by a child while watching a football match, but its more likely that it found its way to the oval amongst soil that was brought in to form the western spectator bank. A Destroyer is a small, fast warship that was originally designed to destroy torpedo boats and escort and defend larger vessels in a fleet. Check out the story of the Royal Australian Navys celebrated World War II destroyer fleet: HMAS Stuart, Vampire, Vendetta, Voyager and Waterhen, which Joseph Goebbels called the Scrap Iron Flotilla! https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49341846 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C987775 ________ #historicalarchaeology #archaeology #australianarchaeology #artefactoftheday #subiacooval #subicohistory #20centuryarchaeology #tootsietoy @ Fremantle, Western Australia