Metalwork (Visual works)

Date: ca 1910- 1904s

By: Baillie, William Jeavons Hall, 1941-

Reference: Objects-0522

Description: Plate manufactured by Winsor and Newtown. A seascape featuring a sail boat with moonlight across the water, painted on a metal plate. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s) painted metal plate. Physical Description: Oil painting on metal plate, 250 mm (diam) Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, January 2024. Previous reference: Curios-027-008. Previous title: Artist unknown :[Moonlit seascape, 19--?].

Date: 1880 - 1899

Reference: Curios-038-012

Description: Plain undecorated hand-operated medal press, with the plates for each side of the medal screwed into place. Downward pressure on the handle brings the two plates together above and below the material of the medal. The writing on the seal cannot be deciphered owing to its position. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Iron press with wooden handle, base length 220 mm (total length including handle 270 mm) x 85 mm, height 185 mm.

Date: 1925

From: Various artists :[Curios, badges, medals and awards from the Porritt papers]

Reference: Curios-040-023

Description: Includes: Oxford University Athletic Club. Record medal OUAC Sports, Feb. 27 1925. 100 yards. 10 sec. A E Porritt. Magd. Coll. Oxford University Athletic Club. Record medal OUAC Sports, Feb. 28 1925.220 yds low hurdles. 25 2/5 sec. A E Porritt, Magd. Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports. Prize medal. Record medal, Queen's Club, March 21, 1925. 100 yards. A E Porritt, Magd. Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports. Prize medal. March 1925. 100 yards. 9 9/10 sec. A E Porritt Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports. Prize medal. March 1925. 120 yds hurdles. 2nd, 15 4/5 sec. A E Porritt Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports. Prize medal. March 1925. 220 yds hurdles. 2nd, 24 4/5 sec. A E Porritt Quantity: 6 curio(s). Physical Description: Gold, silver and bronze coloured medals, diameters 62 mm.

Date: 1917

From: Various makers :World War I, Gallipoli and French war medals from the estate of J. G. Young, C. B. E., Director-General of the New Zealand Post Office, 1939-1945.

Reference: Curios-024-b-016-18

Description: A small circular badge with a stickpin on the back. The front, on a white background, shows the red triangle of the Y W C A with the words God, King, Country, over a gold circle with the words Red Triangle Day Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Enamelled tin, 22 mm diameter, with stickpin, 24 mm longest dimension

Date: 1980 - 1990

From: Artist unknown :[Three badges belonging to Tommy Adderley. 198-?]

By: Adderley, Tommy Arthur, 1940-1993

Reference: Curios-003-037

Description: Metal badge, a pass to a music festival Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Metal badge 57 mm (diam)

Date: 1926

From: Various artists :[Curios, badges, medals and awards from the Porritt papers]

Reference: Curios-040-024

Description: Includes: Oxford University Athletic Club. Record medal OUAC Jubilee match, 6 March 1926. Oxford University Athletic Club. 1926. 100 yards. 2nd A E Porritt, 10 sec. Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports. Prize medal. 1926 100 yards. A E Porritt. 10 sec. Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports. Prize medal. 1926. 220 yards. 2nd, A E Porritt. Polytechnic Harriers. Kinnaird Interclub Trophy. 1926. 100 yds. Amateur Athletic Association Championship. Standard medal. 22 yards. A E Porritt. July 2nd & 3rd 1926. Amateur Athletic Association Relay Team Championship. Stamford Bridge London, 1st May 1926. 1st, Medley relay London Athletic Club. 1926. 220 yards Challenge Cup, won by A E Porritt, 22 3/5 sec. Quantity: 8 curio(s). Physical Description: Gold, silver and bronze coloured medals, various diameters up to 62 mm.

Date: 1917

From: Various artists :[Curios, badges, medals and awards from the Porritt papers]

Reference: Curios-040-043

Description: Pewter tankard presented as a prize in a running race at Wanganui Collegiate School to pupil Arthur Porritt. Other Titles - No stepping back [motto] Other Titles - Hundred yards senior champion / championship Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Glass-bottomed pewter mug with handle, base diameter 118 mm, lip diameter 95 mm.

Date: 1982 - 1819 - 1983 - 1821

Reference: Curios-003-032

Description: Medallion issued around 1982-1983, commemorating the voyage of two Russian oceanographic vessels, "Admiral Vladimirsky" and "Faddei Bellinsgauzen," which repeated the routes of the first Russian Antarctic expeditions led by F.F. Bellinsgauzen and M.P. Lazarev 1819-1821. The submarine group completed the expedition in forty-seven days of being under ice. The obverse of the medal shows two ships traversing a map of Antarctica and the sea surrounding it, with the southern parts of Australia, New Zealand, and South America around the edges. Medallion, on reverse: "Russkaya antarkicheskaya ekspeditsiya: 'Vostok', 'Mirnii', 1819-1821". Shows two sailing ships in Antarctic waters with penguins on an icefloe in the foreground. Other Titles - Circumnavigatory voyage (Translation of title) Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Medallion, anodised aluminium 69 mm (diam) Provenance: Presented by captain and crew of the "Admiral Vladimirski", on Russian oceanographic survey 1982-1983, retracing steps of Bellingshausen, 1819-1821.

Date: 1945

By: Bastian Brothers Company (Rochester, N.Y.)

Reference: Curios-021-017

Description: Circular enamel and metal badge shows the globe and wreath of the United Nations logo. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Metal and enamel badge, diameter 27 mm Provenance: Donated by Mrs Judy Myers, Wellington, in 2009. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1746.

Date: 1943

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: Objects-0447

Description: Produced for the Diocese of Wellington, maker(s) not identified. Lozenge-shaped badge with shield of Anglican church, and text around the outside. Text reads: "Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia". Accompanied by letter from the Bishop of Wellington, conferring the badge - dated 23 October 1943. Title Supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Bronze badge, 40 x 25 mm, attached to red ribbon. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, September 2022. Previous reference: Curios-024-A-019 Previous title: Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Diocese of Wellington :Diocese of Wellington. Order of Lay Readers. [Badge on red ribbon. 1943].

Date: 1950

From: Various artists :[Curios, badges, medals and awards from the Porritt papers]

Reference: Curios-040-025

Description: Includes: British Empire Games, Auckland 1950. Federation Chairman [badge] [Shows a gold-coloured winged foot superimposed on a silver fern] British Empire Games 1950. New Zealand. A E Porritt, CBE, FRCS [Medal showing Britannia] Quantity: 2 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver and bronze objects, sizes varying up to 52 mm.

Date: 1916

From: Various artists :[Curios, badges, medals and awards from the Porritt papers]

Reference: Curios-040-015

Description: Includes: Royal Life Saving Society. [Bronze medal] awarded to A E Porritt, December 1916. W.C.S. 1916. A E Porritt. Standard. High jump W.C.S. Swimg [Swimming] 1916. A E Porritt. Diving for plates Quantity: 3 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver and bronze medals, diameters up to 30 mm.

Date: 1917

From: Various artists :[Curios, badges, medals and awards from the Porritt papers]

Reference: Curios-040-016

Description: Includes: [Wanganui Collegiate School]. House relay race. Grey House. W.C.S. 1917. A E Porritt. Standard. High jump Senr champ. 5 ft. W.C.S. 1917. A E Porritt. 100 yds senr champ. Standard time 11 2/5 secs. Quantity: 3 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver medals, diameters up to 30 mm.

Date: 1923

From: Various artists :[Curios, badges, medals and awards from the Porritt papers]

Reference: Curios-040-020

Description: Includes: Otago University Athletic Club. A E Porritt, 100 yds champ. Record 10 1/5 sec. 1923 Otago University Athletic Club. A E Porritt, 220 yds champ. Record 23 3/5 sec. 1923 Otago University Athletic Club. A E Porritt. 120 yds hurdle champ. Record 16 sec. 1923 N.Z.A.A.A. 1923. AEP [monogram oncentral copper disc inside silver cross N.Z.U.T. A E Porritt, O.U. 100 yds. record (10 sec). 1923 [New Zealand Universities Easter Tournament?] N.Z.U.T. A E Porritt, O.U. 200 yds. record (22 4/5 sec). 1923 [New Zealand Universities Easter Tournament?] Quantity: 6 curio(s). Physical Description: Gold, silver and bronze coloured medals, irregular, diameters up to 33 mm.

Date: 1917 - 1920

From: Various artists :[Masonic and other war memorabilia and insignia, formerly belonging to Robert James Henderson. 1913, 1915-1920]

Reference: Curios-029-052-002/003

Description: Two small decorative plates or ashtrays identical except for the text inscriptions, both showing a female figure in swirling drapery, in an art nouveau style. Quantity: 2 curio(s). Physical Description: Bronze plates stamped with shallow relief, 95 x 130 mm (irregular) Provenance: From the papers of Robert James Henderson, donated by Mrs Shirley McAteer and Mr Roy Henderson, in 2008. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-9099 - Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts (MS-Papers-9099). Transfers made from there..

Date: 1883 - 1899

Reference: Curios-038-011

Description: Plain undecorated hand-operated medal press, with the plates for each side of the medal screwed into place. Downward pressure on the handle brings the two plates together above and below the material of the medal. The Lodge Valley True Blue, Dunedin was established in 1883, and was still going in the 1960s. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Iron press with pointed handle, 240 x 76 mm, height 220 mm.

Date: 1924

From: Various artists :[Curios, badges, medals and awards from the Porritt papers]

Reference: Curios-040-021

Description: Includes: Oxford University Athletic Club. S.A. Olympic team, OUAC, 17 June 1924. 1st, 100 yards Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports. Prize medal. A E Porritt, 2nd, 100 yards. 10 1/5 sec. 1924. P.A.Z.S.[?], Warszawa 1924. I. [1924 Summer Student World Championships, Warsaw. Porritt won the 100 metres in 10.9 seconds] Amateur Athletic Association Championship. Standard medal. 22 yards flat. A E Porritt. 21.6.24. An Bainriogan Tailte. Aonac Tailteann, Baile Ata Cliath [Tailteann Festival Games, Dublin]. Athletics, Dublin, August 1924. 120 yds hurdles. Quantity: 5 curio(s). Physical Description: Gold, silver and bronze coloured medals, diameters varying up to 62 mm.

Date: 1915

From: Various artists :[Curios, badges, medals and awards from the Porritt papers]

Reference: Curios-040-014

Description: W.C.S. [Wanganui Collegiate School] 1915. A E Porritt. Standard. 100 yds jnr champ. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver medal, diameter 30 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1960

By: Everton, Margaret Eila, 1919-2010

Reference: Curios-039-012/021

Description: Includes: Metal badges: 012: Auckland Teachers' Training College, with motto: Totis veribus 013: Auckland City. Year elected 1928 (badge on pin) 014: Auckland City coat of arms ; and "B.P." [Baden Powell?] badge, both pinned to black epaulette Embroidered badges or patches: 015: Brownie patch 016: Auckland City coat of arms 017: Auckland Basketball Association (ABA) 1938-9 018: Circular panel of Japanese embroidery 019 - 020: Sports team numbers for attaching during sports: 7 and 11 021: Fawn and khaki ribbons folded and stitched Oral History Centre holds an interview with Meg Everton. Meg Everton was the daughter of Eila Florence Everton (nee Hill), and descended from Edwin (Ted) Hill, a brother of Alfred Hill. She was a teacher, lectured at Ardmore Teachers' College for 22 years, and lived in Takapuna. Quantity: 10 curio(s). Physical Description: Metal badges and embroidered patches, sports numbers, sizes varying Provenance: From the estate of Margaret Eila Everton, 2010. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1889 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1889..

Date: 2015

By: New Zealand. Embassy (Turkey)

Reference: Eph-F-ANZAC-2015-1

Description: Two presentation packs, and 2 extra photographic pack covers showing a reproduction of an Alexander Turnbull Library photograph of Allied troops landing at Gallipoli, PAColl-8147-1-08. Packs contain: Commonwealth Graves Commission. Gelibolu, Cikarmasi, 1915. Booklet of 16 pages, written in Turkish. The Anzac Walk; Gallipoli in a day. Spiral-bound booklet of 165 pages Cannakale city guide. Booklet in English. The spirit of Anzac 1915-2015. Commemorative circulating coin NZ$0.50 Gallipoli, Gelibolu 2015 badge, with Gallipoli motif: a Gallipoli rose with a sprig of rosemary WW100 badge in small black drawstring bag. In addition, the packs contain: Pack 1: Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Anzac Day. Maroon scarf Pack 2: Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Anzac Day. Maroon tie Quantity: 2 presentation packs. 1 pack cover (2 copies). Physical Description: Offset prints, booklets, metal badges, fabric scarf, tie, housed in pack covers, 310 x 230 mm.