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Title A name given to the resource Selection of Percy Grainger's personal artefacts, on display in the Grainger Museum 2017-2020 Description An account of the resource 1. Eiraku Wazen, Japan, Nine tea cups, late 19th century-early 20th century. Purchased by Rose Grainger on 4 November 1920 from Wahman & Co., New York. 01.0184 2. Unknown maker, South Africa, Seed pod. Seed pod with repeated design of fine copper and brass wires attached through drilled holes. 01.3088 3. Unknown maker, probably Eastern Malaysia (Northern Borneo), Large cylindrical basket. 01.3019 4. Percy Grainger, Inkstand made out of rope kept as a souvenir from the 1933-1934 L'Avenir voyage, 1933-1934. 01.3125 L'Avenir was a four-masted steel barque built in 1908, one of the windjammers owned by Gustav Erikson to operate the grain trade from Australia to Europe. L’Avenir was active on the route from 1932 to 1937. The ship also carried passengers, though most did not travel the entire distance from Finland to Australia. 5. Two deck quoits kept by Percy Grainger as a souvenir from his 1933-1934 L'Avenir voyage, c.1933-1934. 01.0333, 01.0334 6. Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, Coffee pot, Teapot, and Milk jug, 1850. 01.0271, 01.0627, 01.0272 7. Unknown maker, Serving tureen with Chinese design, before 1920s. 01.0133 8. Unknown maker, Australia, Award presented to Percy Grainger by the Brisbane Austral Choir, 4 August 1928, c.1928. Polished section of Agate with inscribed copper plaque. 01.0424 9. "Barstow Stone", collected by Percy and Ella Grainger in January 1936, United States of America. Small pink stone covered in yellow lichen, with inscribed envelope. 01.0554 10. Unknown maker, Travel beauty case and contents belonging to Rose Grainger, before 1922. Tan crocodile skin travel case, bottles, hair tongs, mirror, nail file. 01.0796. The case was given to Rose Grainger by the lithographic printer Karl Ferdinand Klimsch (1841-1926). 11. Unknown maker, United States of America, Comb, before 1922. 01.0636. This comb was probably used in an Ablutions Kit belonging to Rose Grainger. The comb has been inscribed by Percy Grainger with the words “Mors Tid”, meaning “In mother’s time”. 12. Unknown maker, Handerchiefs monogrammed with Percy Grainger’s initials, c. early twentieth century. Silk, cotton. 01.3365 13. Unknown maker, Selection of three spectacles from a group of nine pairs of spectacles belonging to Percy Grainger, with envelope and prescriptions, c.1930s to 1950s. 01.0575 14. Gillette, Travelling shaving kit, before 1940. 01.0712. The Gillette Company was founded in 1901 in Boston, United States of America, as a safety razor manufacturer. The kit has a Danish travel document from the 1930s folded inside. 15. Unknown maker, Pair of black leather slippers belonging to Percy Grainger. 01.0455 These slippers were used by Percy in his last years, and were kept with all the contents of his bedside table by Ella after his death. 16. Unknown maker, Tankard, n.d. 01.0608 17. Ella Grainger, Rorvig, Denmark, 1929, 1929. Oil on canvas. 04.0087 18. Parcels of hair from Percy Grainger and Ella Grainger, 1940s. 01.3530 19. Greeting card, with photograph of Ella and Percy Grainger, Pevensey, June 16, 1929. 20. Unknown photographer and frame maker, Framed photograph of the Aldridge family. Silver gelatin print, wood. 01.2053 21. Box of various spoons and forks belonging to Rose Grainger, n.d. 01.0189-01.0194 22. Unknown maker, United Kingdom, Footstool given to Ella Grainger by Poultney Bigelow, late 19th century. Mahogany, cloth. 01.0308 The original Museum tag reads ‘This stool (foot-stool) was a gift from Poultney Bigelow (1855-1954) to Ella Grainger - P.B. told me that this foot-stool had stood in the American Embassy in Paris (18--) when his father John Bigelow, was American Ambassador at the time of Napoleon III of France.’ 23. Harris & Ewing, Washington DC, United States of America, Autographed portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt in frame made out of wood taken from the White House roof Silver gelatin print, wood. 01.3327 24. Rowland & Marsellus, England, President Roosevelt commemorative plate, early twentieth century. 01.0261 25. Unknown maker, Norway, Saint Olav Medal, 1954. 01.0401 This medal was presented to Percy Grainger by King Haakon VII of Norway in 1954. The Saint Olav medals were awarded in recognition of "outstanding services rendered in connection with the spreading of information about Norway abroad and for strengthening the bonds between expatriate Norwegians and their home country". 26. Charles Taylor, Canada, Tiepin, c. 1922. Tiepin with a small gold nugget on the top. 01.0409 Original Museum label reads “Given to P.G. at Chicago July 1922 by Mrs R.A. Johnston of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba”. 27. Unknown maker, Match holder with hinged lid, engraved with the initials "PG". 01.0222 28. Unknown maker, Leather wallet with intials ‘PG’, and receipts and other documents inside, c. early twentieth century. Leather, paper. 29. Unknown maker, Carved wooden container belonging to Percy Grainger, n.d. Wood. 01.0739 30. Unknown maker, Australia, Purse belonging to Percy Grainger with 12 Australian coins, and enclosed note, c.1950s. Leather, metal. 01.0544. Enclosed note reads “Australian Silver for Percy in exchange for his American with love Mardi 11th – Ella.” This purse was in Percy Grainger’s bedside chest of drawers at the time of his death in February 1961. The contents of the chest of drawers were kept as a whole by Ella for the Grainger Museum. 31. Unknown maker, Folder of blotting paper with covers of embroidered cloth, 20th century. 01.0443 32. Unknown maker, Japan, Sewing box and contents belonging to Rose Grainger, n.d. Wood, metal fabric. 01.0248 33. Unknown maker, Japan, Lacquered box belonging to Percy Grainger, containing various personal items, n.d. Black-lacquered wooden box with metal hinges. 01.0552 34. Unknown maker, Locket, before 1922. Metal, gold plate, photographs. 01.0407. This love heart shaped locket encloses black and white photographs of Rose and Percy Grainger. 35. Unknown maker, Japan, Japanese export ware chest containing an assortment of oddments belonging to Rose Grainger, early 20th century. Ajiro (bamboo weaving technique), copper, wood. 01.0404 36. Unknown photographer, Australia, Percy Grainger, framed with blue fabric mount; 2 matching blue napkins, c. early twentieth century. 03.5009 37. Orient Make, Suitcase belonging to Percy Grainger, 1950s. Cardboard with leather edging and handle, brass clasps, paper labels. 01.3568 38. C.A. Taylor Trunk Co, Chicago, New York, Trunk. Wood, metal. 01.3579 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various makers