I’ll review the electric ceramic jug collection held by the Powerhouse Museum in its ‘...never done’: women’s work in the home exhibit.  Featured, is a 1920s suburban kitchen displaying all the most sought-after electric jugs. Fancy electric jugs like these became a status symbol as electricity was rolled out to suburbs and towns across Australia, the more eccentric and fancy a jug the better. After decades of daily use it is rare to find museum quality pieces like these.

Vintage jug collecting is a serious hobby for those interested in Australian pottery and its history. These old designs remind us of a bygone era in Australia and are making a huge comeback in the form of fancy ornaments standing silent witness to the daily rituals in modern Aussie kitchens. Its well worth visiting Sydney to see them for yourself. The collection includes examples of:

• Nilsen Electric Kookaburra Jug 1930s

• Sunshine Electrix Sunray Jug 1930s

• Twylite Lightning Bolt Electric Jug with Bakelite Lid 1945

• Hecla Grecian Urn Electric Jug 1929

• Wynyard Stoneware Electric Jug 1920s

• Rapid Stoneware Magnetic Electric Jug 1920s

• Sunshine Electrix Face Jug 1935

• Fowler Stoneware Blue Glazed Electric Jug with Bakelite Lid 1930s

• Koster Premier Pottery Electric Jug 1930s

• Sunshine Electrix Ten Sider Jug 1930s

For selective collectors these varieties are the Holy Grail so unless you already know a collector, come along to the museum to take a peek at the full collection for yourself.

  

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