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The platypus toy lying full-length on a pink and blue floral patchwork quilt, showing its complete nose-to-tail shape. Faded by decades, not by neglect.

Close-up of the vinyl bill and one plastic eye, the fur meeting the smooth bill without a seam. The contradiction the whole toy is built from.

Quiet Billabong · 1960s Vintage Genuine Fur Platypus Toy

The koala toy sitting upright on a green cotton print, a yellow silk ribbon tied at its neck. Sixteen centimetres high, built at true baby-koala scale.

Close-up of the leather nose, one wooden lacquered eye, and the yellow ribbon bow against real fur. Genuine pelt, not the mohair pile a toy this age usually wears.

Bush Companion · 1960s Vintage Genuine Fur Koala Toy

The pair sitting on a green cotton print, punched brogue toes and plastic button straps visible from above. Deadstock from the 1980s, still holding their factory shape.

Close-up of both shoes from the front, the plastic button strap and punched brogue pattern lined up side by side. Never worn enough to soften a single crease.

Never Walked · 1980s Deadstock Vinyl Baby Mary Janes

The pointed bib front pinned at the bust on a dress form, cotton eyelet reading as a field of small embroidered flowers. Seventy-seven centimetres head to hem.

Back view of the waist tie knotted into a bow, the lace-edged sash trailing against the dress form. A single tie doing the work a waistband usually does.

French Maid · Antique 1900s-1920s Hand-Crocheted Lace Eyelet Pinafore Apron

Butter and Green · 1940s-50s Daisy Print Cotton Half Apron

Butter and Green · 1940s-50s Daisy Print Cotton Half Apron

Steady Hand · Hand-Made Philippines 1960s-70s Pintuck Cotton Lawn Baby Dress

Steady Hand · Hand-Made Philippines 1960s-70s Pintuck Cotton Lawn Baby Dress

A white short-sleeve blouse with a ruffled Peter Pan collar and scalloped hem, hanging on a wooden hanger against a green and white patterned fabric backdrop.

Blue Punctuation · 1950s-60s Cotton Baby Dress with Scalloped Trim

Wattle Weather · 1950s-60s Hand-Embroidered Cotton Baby Dress

Wattle Weather · 1950s-60s Hand-Embroidered Cotton Baby Dress