Pokerwork bowl made from wood salvaged from HMAS Sydney (1) : Breaden family, Sydney

Turned wooden bowl with separate lid with integral button handle.The lid is decorated with a circular floral design in red, while the body of the bowl features a sawtooth design; the lower areas are painted black and feature a red flower in each tooth panel. The upper section is decorated with a border and dots. The following is engraved into the base: 'Wood out of HMAS Sydney. Destroyed Emden 1914. FWC'. The engraved design on the bowl, lid and base appear to have been created by pokerwork.

Turned wooden bowl, possibly of teak, made from wooden fittings salvaged from HMAS Sydney (I) in the 1930s. The decoration has been made using a electric pyrographic hot wire wood etching machine and colouring applied using the heated benzoline fume method, employing water based paints. Numerous souvenirs - from fruit and nut bowls, ash trays, match holders, tobacco jars and paperweights to specially framed prints of the HMAS Sydney - were fashioned from teak and other wood fittings salvaged from the Sydney before the ship was broken up in 1929. Purchased by the Breaden family during the 1930s.