A very basic guide to the State Library of Victoria
“Barker & Co "Cakoes" Decorative Patty Pan collection.” and related Barker & Co. printing outputs.
Box No.1. Advertising layouts and original Artwork with some annotations. Printed paper plates. Flat pack patty pan box designs in plastic sleeves.
Box No.2. Patty Pans- nursery rhymes. Foys cake shop. single delicate Japanese print like Elephant or Rhino design in greys and light pink( right way up and upside down on alternate sides)
Box No.3. Ltre 739 Two friezes - Princess bridge. Melb town hall . Melb cup football game. Etching style.
Box No.4. Flat sheets in plastic pockets original artworks for nursery rhyme patty pan designs-tracing paper layers to show color printing stages. …
Clubs are trumps. Flat pack patty pan box designs in plastic sleeves.
Box No.5. Coloured flat lay of birthday patty pan boxes in sleeves.
Box No.6 Patty pan stacks – spade patty pan shape. Pastel multicolored patty pan stacks. Several Cafe branded patty pans such as:
Single “Dewsnap oven fresh”, Sugar and spice
Box No.7. LTRE739
American printed! Foil Bakers Choice Foil Midget Cups Fluted Paper products co inc
South Norwalk Conenecticut 06856. Us patent nos. 3,460;3,550,421. Canadian patent no 8806738 .
Bridge set 1930’s. “designed specially for card parties”
Box No. 8. ABoxes of. Patty Pans-perhaps the most graphically diverse of the collection- seems to include international samples /partnerships or licensing..?
Afrikaans “koelbek” with recipe. Svlko. Koekbak. Kelkies. Recipe for Kolwyntjies. (cupcakes?)
Barker Cakoes Cartoon Character /Mascot . “Jay Tee” – pastel colored patty pans
Mc Meeking Manufacturing Limted Dunedin. Crimped Patty pans. 29 c “economical dependable produce perfectly cooked cakes”
BOX 9.
tightly packed tube. 1,000 ? Christmas patty pans
Box 10
“PIA “ paper cup
Plastic wrapped patty pans one packl from
120 Patty pans
“hold shape”
Safeway price sticker 6 cents
“Shovelton Storey” the soft paper company
282 -298 Nicholson st
Fitzroy
3065
Box 11
Slightly worn “Paper maid”
Large baking cups- Brown company
Service products division. Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007
Box and a few plain light pastel color 14 red patty pans a little bent
Box 12
2 paper plates
One with joker /clown like pictures
One with two roses on it
Box 13
Plastic wrapped plain paper plates
Box 14
2 packets plastic wrapped plates plain
Several plates with pictures on them
bbQ theme -says 1950’s on back
Melbourne cup first one
Footy star ?
Box 15
2 original identical Printing Plates - 1940’s ? Cakoes Lettering and Cupcake Image.