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Well you never now what you might find on the club trading table ...

Picked this small pot up tonight thinking "that's a bit different", saw it had a couple of stamps on the bottom, but as I was busy didn't have a close look until I got home.

We'll blow me down, it has a stamp "WAVERLEY AABC 1994"
So if you've got AABC commemorative pots from past years please post them here, let's see what the whole collection looks like

Wow, that's really cool, 20 years of history, I wonder where it will be in another 20. Good score!

Great score Ryan. Could I trouble you for a clearer shot of the chops so we can post them in the Australian Bonsai Potters Signatures thread.

Regards,
Steven

Steven wrote:Great score Ryan. Could I trouble you for a clearer shot of the chops so we can post them in the Australian Bonsai Potters Signatures thread.

Regards,
Steven

Sure can Steven, I'll get the 'proper' camera out when I can

Psymo wrote:Wow, that's really cool, 20 years of history, I wonder where it will be in another 20. Good score!

Hopefully with me

I'm presuming this pot was sold or given at the 1994 AABC Waverley convention? I'll chat with some of the experienced members around the club, but did anyone here go to that convention, or have any further info around these pots?

Do we have a list anywhere of which clubs held conventions in what year?

Ok so I found this ... which seems to confirm the basics

Hi Ryan,
Thanks for posting the pot and the information. Great history.

Regards Ray

I was at that convention and I do remember a couple of other conventions the AABC did give pots to those who attended, but I'm damned if I can remember if I got one of these pots. I do remember getting a ripper pot at one of the conventions, unfortunately it was broken during one of my many moves.

A few more 'proper' photos for reference ...

Graeme wrote:I was at that convention and I do remember a couple of other conventions the AABC did give pots to those who attended, but I'm damned if I can remember if I got one of these pots. I do remember getting a ripper pot at one of the conventions, unfortunately it was broken during one of my many moves.

It s a real shame when that happens, or they get packed away in boxes for years and the joy of rediscovery.

I love pots with a story, a history

^^ This is Max Baxter's chop viewtopic.php?f=29&t=18662&p=189610#p189610

To continue the theme, this is the pot that was given to attendees at the 2004 AABC convention in Canberra. So it is 10 years old this year, and 10 years younger than Cre8iv's pot.

Good stuff Watto, another unique pot

Any more out there?

A few from my collection of containers 1989 convention.







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Well I've come across another 1994 AABC convention pot, slightly bigger and different style ...