PLACE REPRESENTED: Shanghai , China
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: Shanghai China emphasising tradition (foreground) and modernism (background). As if the State would have it any other way.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic materia,
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 21cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Canada
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A baseball style cap celebrating Canada and its famous maple leaf in outline.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton, polyester
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: AJM International
DIMENSIONS: One size fits most Velcro adjustment strap.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tallinn, Estonia
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: A beautifully detailed mug depicting the old town of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The old town is one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: probably Estonia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm diameter at top x 13cm high x 14cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Rijeka , Croatia
ITEM: Shot Glass
NOTES: The Rijeka coat of arms with the twin headed eagle (which reflects the double-headed Reichsadler used by the Holy Roman Empire Habsburg emperors) standing on a pitcher with water coming from the same. Rijeka means river in Croatian hence the water from the pitcher. The coat of arms is traced back to 1659 and a decree byt the Croatian king and Austrian emperor Leopold I. http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Rijeka
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm high x 4.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Popoyo (specifically Magnific Rock) , Nicaragua
ITEM: T Shirt
NOTES: Stylish Long T shirt with stylish vivid writing (and the inevitable man, surfboard, sundown on back) celebrating on of Nicaragua’s beautiful beaches and surfing areas.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2013
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: Nicaragua
MANUFACTURER: EM Tex
DIMENSIONS: XL
PLACE REPRESENTED: Bariloche , Argentina
ITEM: Wall Tile
NOTES: According to wikipedia … “San Carlos de Bariloche, usually known as Bariloche, is a city in the province of Río Negro, Argentina, situated in the foothills of the Andes on the southern shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake”. Depicted is a church (I assume) though i’m not sure which one. It isn’t either of the two most famous ones Cathedral of San Carlos de Bariloche or Capilla de San Eduardo. Anyone from Bariloche? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bariloche
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: tile
MADE IN: Argentina
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 15cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Vienna (specifically Donaustadt) , Austria
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: Donaustadt (literally, Danube City) is the 22nd district of Vienna, Austria. The city is old but but the district is new (established 1946).Most of the sites are from other districts though the Donauturm tower (opened 1964) is depicted.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Botswana
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: Nothing fancy here. Accurate though. Botswana’s national colours are light blue, black and white. Quite striking and I dare say you will be the only person out wearing a Botswanan cap … well apart from guy I know.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: unknown
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: unknown
PLACE REPRESENTED: Worthing , England
ITEM: Display Plate
NOTES: A Present from Worthing … as it was circa 1925. Worthing is a large seaside town on the south coast of England … and the pier is still there, albeit destroyed and rebuilt a couple of times. The current one is the more art deco one from 1935. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worthing_Pier
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1920s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Germany
MANUFACTURER: Schumann
DIMENSIONS: 18cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Laos
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: Very shiny gold wall ornament depicting the sites of Laos, “Land of a Million Elephants”. This in the right sunlight is blinding … just like some Laotians I know
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm