NORFOLK ISLAND, AUSTRALIA – Salt & Pepper Shakers

norfolk island - s&p shakers (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Norfolk Island , Australia

ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers

NOTES: Norfolk Island depicted by the (I assume) Norfolk Pine and (I assume) the Bounty sailing ship (the one famed for the mutiny) which never actually went to Norfolk though some of its mutineers did or, it could be the HMS Resolution the ship Captain Cook commanded when he first discovered (White European discovery) the island in 1774.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

 DIMENSIONS: 8cm  high x 4.5cm diameter (at largest)

NORFOLK ISLAND, AUSTRALIA – Key Holder

Norfolk Island - key holder (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Norfolk Island , Australia

ITEM: Key Holder

NOTES: Rustic, locally made (by P. Christian according to the back. No doubt a descendant of Fletcher?) pyrography piece depicting the ubiquitous Norfolk Island pine tree.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood , steel

MADE IN:  Norfolk Island

MANUFACTURER: P. Christian

DIMENSIONS: 11cm  wide x 11cm high

Norfolk Island - key holder (2)

 

NORFOLK ISLAND, AUSTRALIA – Kitchenware

Norfolk Island - CreamerPLACE REPRESENTED: Norfolk Island , Australia

ITEM: Creamer

NOTES: Milk creamer with sailing ship probably the Endeavour as Captain Cook stopped at Norfolk Island (and named it) for a nano second in 1774.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS:      9cm high x 11cm from edge to handle edge x 7cm diameter opening.