SPAIN – Bottle

Spain - Bota Bag (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Spain

ITEM: Bottle

NOTES: Well, not a bottle but a bottle bag. A Spanish Bota Bag which is their tradition canteen and was normally used to carry wine, their traditional beverage of choice. The “Rdo De Espana” is a “Remembrance of Spain”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bota_bag

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: leather , plastic

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 24cm tall x 14cm wide

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MADRID, SPAIN – Ornament

madrid-wall-decoration-fan-1PLACE REPRESENTED: Madrid , Spain

ITEM: Ornament

NOTES: Madrid – a black fan, dancing. Fair enough. But this trinket is not really for hanging or sitting ….I’m not sure how you display this.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 14cm across , 8cm high   .

BARCELONA, SPAIN – Box

Barcelona - Box with lizard (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Barcelona (specifically Park Güell garden complex) , Spain.

ITEM: A small decorative box

NOTES: A souvenir of the Park Güell garden (and architectual) complex designed by Antoni Gaudi at the start of the last century in Barcelona. Gaudí’s multicolored mosaic salamander, “el drac” (the dragon) sits at the main entrance as well as atop this small box. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_G%C3%BCell 

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: wood , hard plastic resin

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 10cm long x 7cm wide x 7cm high

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