PLACE REPRESENTED: Canada
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: Mug with Canadian flag and bear.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2005
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Snowcap Trading Co.
DIMENSIONS: 10.5cm high , 11.5cm from edge to edge of handle.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Mt Robson, British Columbia , Canada
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: A very large beer stein of a mug though I doubt you would be drinking beer on top of Mount Robson. It looks cold. Even the moose on the mug looks cold. Mount Robson is part of North America’s Rocky Mountain range and is the highest point in the Canadian Rockies.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Korea but “Decorated in Canada”!
MANUFACTURER: Prestige Ceramics
DIMENSIONS: 9cm diameter x 12cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Burg Hohenzollern , Germany
ITEM: Glass
NOTES: Hohenzollern Castle is a castle approximately 50 kilometers south of Stuttgart, Germany. It dates back to the 15th and 18th centuries in parts and is considered the ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern family, who eventually became German Emperors. The castle isn’t normally inhabited and is a sort of educational, historical Disneyland …err, without rides or giant stuffed talking animals.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: France
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm diameter x 9cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Broome, Western Australia , Australia
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: The mug proudly states “Broome the Pearl Coast Western Australia” and it should. Broome is a coastal and pearling (and tourist town) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2200 km north of Perth. It is remote. According to wikipedia, “The permanent population is estimated at 14,436, growing to over 45,000 per month during the tourist season”.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm high x 7cm diameter x 11cm across (including handle)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Vancouver , Canada
ITEM: Ceramic Mug
NOTES: A mug depicting Vancouver.
I know a lot of mugs who have visited Vancouver. Boom Boom!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Canada
MANUFACTURER: Capilano Glass
DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter , 10.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Reese, Michigan , USA
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: A beautiful handcrafted mug from the United States. These small pottery and craft places do exist but they find it hard to compete with the cheap trinkets from China. Westerwald Pottery in Pennsylvania make salt glazed pottery in the rendition of the Westerwald region of Germany. They have been around since 1975.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2001
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: USA
MANUFACTURER: Westerwald Pottery
DIMENSIONS: 10cm high x 8.5cm diameter (at top) 10cm diameter (on bottom), 13cm wide with handle
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cologne , Germany
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: Depicting the German restaurant, Zum Treppchen, in Cologne, Germany. Operating since 1656 apparently.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: ?
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20cm tall
PLACE REPRESENTED: Pula , Croatia
ITEM: Coffee Mug
NOTES: Pula’s famous amphitheatre in Istra (Croatian regionalism). Interestingly the mug also has the Italian name for Pula on the front, Pola. Trying to cash in on Italian tourism perhaps or hedging bets on Italy’s return?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Croatia (probably)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm high , 12cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Chimney Rock North Carolina , USA
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: wikipedia: “Chimney Rock State Park is a North Carolina state park in Chimney Rock, Rutherford County, North Carolina in the United States. The 4,531-acre (18.34 km2) park is located 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Asheville, North Carolina, and is owned by the state of North Carolina. It offers hiking trails for all skill levels, spectacular views, the Devil’s Head balancing rock and a 404-foot (123 m) waterfall, Hickory Nut Falls. Its most notable feature is a 315-foot (96 m) rock formation, a granite monolith, Chimney Rock, accessible by elevator and providing views of the park and surrounding countryside”. I could not have described it better. Also, I’m partial to granite rock though it is hard to shape.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: ?
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm across , 11cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Meteopa , Greece
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: This looks like a hand crafted mug / cup with hand painted scenery. Meteopa is a mountaintop Greek Orthodox monastery – Just outside the village of Kastraki, Kastraki, Kalambaka, Greece
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: I’d be surprised if it wasn’t Greece.
MANUFACTURER: unknown, but hand painted.
DIMENSIONS: 8cm high x 7.5cm diameter opening at top high , 7.5cm diameter (opening at top)
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