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: 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: 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: Israel
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: A stylish, old school looking brass plate depicting Moses and “Israel” in English and Hebrew along the bottom. Moses was the leader of the Israelites dating back to the 13th century BC. The most important prophet in Judaism and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Druze faith, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.The plate, like Israel, is intricate, substantial and permanent.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel (brass?)
MADE IN: Israel (I suspect)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 25cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Croatia
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: A wall plate of Croatia depicting the country, the major cities, the major buildings in those cities and the Croatian coat of arms.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1995
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 24cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Caledonia, France
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: New Caledonia, or more appropriately, Nouvelle Caledonie, is an archipelago in the south pacific popular with tourists. This everyone knows. It was colonised by the French. This everyone may know. It is still a dependent territory of France. This everyone should know. It has had political power since 1998 and the Nouméa Accord which was “a promise by the French Republic to grant political power to New Caledonia and its original population, the Kanaks, until the territory decides whether to remain a special collectivity of France or become an independent state in a referendum to be held in November 2018” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noumea_Accord) That everyone probably does not know.
The referendum was held in 2018, then another 2020 and 2021. On each occasion New Caledonia voted against independence.
They are , however, sufficiently devolved, though, to have their own nation entry here.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic (melamine by the looks of it)
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm diameter
06LACE REPRESENTED: Venezuela
ITEM: Small Wall Plate
NOTES: A small wall ornament depicting the Venezuelan coat of arms from 1954 – 2006. The horse changed it’s position subsequently and perhaps its politics. It faces right here, and now faces left. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Venezuela
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Wales
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: Wales, or Cymru in Welsh, with all the great sites, old and new, from Caernarfon Castle to the, err Millennium Stadium.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Great Britain
MANUFACTURER: Sampson Souvenirs Ltd
DIMENSIONS: 20cm diameter
UKRAINE – Kiev – Wall Plate
PLACE REPRESENTED: Kiev , Ukraine
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, is commonly known as the “City of Domes”. In the foreground is the Great Lavra Bell Tower and behind it are the domes of St. Sophia Cathedral or maybe St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral or maybe Kyiv Pechersk Lava Monastery … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lavra_Bell_Tower
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Germany
MANUFACTURER: Rosenheim Porzellan
DIMENSIONS: 19cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: San Juan Capistrano, California , USA
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: San Juan Capistrano is in California and is the site of a Catholic mission (founded in 1776 and named after Giovanni da Capistrano (1386–1456), the Franciscan Saint from Capistrano, in the Italian region of Abruzzo) for which it is named. San Juan Capistrano is also known for its cliff swallows (birds) and there are parades, legends and songs (“When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano”) about the same. Swallows migrate 6,000 miles from Goya, Argentina to San Juan Capistrano in large groups and the town welcomes visitors from all parts of the world to witness the return of the swallows, a tradition that has been celebrated since the early 1930s. Their origin? In his book, “Capistrano Nights”, Catholic Priest Father St. John O’Sullivan, Pastor of Mission San Juan Capistrano, tells how the swallows were being shooed away he said “Come on swallows, I’ll give you shelter. Come to the Mission. There’s room enough there for all.” and the next day they were building nests in and around the Mission. All the sites of this small town are there including the statue of Saint Junípero Serra,a franciscan priest who founded many mission in the area. including this one. http://www.missionsjc.com/about/swallows-legend/
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Korea
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20.5cm diameter