PLACE REPRESENTED: Tirol , Austria

ITEM: Small wooden wall ornament display plate. NOTES: The region of Tirol (or Tyrol) exists in both Italy (Tirolo) and Austria (Tirol). The spelling indicates this is from the Austrian side but the wooden plate and rustic feel of it reminds me of Italian trinkets. I have another similar ornament and wondered if the flowers depicted are region specific or just random? Those there are similar to the ones here so they could be regionally specific. Small but stylish with pyrography and vivid colours.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm diameter

PLACE REPRESENTED: Portschach , Austria

ITEM: Wall Ornament NOTES: Pörtschach am Wörthersee is a municipality in Carinthia, located in southern Austria. It is on the northern shore of Lake Wörth, about 14 kilometres (west of the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt) and is Alpine in nature. All those things are captured on this wall plaque.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood , plastic

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 20.5cm x 16cm

PLACE REPRESENTED: Innsbruck , Austria

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: The famous town of Innsbruck in Austria dates back to the 4th century. Depicted is the Goldenes Dachl building (which dates back to 1500) in the old town of Innsbruck. A perfect plate to capture the Alpine nature of the town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenes_Dachl 

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:   Austria probably

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18cm diameter

PLACE REPRESENTED: Kaprun , Austria

ITEM: Wall Hanging

NOTES: “Gruss aus Kaprun” means “Greetings from Kaprun”.

Kaprun is a municipality in western Austria famous for its glacier Kitzsteinhorn, skiing and tourism.

This well detailed hard resin wall hanging, is no doubt, made to replace the old traditional wooden wall carvings of the same style. It’s even made to look like it’s made of wood. The plate is detailed with the town, glacier, mountains and dams. I suppose it is post 2000 as the two funicular railways, the site of the Kaprun disaster of 2000, are not depicted.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: resin

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 21cm diameter

PLACE REPRESENTED: Tirol , Austria

ITEM: Small wooden display plate.

NOTES: The region of Tirol (or Tyrol) exists in both Italy (Tirolo) and Austria (Tirol). The spelling indicates this is from the Austrian side but the wooden plate and rustic feel of it reminds me of Italian trinkets. I wonder if the flowers depicted are region specific or just random? These plates are everywhere in Europe and are clearly machine shopped, somewhere, before someone added whatever place name, decorative touches, and painting to them.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm diameter