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
I love the anarchic manner in which the name plate has been attached to the box – who cares if it’s not straight!! It’s laissez-faire – almost Dadaist.
I have touched the real thing. Take that as you will.