WORTHING, ENGLAND – Display Plate

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

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA – Salt and Pepper Shakers

PLACE REPRESENTED: Melbourne, Victoria , Australia

ITEM: Salt and Pepper Shakers

NOTES: Rustic colonial style pottery depicting three sites from Melbourne: Flinders Street Station, the trams, and Captain Cooks cottage (which Captain Cook never lived in, well, not in Australia – it was brought to Melbourne in 1934 from England.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 5.5cm diameter x 6cm (each)

IRELAND – Tea Towel

PLACE REPRESENTED: Ireland

ITEM: Tea Towel

NOTES: Irish Family names on a map of Ireland with the usual symbols of Ireland : the thatched roof cottage, Glendalough Round Tower, a Celtic cross, a drinking cup and a gold collar. I’m not sure how accurate it is an ancestry location locator but many, many Irish surnames are shown.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: 52% linen, 48% cotton.

MADE IN: Ireland

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 45cm x 65cm

SPLIT , CROATIA – Wall Ornament

PLACE REPRESENTED: Split , Croatia

ITEM: Wall Plate

NOTES: Split, featuring St Dominius Cathedral, done in pyrography (wood decorated with burn marks) on a carved plate. St Dominius (Katedrala Svetog Duje) is located inside the gates of Diocletian’s Palace built in Roman times as the Mausoleum of Diocletian before being converted to a church in the 7th century. Mass is still held here today, making it one of the oldest Catholic cathedrals in the world still in use in its original structure.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN: Croatia (probably)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 25cm diameter

AUSTRALIA – Ornament

PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia

ITEM: Humourous Ornament

NOTES: Typical Australian humour. Apparently. Well it’s not Barry Humphries but it is amusing. The only problem is, with the exception of Melbourne the weather is pretty consistent. Where it’s rainy, it rains all the time. Where it’s dry, it’s dry all the time ….

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 20cm

ISRAEL – Wall Plate

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

 

IRELAND – Wall Ornament

PLACE REPRESENTED: Ireland

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: The Irish shillelagh is a walking stick or club used for walking and, errr clubbing? This one isn’t long enough to be a walking stick, unless you were a little person (the little people of Irish mythology?) and too ornate to be a club (I assume). So,  it is purely decorative though would hurt if used for non-decorative purposes.

In the modern world, the shillelagh is recognised, especially in the Irish-American context, as a symbol of Irishness and populates the mascots and logos of many Irish associations and sports teams. This is one weapon that made the onto the plane and through customs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shillelagh_(club)

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN: Ireland probably

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 44cm long x 11cm wide (at its widest)