PLACE REPRESENTED: Anaheim, California, USA specifically Disneyland.
ITEM: Bowl
NOTES: Disneyland in a wavy plate with various “lands” depicted. Yes, I know Anaheim is now in greater Los Angeles.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 17.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: New Zealand
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Union
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm x 3.5cm at its widest
PLACE REPRESENTED: Caloundra, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: How cheap ….”Queensland: The Sunshine State” is on the shakers but a little sticker on the holder identifies the generic souvenir as a memento of Caloundra. Insert town name here!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: glass , plastic , wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm across , 10cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Vanuatu
ITEM: A wooden nic nac container with lid.
NOTES: A nicely painted bowl with lide from the Republic of Vanuatu, the Oceaniac island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean much loved by tourists on package deal cruises.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland, Australia
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: Small, efficient and effective. I’ve been there and my keys need a home. And, lets face it, key chains always get used.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 6.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Seychelles
ITEM: Ornament
NOTES: A little handcrafted wooden turtle with “Seycheles” written on it’s shell. It’s not heavy enbough to be a paperweight but it is cute. The Seychelles (or the Seychelle Islands) are a 155 island country archipelago in of the coast of eastern Africa.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: locally probably
DIMENSIONS: 11cm long x 11cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: London (specifically the London Underground) , England.
ITEM: Nic Nac Plate
NOTES: A small nic nac plate depicting the iconic map to the London Underground. Though it may be a little hard to carry, you wont get lost using this map, well, as long as you down leave the Tube station.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 10cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Bergen , Holland
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: Google translates “De Heerlijkheid” as “the glory”. Bergen is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in North Holland. Depicted is a local windmill and the famous Ruïne church in the centre of the village of Bergen. Artists looking for a pastoral setting are drawn to the natural beauty of Bergen. It’s a pity the tilers weren’t as well because this wall tile is “Made in Turkey” as proudly displayed on the back.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Turkey
MANUFACTURER: KS Tiles
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 15cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: The Tasmanian devil with an apple and sunglasses.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1985
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm , 4.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Small salt & pepper shakers depicting Tasmania in the shape of, err, steins. I don’t know if there was any large numbers of German migrants to Tasmania so I’m not sure where the steins came from.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: steel , plastic
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5.5cm high , 3.5cm wide (including handle)
