Tag Archives: 1980s

BANGLADESH – Wooden Ornament

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Bangladesh - Wood Ornament (1)     Bangladesh - Wood Ornament (5)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Bangladesh

ITEM: Ornament

NOTES: A ornament that is both hand crafted and machine made which shows the Bangladeshi flag at full mast, a relief of Bangladesh, and all of its 64 districts named.

This is very handy if you want to quickly find out where the, say,  Barguna district is, and you don’t have the internet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Bangladesh 

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  Bangladesh (probably)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18.5cm across X 22.5cm high

QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Salt & Pepper Shakers

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Queensland - SP Shakers (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers

NOTES: Stylish (or garish) 80s looking salt & pepper shakers depicting popular Queensland symbols … pineapples, sun, sunglasses and waves.

No art, literature, or culture?

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 5cm diameter , 7cm high

KINGS CANYON, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA – Cup

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Kings Canyon - Steel Cup (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Kings Canyon, Northern Territory , Australia

ITEM: Steel cup

NOTES: A steel cup. Kings Canyon (which is part of the Watarrka National Park in remote Northern Territory, Australia, about 323 km south-west of Alice Springs).

Everything suggests this souvenir had a functional use around a camp fire.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: steel

MADE IN:  China   (we probably sold them the iron ore to make this cup)

MANUFACTURER: Shanghai Bon Voyage International Trading Co

DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm diameter x 8cm high

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC – Dinner Bell

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Pargue - Dinner Bell - Ceramic (1)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Prague , Czech Republic

ITEM: Dinner Bell

NOTES: A (ornamental) little dinner bell depicting Prague’s Charles Bridge over the river Vltava with the Prague castle in the background.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 5cm diameter x 8.5cm high

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WOOMBYE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Snow Globe

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Nambour - The Big Pineapple - Snow Globe (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Woombye (specifically The Big Pineapple), Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Snow Globe

NOTES: It doesn’t snow anywhere near the “Big Pineapple” so why a snow globe? Why not I say!

The “Big Pineapple” was a big and a major tourist attraction in the 70s … people would travel for miles to see the “Big Pineapple”. They don’t as much any more but they should as there is should be a market for “retro chic hipster tourism”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Pineapple

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN:  China

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18.5cm high x 7cm

GRENFELL, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Fridge Magnet

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Grenfell - Fridge Magnet

PLACE REPRESENTED: Grenfell, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Fridge Magnet

NOTES: A outback man and his swag. How, err, outback Australian. Henry Lawson, the bush poet, was born near Grenfell so this is appropriate.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN:  Australia

MANUFACTURER: Crystal Craft

DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm x  7cm  (at its biggest)

ARGENTINA – Coasters

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Argentina - Leatherette coasters (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Argentina

ITEM: Coasters

NOTES: A magnificent set of coasters (set of six) from Argentina in leather stitched onto a plastic base. Or is it fake leather?

Who knows but there are a lot of cows in Argentina.

Stamped and painted depictions of Argentine culture complete the picture.

I suspect it’s all machine made but made to look hand crafted. Either way it is pretty good and the base / holder is pretty nifty also.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s MADE FROM: plastic,  leather (faux leather perhaps)

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: Coasters are 9.5cm in diameter  With the base the item sits 10.5cm high

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