BATHURST, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA – Dish

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Bathurst (specifically the Soldier’s Memorial on King’s Parade), Victoria , Australia

ITEM: Dish

NOTES: The Soldiers’ Memorial (built 1909) at King’s Parade, Bathurst to remember those who fought in the Boer War. It’s still there as most Australian memorials are … one of the benefits of not being over run by other countries every few decades.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: England

MANUFACTURER: E. Webb & Co (made by Grimwade’s)

DIMENSIONS: 15.5cm diameter

FORTH BRIDGE, SCOTLAND – Wall Plate

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Forth Bridge , Scotland

ITEM: Wall Plate

NOTES: The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland. It was opened in 1890. This is a nicely detailed plate with some details on its construction. Very nice…

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: china

MADE IN: England

MANUFACTURER: Melba China Co. Ltd

DIMENSIONS: 16cm diameter

COOLANGATTA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Small Dish

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Small Dish

NOTES: A small dish depicting Marine Parade at Coolangatta, on the Gold Coast. It certainly doesn’t look like this any more, though it did up until the 1970s. A pity. The size of the row of pine trees along the left indicate this is from the 1930s.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: china

MADE IN: Czechoslovakia

MANUFACTURER: Victoria

DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm diameter

ALBURY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Small dish

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Albury, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Small Dish

NOTES: A small nic nac dish displaying the Albury War Memorial built in 1925 to commemorate those who had died in World War 1. Albury is a regional city in southern New South Wales near the Victorian border (it is separated from its twin city in Victoria, Wodonga, by the Murray River). There are many similar memorials throughout Australia. http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/20038-albury-and-district-war-memorial

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: china

MADE IN: England

MANUFACTURER: Royal Stafford

DIMENSIONS: 9cm diameter

BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND – Minature Ornament

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Blackpool , England

ITEM: Minature ornamental kettle

NOTES: A minature ceramic kettle with the Blackpool coat of arms. Blackpool is on the north west coast of England. Its motto is the “progress” depicted. I have no idea if they lived up to their motto.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: Czechoslovakia

MANUFACTURER: ‘Victoria’ Schmidt & Company

DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm across x 7.5cm high

AKAROA, NEW ZEALAND – Side Plate

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Akaroa , New Zealand

ITEM: Decorative Plate

NOTES: Akaroa is a village (and harbour) on Banks Peninsula on the South Island of New Zealand. Village or town? The population is about 600 people … but they still have a souvenir plate.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: Czechoslovakia

MANUFACTURER: Victoria

DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm diameter

BRUNSWICK HEADS, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Side Plate

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Brunswick Heads, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Side Plate

NOTES: Brunswick Heads is a town on the north coast of New South Wales which has remained (almost) unchanged for many years. It is very much a traditional, relaxed, and unpretentious coastal town. The rock wall depicted and swimming area is still there. Developers (with some dodgy government backing) are eyeing off the shore but locals are fighting back (and rightly so). Google the Brunswick Heads Foreshore Protection Group for more information.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: China

MADE IN: Czechoslovakia

MANUFACTURER: Victoria

DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm diameter

ISLE OF WIGHT, ENGLAND – Ornament

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Isle of Wight , England

ITEM: A very small ceramic urn

NOTES: I’m not sure why the use of the urn form. The Romans hung out there for quiet some time so I assume the urn shape could be a reference to that. Also, this is not the normal coat of arms for the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight recieved its more common coat of arms in 1938 so this is pre that. I’m not sure of the significance of the boat but the Isle of Wight is, errr, an island located in the English Channel (the largest in England), so, boats are a necessity.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: Czechoslovakia

MANUFACTURER: ‘Victoria’ Schmidt & Company

DIMENSIONS: 7cm high

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA – Ornament

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Melbourne, Victoria , Australia

ITEM: Ceramic clog

NOTES: As far as I know the Melbournians are not famous for clogs and the Dutch did not settle Melbourne (even Dutch explorer Abel Tasman didn’t make it to Melbourne) so, I assume, the ceramic clog factory was looking to move a few ceramic clogs and contacted the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Australia’s second most populous city, and said, “We can do you a deal on some souvenir clogs” …

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: Germany

MANUFACTURER: Victoria

DIMENSIONS: 9cm long x 4cm high x 4cm wide

WELLS, ENGLAND – Minature

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: City of Wells , England

ITEM: Minature

NOTES: Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in Somerset, England in the south west of England.The name Wells comes from three wells (as depicted on the coat of arms) dedicated to Saint Andrew, one in the market place and two within the grounds of the Bishop’s Palace and cathedral

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: Victoria

DIMENSIONS: 4cm diameter x 4cm high x 6cm across from handle to handle

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BATHURST, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA – Dish

FORTH BRIDGE, SCOTLAND – Wall Plate

COOLANGATTA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Small Dish

ALBURY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Small dish

BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND – Minature Ornament

AKAROA, NEW ZEALAND – Side Plate

BRUNSWICK HEADS, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Side Plate

ISLE OF WIGHT, ENGLAND – Ornament

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA – Ornament

WELLS, ENGLAND – Minature