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MT MAUNGANUI, NEW ZEALAND – Trivet

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Mt Maunganji - Trivet - steel (1)     Mt Maunganji - Trivet - steel (3)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Mt Maunganui, Tauranga , New Zealand

ITEM: Trivet

NOTES: Mount Maunganui is a town in the Bay of Plenty, located on a peninsula just to the north of Tauranga, at the top of the North Island of New Zealand. The Mount was independent from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in 1988. Phil Rudd, the former drummer for AC/DC lives in Tauranga …but only since the 80s.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: Steel

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm x 13.5xm       .

IRELAND – Calendar

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PLACE REPRESENTED:   Ireland

ITEM: Calendar

NOTES: A rustic Irish calendar depicting a happy go lucky stereotyped “Paddy” (it says so between his legs!) with his shillelagh which is also depicted at the top of the calendar in twig form. The real shillelagh is a walking stick come club used for walking and, errr clubbing?

In the days before digital, computers, iPhones and all the rest, this is how you kept track of the date, by rotating the numbers and days around, each day.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood , steel

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 17cm high x 8cm wide

HOLLAND – Wall Ornament

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PLACE REPRESENTED:   Holland

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: A small wall ornament with a hand painted farmhouse, some pyrography lettering, and, naturally enough, a windmill (windmills or clogs, clogs or windmills). This is especially as the sails on the windmill turn!

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm diameter

 

HERVEY BAY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Fan

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Hervey Bay, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Fan

NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans fold in on themselves or open up. Nice scenes of the sites at Hervey Bay and the nearby Fraser Island.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN:  Hong Kong (it’s written on the red bit at the bottom)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (18cm tall x 3.5cm wide (when folded in) or 25cm when open up)

         

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA – Cushion Cover

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Sydney - Pillow Case (1)

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA – Cushion Cover 

PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney. New South Wales , Australia 

ITEM: Cushion Cover 

NOTES: The sites of Sydney in all its gaudy colour and splendour. This is vivid. 

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s 

MADE FROM: material     

MADE IN:  unknown   

MANUFACTURER: unknown DIMENSIONS: 48cm x 48cm        

          Sydney - Pillow Case (3)      Sydney - Pillow Case (4)      Sydney - Pillow Case (2)

ATHENS, GREECE – Wall Ornament

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athens - acropolis - wall plate (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Athens (specifically the Temple of Zeus)  Greece

ITEM: Wall ornament

NOTES: A vividly coloured plate depicting (what’s left of) the Temple of Zeus in Athens … it is 2000+ years old. The Acropolis and Parthenon are in the background. http://www.greeka.com/attica/athens/athens-excursions/athens-olympian-zeus.htm

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: porcelain

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 21.5cm diameter

TRIESTE, ITALY – Wall Ornament

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Trieste Miramare - Wall Plate (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Trieste , Italy

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: An elaborate (as you would expect from the Italians) wall ornament depicting Miramare castle 8 km north-west of Trieste (or Trst as it is known to Croatians, well, it was an Illyrian settlement a long, long time ago). Castello di Miramare (or the Castle of Miramare), located about 8 km north-west of Trieste, with a commanding presence over the Gulf of Trieste, is a majestic castle (with a surrounding park, the Park of Miramare) built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte (the Austrian Habsburgs controlled the early 1500s until after World War 1). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miramare_Castle 

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: steel , ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 29cm diameter

Trieste Miramare - Wall Plate (2)

INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA – Wall Ornament

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innsbruck - wall plate (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Innsbruck , Austria

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: The famous town of Innsbruck in Austria dates back to the 4th century. Depicted is the Goldenes Dachl building (which dates back to 1500) in the old town of Innsbruck. A perfect plate to capture the Alpine nature of the town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenes_Dachl 

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:   Austria probably

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18cm diameter

MACKAY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Pin Cushion

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Mackay - pincushion - shell (3)PLACE REPRESENTED: Mackay, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Pin Cushion

NOTES: A  most unusual pin cushion and quite a good one. I’m not sure is this locally made as I’m not sure Mackay is famous for its shells given it’s located on a river (the Pioneer river) though it is a jumping off point for the nearby Great Barrier Reef, and the Whitsunday Islands. Still, I would be happy to put my pin in this cushion.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: shell

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm long x 5cm high

Mackay - pincushion - shell (2)   Mackay - pincushion - shell (1)

GRINDELWALD, SWITZERLAND – Wall Plate

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Grindelwald - Wall Ornament (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Grindelwald , Switzerland

ITEM: Wall Plate

NOTES: A suitably rustic wall hanging declaring Grindelwald, a village in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps in the south which had a population of about 3300 in the 1960s at the time of this souvenir (and about 4000 now). I’m no expert but the flowers could be the Mountain Avens (or maybe Edelweiss), perhaps a Dissecta and maybe an Alpine Forget-me-not (the “King of the Alps”). This is simple and pretty.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:   Switzerland probably

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 20cm diameter