LOVRAN, CROATIA – Wall Ornament
PLACE REPRESENTED: Lovran , Croatia
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: A beautifully vivid wall plate with pyrography etching and a nice colour print of the harbour in Lovran, Croatia. It looks so simple and relaxing.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Croatia (I assume)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Warwick, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: A homemade ceramic ashtray celebrating the Warwick rockswap in 1973. The Paris Exposition it wasn’t. But, it is still going having started in 1967!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Handmade
DIMENSIONS: 9cm across , 3.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Croatia
ITEM: Bottle
NOTES: Small bottle in faux (?) traditional design with a blue backing. Possibly a local version of a hip flask and no doubt used for holding a couple of shots of the local distilled grape spirit, rakija.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: glass , leather
MADE IN: Yugoslavia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13cm high , 10cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Lovran , Croatia
ITEM: Ornamental Minature
NOTES: A ornamental minature wine barrel with traditional handpainted design from Lovran on the Istrian peninsula.
Barrels, grapes (and drinking wine) are all well loved pursuits in the region … maybe that’s why there is a heart on the barrel.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Croatia (then Yugoslavia)
MANUFACTURER: Handmade
DIMENSIONS: 10cm high , 10cm long
