PLACE REPRESENTED: Beijing , China
ITEM: Nic Nac Dish
NOTES: Beijing. The familiar sites of Beijing, errr 20 years ago. There has been a lot of development since then. Errr, there has been a lot of development there since I started writing this entry.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Australia. Ha, just kidding. China (of course)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 22cm long x 14cm wide x 2cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Buenos Aires , Argentina
ITEM: Snow Globe
NOTES: Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina and the tango, a dance from Buenos Aires, go hand in hand. Actually the dance originated in Buenos Aires and Montevideo in Uruguay which are on either side of the River Plate about 250 km from each other.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: glass , resin (base)
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm across x 9cm high .
PLACE REPRESENTED: Colombia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A great vivid piece of aluminium tin foil raised art mounted on to a piece of thin Masonite wood. This art is a cut above your mass produced stuff. The detail on the raised foil is quite good and the colours are vivid. “Caminos de Colombia” means roads of Colombia … not sure why they have that as it is not a map.
Not likely to me mistaken as headphones either.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: tin foil, wood.
MADE IN: Colombia probably.
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 26cm x 26cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: This would be nice if it was brass and solid wood but it’s plastic and cheap wood. Sydney deserves better though Oscar Levant’s quote about Hollywood may apply to it … “Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you’ll find the real tinsel underneath”.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: plastic , wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20cm long x 24cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Lapland, Finland.
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Lapland is the largest and northernmost region of Finland. It looks cold. The reindeers like it. Perfect for a salt & pepper shaker.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Finland
MANUFACTURER: Studio Polaris Oy (Studio Polaris is a Finnish company specialising in porcelain).
PLACE REPRESENTED: Dubrovnik, Croatia
ITEM: Vase
NOTES: An evocative, rustic, hand crafted vase from Dubrovnik depicting locals in traditional dress.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material , (pottery).
MADE IN: probably Croatia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm high , 10cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A cap with the Tasmanian coat of arms … or at least a variation of it. The shield has been replaced with a map of a lion and the old State emblem, and the normal red lion has been replaced with a white one (which is all usually found on the Tasmanian police badge).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: polyester or cotton.
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Peru
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A very stylish and ornate cap from Peru. Quite a bit of detail has gone into the brim and badge. It is wonderfully folk art-ish with some of the usual traditional Peruvian motifs displayed … a lama, Incas. The “chismosas” referred to are “gossips”. Very nice.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: leather or vinyl (I can’t tell which)
MADE IN: Peru probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cambodia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A cap with the Cambodian flag superimposed within the outline of Cambodia with, errr “Cambodia” written in English and in, I assume, Khmer.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: cotton or polyester
MADE IN: Cambodia probably (in a sweat shop?)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Niagara Falls, Canada
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: Niagra Falls, Canada in orange and not, for a change, in the red and white national colours of Canada.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult Adjustable size.