GRAND CANYON, USA – Mitt Holder

Grand Canyon - mitt holder (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Grand Canyon, Arizona , USA

ITEM: Oven Mitt Holder

NOTES: How many oven mitt holders do you come across? This stylish piece of timber has room for the keys in the half urn whilst your mitts can hang from below. How do I know it as oven mitt holder? By the writing, “Take a holder from this hook, save your fingers when you cook”. The “Grand Canyon Nat’l Park” in a different font and writing indicates this may have been a “insert place name here” souvenir. Still, an oven mitt holder!

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11cm wide x 14cm long x 5.5cm deep.

Grand Canyon - mitt holder (2)

ALASKA, USA – Cutlery

Alaska - Cheese Slicer (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Alaska , USA

ITEM: Herb Knife

NOTES: I’m sure there are herbs in Alaska but a herb knife as a souvenir? Well, at least you can use it.

The knife has a curved blade to get a rocking action and is also known as a ‘Hachoir’ or ‘Herb Chopper’.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: steel , wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 10.5cm high x 14.5cm long (herb knife) 10cm long x 2cm high (base)