PLACE REPRESENTED: Maroochydore , Australia
ITEM: An Egg Cup.
NOTES: Simple but at least it seems to be a piece of local ceramic handiwork. But what is it? A ring holder or nic nac bowl?
No, it’s a very shallow egg cup.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Small Display Plate
NOTES: A small display plate depicting Tasmania, a large island off the coast of a larger island.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm x 12.5cm
ITEM: Bottle Opener
NOTES: Bottle opener on a key ring … just like the ones you find all over the world’s largest sand island, Fraser Island, after the weekend warriors have finished drinking and carving up the sand in their four wheel drives.
The coloured sands on Fraser Island are examples of where the sand has been stained over thousands of years due to the sand conglomerating with clay.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): unknown
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: Collectors World
DIMENSIONS: 11cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sarina, Queensland, Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: True kitsch – clearly manufactured en masse with space for your home town to be written in later. Also, I’m sure you couldn’t walk your feet off around Sarina. It’s not that big.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8cm across, 4cm high each
Another view of the feet for you podophiliacs —
PLACE REPRESENTED: Western Australia , Australia.
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans fold in on themselves or open up (as they should).
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 (when folded up), 25cm when opened up
PLACE REPRESENTED: Maroochydore , Australia.
ITEM: Cup
NOTES: Simple and functional … much like Maroochydore.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: J. Glaser Corp (Brand name Steditemp)
DIMENSIONS: 11cm high , 9cm wide.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory , Australia
ITEM: Thermometer
NOTES: Shells and thermometers. It doesn’t matter where you are, though on the water would be preferable, shells and thermometers always go together. Where do these shells come from? Not Nhulunbuy, surely. Maybe, it’s on the coast. Nhulunbuy is the name of the township on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory. This is remote!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: shells
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Gold Coast , Australia.
ITEM: Vase
NOTES: Heart shaped vase with garish colours. In its own way it perfectly sums up the Gold Coast.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: unknown.
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm across , 11cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Harbour Bridge, Sydney , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Whenever you put a city on a ashtray there will be analogical jokes made about the city and the ashtray … and Sydney is an easy target. The ashtray is made of a lead like steel probably mined in Australia before being sent to Japan to be manufactured into this trinket which is then sent back to Australia for sale. It’s not the first time the Japanese sent manufactured steel back to Australia.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm across , 11cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Eumundi, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: A dragonfly ashtray.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 12cm diameter