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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA – Ashtray

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New York City - Steel Display Plate 01 (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City, New York , USA

ITEM: Small dish or ashtray

NOTES: A striking aluminium stamped small dish or ashtray commemorating New York City and its Empire State Building. Unsure of the age, but it has the Empire State Building as the tallest building, which it was from 1931 to 1971. The pressed aluminium cries out mass produced “art deco”. It is certainly a souvenir that wont break or deteriorate quickly.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1940s

MADE FROM: aluminium

MADE IN:  Switzerland

MANUFACTURER: Alpha

DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm diameter
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NEW YORK CITY, USA – Display Plate

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new-york-city-display-plate-1PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City , USA

ITEM: Display Plate

NOTES: Plate of NYC depicting various icons: the Empire State Building, the United Nations Building, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, the RCA Building, Madison Square Garden, the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 20cm diameter

NEW YORK CITY, USA – Nic Nac Plate

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new-york-city-renaissance-hotel-plate-1NEW YORK CITY, USA – Nic Nac Plate

PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City , USA

ITEM: Nic Nac Plate

NOTES: A tourist trinket with a specific agenda: “Meet me Under the Clock” and on the back, at the Renaissance Hotel in NYC on New Years Eve 1996. “Meet Me Under the Clock” is a place where many people meet, a clock being in times past a not common item, so everyone would know where it was. The phrase, apparently, can be traced to  J. D. Salinger who would meet William Shawn, the editor of The New Yorker, with that phrases, under the New York Biltmore Hotel’s lobby clock. The New York Biltmore Hotel ceased operation when the building was gutted in August 1981. The Renaissance is now a Marriott hotel on New York Times Square.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1996

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 13cm diameter

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NEW YORK, USA – Money Box

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New York City - Piggy Bank - Yellow (5)PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City , USA

ITEM: Piggy Bank

NOTES: Literally – a piggy bank in vibrant yellow depicting the best of NYC.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2013

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  China

MANUFACTURER: City Merchandise

DIMENSIONS: 14cm long , 11cm wide , 10cm high

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And a companion piece to the similar, but different, blue New York City piggy bank already posted …

New York City - Piggy Bank - Blue and Yellow (1)

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA – Tray

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New York City USA - Drinks Tray (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City , New York, USA

ITEM: Drinks Tray

NOTES: A bamboo drinks tray depicting famous structures of New York City. Bamboo isn’t native to NYC as far as I know but the stencils of the structures can’t be mistaken for any other place in the world. The Twin Towers take pride of place in this pre-2001 souvenir.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 33cm diameter