PLACE REPRESENTED: Dublin , Ireland
ITEM: Pencil case
NOTES: A fancy pencil case in vinyl depicting all the sites of Dublin. Weell, most of them. It is very stylish in it’s own way and would get talked about more than your standard pencil case. And, that’s what it is all about, isn’t it?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 22cm x 16cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Venice , Italy
ITEM: Document Holder
NOTES: This looks to be a letter writing folder from Venice. Your pad and envelopes and pen would have gone inside. It seems to be of leather which has been embossed and painted (Printed, tooled and color dyed leather writing pad with punched and stitched edging) . It is quite beautiful and intricate in its own way and would even work as an object d’art if framed. Ahhh, those Venetians.
Pity no one writes letters anymore.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1940s
MADE FROM: leather
MADE IN: Italy probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 19.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Amsterdam , Holland
ITEM: Stationery
NOTES: A novelty, oversize pencil with a bell attached depicting all the sites of Amsterdam, well almost everything … there is no Red Light district. Maybe that’s what the bell is for. That’s cryptic. Actually, that makes no sense. In any event the bell becomes annoying when writing, though the a novelty oversized pencil is not commonly used.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: wood , pencil .
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 23cm (including bell)
