PLACE REPRESENTED: Fiji Islands
ITEM: Clock NOTES: An ornate clock from Fiji depicting all the island of Fiji. You could see this hanging in a tiki bar.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: wood (“treated wood” apparently – probably specified so tourists can take the same back to their country of origin, or think they can, or have, in this case).
MADE IN: Fiji probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 22cm across , 29cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Canada
ITEM: Clock
NOTES: A large clock with all the shields for all the Canadian provinces and territories depicted. Ten provinces, two territories. It’s big and it’s regal. It’s Canada.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: wood (reconstituted)
MADE IN: Canada
MANUFACTURER: AEF
DIMENSIONS: 27cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Rijeka , Croatia
ITEM: Clock
NOTES: A battery run clock in stone in the shape of a boat (naturally enough for sea faring types like the Croats) with a drawing of the clock tower from the old town in Rijeka. Rijeka, on the Croatian coast means “river”. Under the Italians the town was called “Fiume”, Italian for, err, river. The river isn’t very wide. Maybe they don’t have a word for “creek” in Croatian or Italian. The town is however a major port on the Adriatic and one of the centres of major shipbuilding.
This clock is very weighty and perhaps, today, would be considered to be some sort of weapon and not allowed in carry-on luggage.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1998
MADE FROM: stone
MADE IN: Croatia
MANUFACTURER: Suveniri Rimanic, Pazin, Croatia.
DIMENSIONS: 20cm high , 15cm across