PLACE REPRESENTED: Dubrovnik , Croatia
ITEM: Wall Ornament / Plate
NOTES: A beautifully glazed steel wall plate celebrating Dubrovnik and suitably old looking like Dubrovnik itself. Beautiful, like Dubrovnik itself.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel (enamel decoration on metal)
MADE IN: Croatia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 31cm diameter
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA – Wall Tile
PLACE REPRESENTED: Perth, Western Australia , Australia
ITEM: Wall Tile
NOTES: There certainly are a lot of wineries in and around Perth and, not surprisingly, a lot of Continental European migrants.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: tile
MADE IN: Australia (probably)
MANUFACTURER: Kylee (signed)
DIMENSIONS: 15.5cm x 15.5cm
EASTER ISLAND, CHILE – Wall Tile
PLACE REPRESENTED: Easter Island , Chile
ITEM: Wall Tile
NOTES: Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as it is known to its Polynesian locals is a Chilean Island about 3500 km west of Chile. It is most famous for its nearly 1000 large stone monumental statues, called Moai locally or "Easter Island Heads".
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: tile
MADE IN: Argentina
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 15cm
LOVRAN, CROATIA – Wall Ornament
PLACE REPRESENTED: Lovran , Croatia
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: A beautifully vivid wall plate with pyrography etching and a nice colour print of the harbour in Lovran, Croatia. It looks so simple and relaxing.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Croatia (I assume)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Adelaide, South Australia , Australia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A small wall ornament depicting St Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral or St Peter’s Anglican Cathedral or, perhaps, another denomination. Well, Adelaide is known as the “City Of Churches”. The Adelaide tram at the front is less ambiguous.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: resin
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm x 8cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Athens (specifically the Temple of Zeus) Greece
ITEM: Wall ornament
NOTES: A vividly coloured plate depicting (what’s left of) the Temple of Zeus in Athens … it is 2000+ years old. The Acropolis and Parthenon are in the background. http://www.greeka.com/attica/athens/athens-excursions/athens-olympian-zeus.htm
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: porcelain
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 21.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Malta
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A wall ornament depicting the airport at Malta. Airports are always a double edged sword on souvenirs … are you celebrating coming or leaving? This is a nice snapshot of a small European airport circa 1970s.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Malta probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm wide x 14.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Trieste , Italy
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: An elaborate (as you would expect from the Italians) wall ornament depicting Miramare castle 8 km north-west of Trieste (or Trst as it is known to Croatians, well, it was an Illyrian settlement a long, long time ago). Castello di Miramare (or the Castle of Miramare), located about 8 km north-west of Trieste, with a commanding presence over the Gulf of Trieste, is a majestic castle (with a surrounding park, the Park of Miramare) built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte (the Austrian Habsburgs controlled the early 1500s until after World War 1). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miramare_Castle
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: steel , ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 29cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Innsbruck , Austria
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: The famous town of Innsbruck in Austria dates back to the 4th century. Depicted is the Goldenes Dachl building (which dates back to 1500) in the old town of Innsbruck. A perfect plate to capture the Alpine nature of the town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenes_Dachl
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Austria probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina
ITEM: Wall Ornament ]
NOTES: Sarajevo in Bosnia celebrated in wood craft (by pyrography – the art of decorating wood or leather by burning a design on the surface with a heated metallic point ) typical of Yugoslav folk tourist art of the 70s. Depicted here is the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque and Tower clock damaged in the war of the 1990s but repaired. Oddly, perhaps intentionally, one of the verticals in the Mosque’s dome roof leading to the roof spire looks quite like a cross. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazi_Husrev-beg_Mosque
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Bosnia and Herzegovina probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 16.5cm diameter