Category Archives: Wall Ornament

TIROL, AUSTRIA – Wall Ornament

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Tirol - small wall plate - wood (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Tirol , Austria

ITEM: Small wooden display plate.

NOTES: The region of Tirol (or Tyrol) exists in both Italy (Tirolo) and Austria (Tirol). The spelling indicates this is from the Austrian side but the wooden plate and rustic feel of it reminds me of Italian trinkets. I wonder if the flowers depicted are region specific or just random? These plates are everywhere in Europe and are clearly machine shopped, somewhere, before someone added whatever place name, decorative touches, and painting to them.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm diameter

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TORONTO, CANADA – Wall Ornament

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Toronto - Horseshoe Wall Hanging

PLACE REPRESENTED: Toronto , Canada

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: A cheap plastic horseshoe good luck piece withToronto depicted in its center. What is this trying to say? Do you need luck when you go to Toronto or do you take it with you when you leave?

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: plastic , steel

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm high x 11.5cm across

 

KONSTANZ, GERMANY – Wall Ornament

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Konstanz - Germany - wall plate - wood (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Konstanz , Germany

ITEM: Display Plate

NOTES: Konstanz is located at the western end of Lake Constance (Konstanz – get it?), on the river Rhine, in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. This plate is rustic and but simple art from the 60s. Well the plate certainly dates pre 1993 where one of the small towers to the harbour entrance (as seen in center of the plate) was replaced by the controversial statue Imperia by sculptor Peter Lenk.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  Germany (probably)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18cm diameter

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ISTRA, CROATIA – Wall Ornament

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Istra - Wood Wall Hanging (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Istra, Croatia

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: A simple yet telling wall hanging depicting the Croatian area of Istra as well as commonly seen objects in the area, all relating to wine, food and agriculture … naturally enough.

The area is, also, commonly referred to as Istria which is the Italian word for the area so the “Istra” depicted is a statement of Croatian Slavic-ness.

The Goat symbol at the top is the shield of Croatian Istra.

Istra is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea and is shared by three countries Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy tough the  overwhelming majority of it is in Croatia.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1994

MADE FROM: wood, steel.

MADE IN:  Croatia

MANUFACTURER: Izvorni Istarski Suvenir Brcic, Visnjan, Croatia.

DIMENSIONS: 20cm tall, 15cm across

 

ARTA TERME, ITALY – Wall Ornament

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Arta Terme - Wood Wall Hanging (1)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Arta Terme , Italy

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: A mass produced wooden artifact – insert town name at bottom.

Arta Terme is a province in far north western Italy which explains the slightly alpine look in the trinket.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arta_Terme

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 8cm  across , 18cm high

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TEXAS, USA – Wall Ornament

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Texas - Baker Barb Wire Wall Hanging (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Texas, USA
ITEM: Decorative Depiction
NOTES: A wooden Texas with a strip of Baker Barbed Wire attatched (a type of barbed wire which was patented in 1883). All hail the barbed wire? Free range advocates would not have been happy and no doubt gunplay resulted …
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood, steel
MADE IN:  unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 12cm high, 11cm wide

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MALTA – Wall Ornament

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malta - coat of arms - wall ornament (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Malta

ITEM: Wall ornament.

NOTES: The Maltese coat of arms with a nifty 70s laminate veneer in the background. This is the 1964 Independence shield of arms of Malta which was the coat of arms from  1964-1975. “Virtute et Constantia” is the motto on the shield and the motto for the “Order of Malta” award and which means “power and constancy”. And if you didnt know what the coat was …”Malta” is tagged in at the bottom.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  Malta

MANUFACTURER: Handmade

DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm  across , 14cm high

OPATIJA, CROATIA – Wall Ornament

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Opatija, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)

ITEM: Wall Picture

NOTES: A wooden frame with a postcard picture. The picture is a postcard of a fountain with a random bus in the background in Opatija but it can be replaced with any postcard. Which would be about right. I’m no expert but the wooden frame seems to be more alpine in nature … and Opatija is on the coast.

I still love this type of rustic souvenir.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 22cm across , 17cm high