Category Archives: Italy

VENICE, ITALY – Document Holder

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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

   

 

VENICE, ITALY – T Shirt

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Venice , Italy

ITEM: T Shirt

NOTES: Venezia, Italy. There is no mistaking that. It is quite stylish though with the gondola quite vivid in its multi-coloured embroidery. The Italians famous for the their clothes had this made in Bangladesh though “designed” in Italy.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017

MADE FROM: cotton

MADE IN: Bangladesh

MANUFACTURER: San Marco

DIMENSIONS: kids XL

ABRUZZO, ITALY – Ashtray

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Abruzzo , Italy

ITEM: Ashtray

NOTES: “Ricordo d’ Abruzzo”. A “Remembrance of Abruzzo. This is a simple but stylishly detailed copper ashtray from the Italian region on the Adriatic..

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: Copper

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 14.5cm diameter

VENICE, ITALY – Cap

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Venice , Italy

ITEM: Cap

NOTES: A sailors (or naval) cap indicating the former maritime trading nation of Venezia. Fair call. Water is still a part of life there and many sailors were from there or worked for the Venetians (as we all know).

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: cotton  or polyester

MADE IN:  China

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 58cm diameter

 

TRIESTE, ITALY – Wall Ornament

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Trieste Miramare - Wall Plate (1)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

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VENICE, ITALY – Wall Plate

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Venice - sites - Wall Plate (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Venice , Italy

ITEM: Wall Plate

NOTES: A elaborate, detailed (and very Italian) wall plate depicting some of the famous sites of Venice, the city of 117 small islands, separated by canals and linked by bridges.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 24cm diameter.

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ABRUZZO, ITALY – Wall Ornament

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Abruzzo, Italy - Wall Ornament (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Abruzzo , Italy

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: “Ricordo d’ Abruzzo”. A “Rembrance of Abruzzo. A contented woman working in a kitchen. A celebration of the traditional. Abruzzo is a region of Italy in Southern Italy (around the middle of the boot on the eastern side). Fiercely proud (at least the ones I know are) they are neither northern nor southern. Quite beautiful the area is less well known to foreign tourists than the usual staples of Italian tourism.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: Copper

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 24cm  diameter

CASTIGLIONE, ITALY – Ashtray

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Castiglione, Sicily - Ashtray (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Castiglione di Sicilia , Italy

ITEM: Ashtray

NOTES: Castiglione di Sicilia is a small municipality 160 km east of Palermo in Sicily. The structure depected is Cannizzu (XII century), a cylindrical tower, which is the symbol of the town of Castiglione.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 14cm  diameter x 4cm high

MONTENARS, ITALY – Wall Ornament

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Montenars - Wall ornament (3)PLACE REPRESENTED: Montenars , Italy

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: A magnificent souvenir celebrating the town of Montenars in Italy’s northern Alpine region (in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia). The souvenir depicts a climbing pick and rope (naturally enough for the area) with a excellent inlay containing a picture of the town, assorted flora and a miniature traditional Alpino hat common to the area. Wonderfully evocative and from a time when souvenirs had a little thought.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood , steel , cloth

MADE IN:   Italy probably

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 43cm long x 18cm wide x 4cm deep

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TUSCANY, ITALY – Cap

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Toscana - Cap - Blue (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Tuscany , Italy

ITEM: Cap

NOTES: Toscana, Italia, more commonly known to us as Tuscany, Italy. The major towns in the region are written around the cap edge, Lucca, Firenze (Florence), Siena, Pisa.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 200s

MADE FROM: cotton

MADE IN:  China

MANUFACTURER: Polifemoeye

DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.

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