PLACE REPRESENTED: Rhodes , Greece
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands (a group of 15 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea, off the coast of Turkey) of Greece. Depicted in the Palace of the Grand Master in the city of Rhodes. This is vivid.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: pottery
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: Probably Greece
DIMENSIONS: 26cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Greece
ITEM: Brush
NOTES: An ornate clothes brush and holder designed to hang of a wall. Now this is something a little different. Clearly it’s Greek or perhaps specifcally a souvenir of Athens as there is the relief of the parthenon on the brush. The figure at the top is in traditonal clothing and has a gold 5-arched crown on his hat. I’m not sure what occupation he is. i would havbe thought a soldier but their traditonal hats are usually red. The Monarchy of Greece was the government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of the Kingdom of Greece from 1832 to 1924 and 1935 to 1973. This souvenir seems t be from the 1950s or 1960s.
EAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: wood , brush , other material.
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 28.5cm high x 10cm wide x 6cm deep.
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: Mykonos , Greece
ITEM: Candle Holder
NOTES: A really nice tea tree candle holder with coloured and painted glass. Quite evocative for a recent travel trinket. Mykonos is a Greek island in the Aegean and has, the typically, white houses and the famous Mykonos windmills as depicted on the glass. Mykonos’ nickname is “The island of the winds” which explains the windmills, and possibly why the candle needs to be encased in a lantern!
Much more subtle than the Australian comedy “The Kings of Mykonos” (2010).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: steel , glass
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20.5cm high x 7.5cm wide at base
PLACE REPRESENTED: Greece
ITEM: Wall Hanging
NOTES: A beautifully detailed and painted wall tile depicting a traditional scene in a Greek village. Though it could be from any number of countries in the eastern Mediterranean. Is it idealised? It matters not, it is very stylish.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Greece
MANUFACTURER: Knossos Ltd / Katsidoniotis Bros
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm across x 15cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Kythera / Cythera, Greece
ITEM: Condiment Set
NOTES: A six piece dinner condiment set: Two bottles with two lids (I assume oil and vinegar), salt and pepper shaker, a plate and a small cowbell shaped think which I assume is for toothpicks or something.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Greece
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: Plate has a 21cm diameter, the bottles are 17cm high, the salt and pepper shakers are 7 cm high and the small toothpick holder is 8 cm high.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Meteopa , Greece
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: This looks like a hand crafted mug / cup with hand painted scenery. Meteopa is a mountaintop Greek Orthodox monastery – Just outside the village of Kastraki, Kastraki, Kalambaka, Greece
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: I’d be surprised if it wasn’t Greece.
MANUFACTURER: unknown, but hand painted.
DIMENSIONS: 8cm high x 7.5cm diameter opening at top high , 7.5cm diameter (opening at top)
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