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NOOSA HEADS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Mugs

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Noosa - Mug Gift Set (6)PLACE REPRESENTED: Noosa Heads, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Mugs

NOTES: Noosa Heads on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland is a town popular with beach types, especially discerning ones. This pair of vividly coloured mugs with the first “o” in Noosa depicting the sun sums up sunny, happy Noosa days. Sunshine is so central that there is even a sun on the inside of the cup.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  China

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter x 10.5cm high

Noosa - Mug Gift Set (4)

CANADA – Mug

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Canada - Red Mug (1)     Canada - Red Mug (2)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Canada

ITEM: Mug

NOTES: Mug with Canadian flag and bear.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2005

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  China

MANUFACTURER: Snowcap Trading Co.

DIMENSIONS: 10.5cm high , 11.5cm from edge to edge of handle.

MT ROBSON, CANADA – Mug

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Mt Robson - Mug (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Mt Robson, British Columbia , Canada

ITEM: Mug

NOTES: A very large beer stein of a mug though I doubt you would be drinking beer on top of Mount Robson. It looks cold. Even the moose on the mug looks cold. Mount Robson is part of North America’s Rocky Mountain range and is the highest point in the Canadian Rockies.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  Korea but “Decorated in Canada”!

MANUFACTURER: Prestige Ceramics

DIMENSIONS: 9cm diameter x 12cm high

BURG HOHENZOLLERN , GERMANY – Glass

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Burg Hohenzollern - Glass (1)          Burg Hohenzollern - Glass (2)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Burg Hohenzollern , Germany

ITEM: Glass

NOTES: Hohenzollern Castle is a castle approximately 50 kilometers south of Stuttgart, Germany. It dates back to the 15th and 18th centuries in parts and is considered the ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern family, who eventually became German Emperors. The castle isn’t normally inhabited and is a sort of educational, historical Disneyland …err, without rides or giant stuffed talking animals.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: glass

MADE IN:  France

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm  diameter x 9cm high

BROOME, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA – Mug

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Broome - Clear Mug (1)    Broome - Clear Mug (2)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Broome, Western Australia , Australia

ITEM: Mug

NOTES: The mug proudly states “Broome the Pearl Coast Western Australia” and it should. Broome is a coastal and pearling (and tourist town) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2200 km north of Perth. It is remote. According to wikipedia, “The permanent population is estimated at 14,436, growing to over 45,000 per month during the tourist season”.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: glass

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm  high x 7cm  diameter x 11cm across (including handle)

VANCOUVER, CANADA – Mug

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Vancouver - Mug (3)     Vancouver - Mug (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Vancouver , Canada

ITEM: Ceramic Mug

NOTES: A mug depicting Vancouver.

I know  a lot of mugs who have visited Vancouver. Boom Boom!

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  Canada

MANUFACTURER: Capilano Glass

DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter , 10.5cm high

REESE, MICHIGAN, USA – Mug

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Reese - Mug (1)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Reese, Michigan , USA

ITEM: Mug

NOTES: A beautiful handcrafted mug from the United States. These small pottery and craft places do exist but they find it hard to compete with the cheap trinkets from China. Westerwald Pottery in Pennsylvania make salt glazed pottery in the rendition of the Westerwald region of Germany. They have been around since 1975.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2001

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  USA

MANUFACTURER: Westerwald Pottery

DIMENSIONS: 10cm high x 8.5cm diameter (at top) 10cm diameter (on bottom), 13cm wide with handle

COLOGNE, GERMANY – Mug

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Cologne , Germany

ITEM: Mug

NOTES: Depicting the German restaurant, Zum Treppchen, in Cologne, Germany. Operating since 1656 apparently.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  ?

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 20cm tall

PULA, CROATIA – Mug

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Pula , Croatia

ITEM: Coffee Mug

NOTES: Pula’s famous amphitheatre in Istra (Croatian regionalism). Interestingly the mug also has the Italian name for Pula on the front, Pola. Trying to cash in on Italian tourism perhaps or hedging bets on Italy’s return?

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  Croatia (probably)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 10cm high , 12cm wide

CHIMNEY ROCK, NORTH CAROLINA, USA – Mug

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chimney-rock-mug-1PLACE REPRESENTED: Chimney Rock North Carolina , USA

ITEM: Mug

NOTES: wikipedia: “Chimney Rock State Park is a North Carolina state park in Chimney Rock, Rutherford County, North Carolina in the United States. The 4,531-acre (18.34 km2) park is located 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Asheville, North Carolina, and is owned by the state of North Carolina. It offers hiking trails for all skill levels, spectacular views, the Devil’s Head balancing rock and a 404-foot (123 m) waterfall, Hickory Nut Falls. Its most notable feature is a 315-foot (96 m) rock formation, a granite monolith, Chimney Rock, accessible by elevator and providing views of the park and surrounding countryside”.  I could not have described it better. Also, I’m partial to granite rock though it is hard to shape.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  ?

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm across , 11cm high

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