PLACE REPRESENTED: Melbourne, Victoria , Australia
ITEM: Salt and Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Rustic colonial style pottery depicting three sites from Melbourne: Flinders Street Station, the trams, and Captain Cooks cottage (which Captain Cook never lived in, well, not in Australia – it was brought to Melbourne in 1934 from England.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5.5cm diameter x 6cm (each)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Norfolk Island , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Norfolk Island depicted by the (I assume) Norfolk Pine and (I assume) the Bounty sailing ship (the one famed for the mutiny) which never actually went to Norfolk though some of its mutineers did or, it could be the HMS Resolution the ship Captain Cook commanded when he first discovered (White European discovery) the island in 1774.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8cm high x 4.5cm diameter (at largest)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Rockhampton, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Absolute kitsch. I’m not sure what these dolphins have to do with Rockhampton either. Well, I mean there would be dolphins there but they are pretty much everywhere along the Queensland coast. But, the Fitzroy river that Rockhampton is on is known for having Australian snubfin dolphins in residence and these aren’t snubfin dolphins.
Perhaps I’m being too pedantic.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4cm across , 9cm high each (approx)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Lapland, Finland.
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Lapland is the largest and northernmost region of Finland. It looks cold. The reindeers like it. Perfect for a salt & pepper shaker.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Finland
MANUFACTURER: Studio Polaris Oy (Studio Polaris is a Finnish company specialising in porcelain).
PLACE REPRESENTED: Switzerland
ITEM: Wooden salt & pepper shakers.
NOTES: Salt & Pepper shakers made of wood with a small decal indicating Switzerland, though in reality it could be any place that can afford decals.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm diameter , 8.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Adelaide, specifically Marineland, South Australia , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Tacky – I have a similar trinket with aligators and Florida.
Marineland in Adelaide (at West Beach) opened in 1969 and closed in 1988, in rather controversial circumstances. The famous pelican ‘Mr Percival’ from the movie ‘Storm Boy’ was a feature attraction, as well as the performing dolphins. It is probably good that it closed down. http://www.adelaiderememberwhen.com.au/mixed-memories-for-marineland/
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm high , 8cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Caloundra, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: How cheap ….”Queensland: The Sunshine State” is on the shakers but a little sticker on the holder identifies the generic souvenir as a memento of Caloundra. Insert town name here!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: glass , plastic , wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm across , 10cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cooktown, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Salt & pepper shakers from Cooktown in the shape of cheeky crocodiles is cheekily appropriate as Cooktown in Queensland’s far north has its fair share of crocodiles. Google “Cooktown” and “crocodile” and see what I mean. The locals consider them to be quite cheeky. Google “Cooktown”, “crocodile” and “cheeky” and see what I mean. People still get taken by crocodiles. There are many camping sites around Cooktown.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 6cm across x 7.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Small salt & pepper shakers depicting Tasmania in the shape of, err, steins. I don’t know if there was any large numbers of German migrants to Tasmania so I’m not sure where the steins came from.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: steel , plastic
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5.5cm high , 3.5cm wide (including handle)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Stylish (or garish) 80s looking salt & pepper shakers depicting popular Queensland symbols … pineapples, sun, sunglasses and waves.
No art, literature, or culture?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5cm diameter , 7cm high