PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Nic Nac Dish
NOTES: Tasmania, the “holiday State”, famous for apples and yachts and ferries travelling north at weird angles it seems.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm x 9.5cm
30PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Drink Tray (is it drink tray or drinks tray?)
NOTES: A beautiful stainless steel drinks tray depicting all the sites of Tasmania, as they were circa 1965 (can’t be before the Tasman Bridge, bottom left, was completed in 1964). This drinks tray is exactly the same as another I have posted except King’s Bridge at Launceston has been replaced by Prince’s Square Fountain at Launceston. No idea why.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: stainless steel
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 28cm
TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA – Tea Towel
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Tea Towel
NOTES: A humorous tea towel depicting Tasmania and the "large desolate land off" its northern coast (Australia). All the negatives of the "large desolate land" are mentioned as well as all the postives in Tasmania. I can't speak to all the positives because a lot are value statements but the negatives are accurate. This map is made all that much more humourus by the fact that Australia, often, when depicted, leaves off the the large island state.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: 100% cotton
MADE IN: India
MANUFACTURER: Nucolorvue
DIMENSIONS: 44cm x 71cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania (specifically the Batman Bridge) , Australia
ITEM: Small Dish NOTES: A small nic nac dish celebrating Tasmania’s Batman bridge which crosses the Tamar River. The image and design of this is quite 1960s, which makes sense as the bridge was built between 1966 and 1968 and was the first cable stayed bridge in Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Bridge
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: china
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Westminster
DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm x 10cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A cap with the Tasmanian coat of arms … or at least a variation of it. The shield has been replaced with a map of a lion and the old State emblem, and the normal red lion has been replaced with a white one (which is all usually found on the Tasmanian police badge).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: polyester or cotton.
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: Tasmania, Australia, ’nuff said.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: The Tasmanian Tops Co
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Drink Tray
NOTES: I love these drink trays, come wall plates. Great photos of Tasmania in its pristine beauty.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 28cm across
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hobart , Australia
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: “Greetings from Hobart” the coasters say.
Timeless.
Timeless because I don’t think Hobart has changed that much since the 1970s … just kidding.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: cork
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 28cm x 10cm (packet)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Nic Nac Dish / Small Display Plate
NOTES: Small plate in the shape of a shell depicting Tasmania
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm across , 10cm across
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: The Tasmanian devil with an apple and sunglasses.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1985
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm , 4.5cm