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: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Abstract Tasmania (and its ever famous apple) in green, red and black. I like this.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: resin plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5cm x 5cm (at its widest)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: Six coasters and a bowl depicting an apple with a sticker identifying Tasmania. This could apply to any place that grows apples – now that’s covering all bases. I like how the apple on the coaster is a little further eaten on each coaster.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: Coasters: 10.5cm diameter. Bowl: 10cm diameter and about 6 cm high.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania, Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Apples and Tasmania … a very familiar motif. Apples and salt and pepper, of course, don’t go together or do they?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): circa 1960
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Westminster Fine China
DIMENSIONS: 7cm high x 5.5cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Display Plate
NOTES: Great detail … the manufacturer has managed to cram everything about Tasmania on there.
Well, at least all the positive things.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20.5cm diameter
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PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Small Display Plate
NOTES: A small display plate depicting Tasmania, a large island off the coast of a larger island.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm x 12.5cm