PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: New Zealand
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Union
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm x 3.5cm at its widest
NEW ZEALAND – Key Chain
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA – Fan
PLACE REPRESENTED: Las Vegas , USA
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: A beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fan from the 60s or early 70s. The pictures are vivid.
These fans must have been exported everywhere because they turn up everywhere. Not as collectible as the souvenir spoons or snow globes but quite commonplace, at least in place with warm climates. Though as a cooling device the fan is of minimal value … it’s not sturdy enough for vigorous fanning.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China (it’s written on the red bit at the bottom)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (when folded in) or 25cm (when open up)
CALOUNDRA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Salt & Pepper Shakers
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
LONDON (specifically Westminster Abbey), ENGLAND – Nic Nac Plate
PLACE REPRESENTED: London (specifically the Westminster Abbey) , England
ITEM: Nic Nac Plate
NOTES: The Westminster Abbey in London. A gothic style church started in 1245 and added on to over the years. Originally Roman Catholic in order and in temperament, but subsequently Church of England, the Abbey has had a long and colourful history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: melamine
MADE IN: Italy
MANUFACTURER: A Pavo
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x , 10.5cm
SWITZERLAND – Wall Ornament
PLACE REPRESENTED: Switzerland
ITEM: Small Display Plate
NOTES: Wooden plate with Swiss flag and county flags.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm diameter
TENTERFIELD, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Cap
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tenterfield, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A simple cap stating Tenterfield, in northern New South Wales. Home of Banjo Patterson and Peter Allen.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: 60% cotton , 40% polyester
MADE IN: Korea
MANUFACTURER: Murray Views
DIMENSIONS: One Size Fits All
GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Fan
PLACE REPRESENTED: Gold Coast, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fan from the 60s or early 70s. The pictures say it all. The Gold Coast as it once was, and now isn’t.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong (it’s written on the red bit at the bottom)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (when folded in) or 25cm (when open up)
NEW YORK, USA – Money Box
PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City , USA
ITEM: Piggy Bank
NOTES: Literally – a piggy bank in vibrant yellow depicting the best of NYC.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2013
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: City Merchandise
DIMENSIONS: 14cm long , 11cm wide , 10cm high
And a companion piece to the similar, but different, blue New York City piggy bank already posted …
LAND’S END, ENGLAND – Mug
PLACE REPRESENTED: Land’s End, Cornwall , England
ITEM: Cup
NOTES: Land’s End certainly lives up to its name being on the furtherest southern western point of the English mainland. This beautifully detailed cup with about everything you can do and see. On the other side the famous “First and Last House In England” is depicted … which, apparently, is a little (expensive) shop by itself on the edge of a very windy, but visually stunning, cliff.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: Sadler
DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter , 10.5cm across (with handle)
VANUATU – Nic Nac Container
PLACE REPRESENTED: Vanuatu
ITEM: A wooden nic nac container with lid.
NOTES: A nicely painted bowl with lide from the Republic of Vanuatu, the Oceaniac island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean much loved by tourists on package deal cruises.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm diameter