Category Archives: Austria

VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Wall Plate

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Vienna , Austria

ITEM: Wall Plate

NOTES: A boy and girl in the traditional Vienna clothing. ‘Tracht’ is the word used in Austria for their traditional clothing and fashion. It is worn very often in the Austrian countryside, less in cities – only for special and formal occasions like weddings or receptions. Women wear ‘Dirndls’, a close-fitting bodice combined with an apron in different colors; either it is sleeveless and worn with a cotton and lace blouse, or it has sleeves and a high neck. Men wear ‘Lederhosen’, knee-length trousers or short-pants made from leather, worn with rustic shoes and wool socks. Should be more of it.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: Austria

MANUFACTURER: BM

DIMENSIONS: 19.5cm diameter

 

VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Wall Plate

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Vienna (specifically Donaustadt) , Austria

ITEM: Wall Plate

NOTES: Donaustadt (literally, Danube City) is the 22nd district of Vienna, Austria. The city is old but but the district is new (established 1946).Most of the sites are from other districts though the Donauturm tower (opened 1964) is depicted.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18cm diameter

TIROL, AUSTRIA – Small Wall Ornament

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Tirol , Austria

ITEM: Small wooden wall ornament display plate. NOTES: The region of Tirol (or Tyrol) exists in both Italy (Tirolo) and Austria (Tirol). The spelling indicates this is from the Austrian side but the wooden plate and rustic feel of it reminds me of Italian trinkets. I have another similar ornament and wondered if the flowers depicted are region specific or just random? Those there are similar to the ones here so they could be regionally specific. Small but stylish with pyrography and vivid colours.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm diameter

 

PORTSCHACH, AUSTRIA – Wall Ornament

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portschach - wall ornament (1)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Portschach , Austria

ITEM: Wall Ornament NOTES: Pörtschach am Wörthersee is a municipality in Carinthia, located in southern Austria. It is on the northern shore of Lake Wörth, about 14 kilometres (west of the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt) and is Alpine in nature. All those things are captured on this wall plaque.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood , plastic

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 20.5cm x 16cm

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INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA – Wall Ornament

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innsbruck - wall plate (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Innsbruck , Austria

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: The famous town of Innsbruck in Austria dates back to the 4th century. Depicted is the Goldenes Dachl building (which dates back to 1500) in the old town of Innsbruck. A perfect plate to capture the Alpine nature of the town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenes_Dachl 

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:   Austria probably

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18cm diameter

AUSTRIA – Bottle Opener

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Austria - Bottle Opener (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Austria

ITEM: Bottle Opener

NOTES: A bottle opener fridge magnet set in a minature frothy beer mug. I don’t know if it is made in Austria but it does sum up their ingenuity and practicality.

A nice touch is including the national flower of Austria, the edelweiss.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: plastic , steel

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11cm  high , 4cm  wide

KAPRUN, AUSTRIA – Wall Hanging

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Kaprun - Austria - wall relief plate (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Kaprun , Austria

ITEM: Wall Hanging

NOTES: “Gruss aus Kaprun” means “Greetings from Kaprun”.

Kaprun is a municipality in western Austria famous for its glacier Kitzsteinhorn, skiing and tourism.

This well detailed hard resin wall hanging, is no doubt, made to replace the old traditional wooden wall carvings of the same style. It’s even made to look like it’s made of wood. The plate is detailed with the town, glacier, mountains and dams. I suppose it is post 2000 as the two funicular railways, the site of the Kaprun disaster of 2000, are not depicted.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: resin

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 21cm diameter

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TIROL, AUSTRIA – Wall Ornament

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Tirol - small wall plate - wood (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Tirol , Austria

ITEM: Small wooden display plate.

NOTES: The region of Tirol (or Tyrol) exists in both Italy (Tirolo) and Austria (Tirol). The spelling indicates this is from the Austrian side but the wooden plate and rustic feel of it reminds me of Italian trinkets. I wonder if the flowers depicted are region specific or just random? These plates are everywhere in Europe and are clearly machine shopped, somewhere, before someone added whatever place name, decorative touches, and painting to them.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm diameter

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AUSTRIA – Decorative Ornament

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Austria - Cow Bell (4)

PLACE REPRESENTED:   Austria

ITEM: Decorative Cow Bell ornament.

NOTES: Austria and cow bells?

For sure.

Austria is Alpine and there is truckloads of grassland and pasture so cattle farming and dairy production are important agricultural production sectors.

There is something ye olde worlde and distinctly middle European about cow bells.

Isn’t there?

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: steel , material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11cm top to bottom x 4.5cm across

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