PLACE REPRESENTED: Nambour, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Do it yourself tourist trinkets? The “Nambour” looks like it’s hand painted on.
And, why would you want the “work fascinates me, I can watch it for hours” sentiment applied to your town I have no idea. Still, it pretty much sums up Nambour (100 km north of Brisbane) …just kidding Nambourians.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm across , 8cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Lovran , Croatia
ITEM: Vase
NOTES: A wooden vase with a traditional pattern. Quite stylish and evocative of an era which is so not the 21st century (perhaps).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Croatia (probably), or rather Yugoslavia at the time.
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm tall, 5cm diameter (at its widest point)
CANBERRA, ACT, AUSTRALIA – Bottle Opener
PLACE REPRESENTED: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory , Australia
ITEM: Bottle Opener
NOTES: The House of Parliament on a bottle opener. I would have thought the politicians would have little use for a humble bottle opener. After all you don’t need a bottle opener to pop the cork on a bottle of champers.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm long x 4cm wide
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: 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: 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
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
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)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hawaii , USA
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Hawaiian kitsch ashtray with hoola girl giving you the “Aloha”. Effective and perfect for the mancave or exotica room.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: hard resin
MADE IN: Hawaii
MANUFACTURER: Coco Joe ( there is a number pressed into the side “138”)
DIMENSIONS: 10.5cm across , 11cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Holland
ITEM: A stein.
NOTES: A mug from Holland. I’ve known a couple of mugs from Holland. Or is it a stein? No doubt one of the Dutch will tell me what a beer stein is called in Dutch. But what do the Dutch know about beer? Just kidding.
This stein is pure “souvenir” depicting traditional scenes of Holland past . Note the Amsterdam Red Light District and “Coffee” Houses are not depicted.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm high , 7cm diameter opening , 8cm diameter base, 12cm wide
