PLACE REPRESENTED: Holland
ITEM: Clog
NOTES: A wooden clog from Holland. I’ve met a few clogs from Holland. This one is personalised with “Josh” on one side and “Holland” on the other. “Josh” doesn’t sound particularly Dutch and he may be quite forgetful as he has lost this clog or, maybe, he has one leg.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15.5cm long , 7cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Argentina
ITEM: Key Holder
NOTES: A nifty little key holder with a machine etched gaucho playing guitar.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood, steel
MADE IN: Unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm high , 7cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Papua New Guinea
ITEM: Paper Weight
NOTES: Papua New Guinea and a shell. Simple and effective.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: resin , shell
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 6cm across , 3cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Ballina , New South Wales, Australia
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: Ballina on the NSW North Coast is a small, urbanised, seaside town, hence the, perhaps, unspectacular pictures on the coasters.
I note the bikini swimmer on two of the coasters seems to be the same girl, albeit in different bikinis. Must have been the photographers girlfriend? I think I saw her the last time I was in Ballina.
Most people head off to the beaches of nearby Lennox Heads or Byron Bay.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: cork
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Murray Views
DIMENSIONS: 28cm x 9cm (packet)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Norfolk Island , Australia
ITEM: Creamer
NOTES: Milk creamer with sailing ship probably the Endeavour as Captain Cook stopped at Norfolk Island (and named it) for a nano second in 1774.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm high x 11cm from edge to handle edge x 7cm diameter opening.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Oahu, Hawaii , USA
ITEM: Wall Hanging (picture)
NOTES: A nice bit of rustic kitsch. A wooden panel with a picture of Oahu beach with liberal lacquer applied. It certainly looks water proof – I reckon it would float in the tub.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 21.5cm long x 18cm high
ISLE OF WIGHT, ENGLAND – Ornament
PLACE REPRESENTED: Isle of Wight , England
ITEM: Ornament
NOTES: Curious – a spinning wheel to pick lotto numbers, a curious elf, and a small picture of a pier on the Isle of Wight. Maybe only the locals could explain this to me.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood , plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm across , 17cm high
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
ITEM: A Viking boat in steel.
NOTES: “Norge” equals Norway in Norwegian.
Norway and Vikings ….what else? This should have been a Viking boat in wood but it’s a nice little steel trinket that could double up as a small paperweight.
It won’t float, that’s for sure.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel (pewter tin I think)
MADE IN: Norway
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm long x 6.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA
ITEM: Ornamental Dinner Bell
NOTES: The Liberty Bell becomes a dinner bell. It makes sense sort of but the thought of a revolutionary call to arms for freedom, liberty and independence being reduced to a call to come and get your sausage and eggs is a truly kitsch moment. And, the Liberty Bell isn’t red in colour. Maybe the glass maker was left leaning or he was fond of Red Bell beer from Pennsylvania (which postdates this trinket).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm high x 6.5cm diameter
