PLACE REPRESENTED: Canada
ITEM: Lapel Pin / Badge
NOTES: The Canadian maple leaf in traditional colours or reggae colours?!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 3cm across , 3.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Zephyr Cove, Nevada , USA
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: A sturdy and striking mug from Zephyr Cove which is located on the east shore of Lake Tahoe, in Nevada. The simple, but effective, relief on the glaze depicts the name, lake, pines and black bear common to the area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyr_Cove,_Nevada
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13cm across x 9cm high x 8cm diameter on top opening. .
PLACE REPRESENTED: Katoomba, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Cheese Knife
NOTES: A nice sturdy cheese knife whose only indication as being a travel souvenir is the gold lettering on the faux bone handle, “Greetings from Katoomba”. Surely, repeated use would cause this to fade? Well maybe it will, but this, from its styling, seems to be from the 1960s, and it’s still going strong. Katoomba is the chief town in the Blue Mountains area of new South Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katoomba,_New_South_Wales
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: steel , hard plastic
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: Viners
DIMENSIONS: 19cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Small Dish
NOTES: A small dish depicting Marine Parade at Coolangatta, on the Gold Coast. It certainly doesn’t look like this any more, though it did up until the 1970s. A pity. The size of the row of pine trees along the left indicate this is from the 1930s.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s
MADE FROM: china
MADE IN: Czechoslovakia
MANUFACTURER: Victoria
DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia
ITEM: Stuffed Toy Kangaroo
NOTES: A cute kangaroo in, err traditional stereotyped Australian bush wear. Well if a kangaroo did wear clothes it would be rural and not an urban suit I suppose. Yes. yes I know kangaroos hop down the sidewalks of city CBDs in Australia.
The product is “Made in China” though “under Australian licence and supervision” whatever that means
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017
MADE FROM: material
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 14cm tall
PLACE REPRESENTED: Brazil
ITEM: Mug NOTES: Brazil or “Brasil” in the Portugese. Vivid enamelling in the colours of the national flag.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: pottery
MADE IN: Brazil probably
MANUFACTURER: Creo
DIMENSIONS: 9cm high x 12cm (8cm diameter)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Scotland
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: Self explanatory, though, because I’m adverse to brevity I’ll mention the flag, or rather, quote someone else: “The Flag of Scotland is a white X-shaped cross, which represents the cross of the patron saint of Scotland, Saint Andrew on a blue sky. The flag is called the Saltire or the Saint Andrew’s Cross”. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Scotland
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia
ITEM: Souvenir Spoon
NOTES: The Eureka flag depicting the Southern Cross constellation. Hoisted first in Victoria in 1854 as the war flag of the Eureka Rebellion against English tyranny it is the unofficial symbol of the Australian Republican movement. It has over the years become the symbol for Australian rebellion generally and has been used by the political left extensively. Unions like the Builders Labourer Federation, parties like The Australian Communist Party, The Australian Labour Party and the Labour movement generally have all waved the flag officially or unofficially. Oddly, the same flag has more recently been used by racist groups, the far right and the Australian neo-Nazis as well as bikers and bogans (a common unsophisticated person), the latter two by way of tattoos.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm length
PLACE REPRESENTED: Albury, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Small Dish
NOTES: A small nic nac dish displaying the Albury War Memorial built in 1925 to commemorate those who had died in World War 1. Albury is a regional city in southern New South Wales near the Victorian border (it is separated from its twin city in Victoria, Wodonga, by the Murray River). There are many similar memorials throughout Australia. http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/20038-albury-and-district-war-memorial
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s
MADE FROM: china
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: Royal Stafford
DIMENSIONS: 9cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City , USA
ITEM: Display Plate
NOTES: Plate of NYC depicting various icons: the Empire State Building, the United Nations Building, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, the RCA Building, Madison Square Garden, the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20cm diameter
