PLACE REPRESENTED: Papua New Guinea
ITEM: Wall Hanging
NOTES: A vivid exotic wall hanging from Papua New Guinea depicting an ancestor or spirt similar to the Sepik River carvings.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: cloth material, wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 75cm x 30cm (31cm including rod)
PLACE REPRESENTED: San Diego, California , USA
ITEM: Wall plate
NOTES: San Diego, “the birthplace of California” with all its sites. Simple but effective.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 19cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sunshine Coast, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: A small wall plate done in bamboo (Queensland …. sub-tropics …it works … sort of). Simple but pleasant … and very 1970s
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: Bamboo
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 16cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: London (specifically the Tower bridge) , England
ITEM: Copper Art Wall Ornament
NOTES: A copper art print depicting the famous Tower Bridge. Very 70s and there is nothing wrong with that.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: copper , wood
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: Pleasure Reproductions
DIMENSIONS: 21.5cm x 14cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Ireland
ITEM: Key Hook
NOTES: A key chain with, perhaps, the most famous of Irish catholic blessings or prayers (which was originally written in Gaelic). It is attributed to Saint Patrick and is often recited at weddings, funerals and christenings, sometimes even sung, as the hymn ‘St Patricks Breastplate’. Johnny Lydon (of Sex Pistols fame) also lifted parts of it for his Public Image Limited song “Rise” (1986)
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood , tile .
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 14cm x 20cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A giant novelty spoon depicting “Tasmania”. I like the double entendre on “The World’s Greatest Stirrer”, the spoon or Tasmania? It can’t be Tasmania.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 55cm x 12cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Vallorbe , Switzerland
ITEM: Miniature Ornament
NOTES: A miniature pitcher depicting Vallorbe in Western Switzerland. Alpine mountains, pines, green fields, and the wooden hut are all depicted. Nice, but odd. Vallorbe is on the Orbe river and is quite middle European in architecture. In protest against cynicism and the thought that this is produced for many towns and “insert name here” applies I will suggest that the depiction is from outside the town, somewhere else in the municipality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallorbe
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: potter
y MADE IN: Switzerland probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8cm across x 7cm high x 6cm diameter (at its widest)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Edinburgh , Scotland
ITEM: Ni Nac Bowl
NOTES: The capital of Scotland and the national flower of Scotland, the thistle, remembered in this simple though quite stylish and nicely glazed piece of pottery.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: pottery
MADE IN: Scotland probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hohenschwangau (specifically Neuschwanstein Castle) , Germany
ITEM: Bottle
NOTES: The famous Neuschwanstein Castle on a hill above the village of Hohenschwangau in southwest Bavaria, Germany depicted in nice colour on this miniature pinch bottle. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II, the King of Bavaria. Construction started 1869 and was completed the year of Ludwig’s death 1886 (he spent only eleven nights in the castle). As one who has gone through renovations over a lengthy period my advice is to borrow all the money at once and do it in one hit rather than over a long length of time. Apparently, “more than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm tall x 7cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
ITEM: Bottle Opener
NOTES: The bottle opener, sold in the millions and perhaps the most useful travel souvenir (at least until screw top bottles and pull tab cans came along).. Here we have vibrant colours showing off the Great Barrier Reef.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel, plastic.
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 12cm long