PLACE REPRESENTED: Noosa Heads, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: T Shirt
NOTES: I was expecting something more colourful from the sub tropics but at least it is made in Queensland. That has to be a novelty.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: 100% cotton
MADE IN: Queensland, Australia
MANUFACTURER: Beach Party
DIMENSIONS: XXL
PLACE REPRESENTED: Dublin , Ireland
ITEM: Pencil case
NOTES: A fancy pencil case in vinyl depicting all the sites of Dublin. Weell, most of them. It is very stylish in it’s own way and would get talked about more than your standard pencil case. And, that’s what it is all about, isn’t it?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 22cm x 16cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Switzerland
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Switzerland or Suisse to the the French. I wonder why no Italian, German or Romansh (Svizzera, Schweizerische, Svizra) being that all four are official languages? In any event the English adjective Swiss comes from the French Suisse. This cast iron ashtray is stylish and substantial and depicts places of interest, Zurich, Eiger Monch Jungland, Zermatt, Liechtenstein I technically not part of Switzerland), Lucerne, Geneva, Monteaux as well as a couple of St. Bernard dogs.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hawaii , USA
ITEM: Figurine
NOTES: A cute wobbler figurine of a hawaiian hula girl. Nicely detailed and quite stylish in it’s own little way. And, if there ever was wobbler suited to the concept it is the Hawaiian hula girl.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: Hard resin , plastic , other material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 12cm tall
PLACE REPRESENTED: Shanghai , China
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: Shanghai China emphasising tradition (foreground) and modernism (background). As if the State would have it any other way.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic materia,
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 21cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Laos
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: Very shiny gold wall ornament depicting the sites of Laos, “Land of a Million Elephants”. This, in the right sunlight, is blinding … just like some Laotians I know
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Split , Croatia
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: Split, featuring St Dominius Cathedral, done in pyrography (wood decorated with burn marks) on a carved plate. St Dominius (Katedrala Svetog Duje) is located inside the gates of Diocletian’s Palace built in Roman times as the Mausoleum of Diocletian before being converted to a church in the 7th century. Mass is still held here today, making it one of the oldest Catholic cathedrals in the world still in use in its original structure.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Croatia (probably)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 25cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Alaska , USA
ITEM: Trivet
NOTES: A trivet or wall tile this is a nice modernist take on usual Alaskan themes of mountain, snow and moose.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: tile
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15.5cm x 15.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Mentawai Islands , Indonesia
ITEM: Box
NOTES: The Mentawai Islands are a chain of about seventy islands and islets off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. They are famous for, amongst other things, their surf and surfing. Which, perhaps, explains how this ended up back in Australia ie: a lot of Australians love to surf. This is a nice rustic piece which doesn’t hold much … perhaps some dried parsley or something like that.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Indonesia no doubt
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 14.5cm x 7.5cm x 6cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Venice , Italy
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A sailors (or naval) cap indicating the former maritime trading nation of Venezia. Fair call. Water is still a part of life there and many sailors were from there or worked for the Venetians (as we all know).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: cotton or polyester
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 58cm diameter
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