PLACE REPRESENTED: Beijing , China
ITEM: Nic Nac Dish
NOTES: Beijing. The familiar sites of Beijing, errr 20 years ago. There has been a lot of development since then. Errr, there has been a lot of development there since I started writing this entry.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Australia. Ha, just kidding. China (of course)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 22cm long x 14cm wide x 2cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Caloundra (specifically Dicky Beach), Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Small Nic Nac Bowl
NOTES: Subtle, with a serene Dicky Beach depicted. Dicky Beach is both a beach and suburb of the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre. Despite the name the beach is not a nudist or naturists beach. The area was named after the iron steamboat, the SS Dicky, which ran aground during heavy seas on 12 February 1893 just in case you were wondering. The beach looks much the same …everything behind the beach doesn’t.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1920s
MADE FROM: china
MADE IN: Bohemia (Czech Republic)
MANUFACTURER: Victoria
DIMENSIONS: 19cm long x 12cm wide x 3cm deep
PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia
ITEM: Tote Bag
NOTES: Australia on a tote bag. At least someone had the good sense to include Tasmania, as well as other countries to the north. We are not an island. Well, we are, but I was speaking metaphorically.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 38cm wide x 30cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Buenos Aires , Argentina
ITEM: Snow Globe
NOTES: Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina and the tango, a dance from Buenos Aires, go hand in hand. Actually the dance originated in Buenos Aires and Montevideo in Uruguay which are on either side of the River Plate about 250 km from each other.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: glass , resin (base)
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm across x 9cm high .
PLACE REPRESENTED: Colombia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A great vivid piece of aluminium tin foil raised art mounted on to a piece of thin Masonite wood. This art is a cut above your mass produced stuff. The detail on the raised foil is quite good and the colours are vivid. “Caminos de Colombia” means roads of Colombia … not sure why they have that as it is not a map.
Not likely to me mistaken as headphones either.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: tin foil, wood.
MADE IN: Colombia probably.
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 26cm x 26cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Samoa
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Now, this fridge magnet I like. Wooden and hand painted in the shape of a turtle. The Independent State of Samoa is a island group in the south pacific.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Samoa, I suspect
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 6cm across x 6.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Western Australia , Australia
ITEM: Small Nic Nac Plate
NOTES: A small nic nac plate for the largest State in Australia. It depicts all the familiar motifs, the black swan, the local flowers including the Red and Green Kangaroo Paw, and the famous grasstree.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hayman Island, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Wall ornament
NOTES: A wonderfully wall ornament made of resin and shell celebrating the subtropical joys of Hayman Island off the Queensland coast.
“Hayman Island is the most northerly of the Whitsunday Islands, part of the Cumberland Islands, which are located off the coast of Central Queensland, Australia … Hayman is a private island open to the public, most famous for its luxury resort which was built in the 1950s by millionaire Reg Ansett, who also founded the airline, Ansett Australia. The island is a significant drawing point for tourism in Queensland”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayman_Island
It was the place to go for locals in the 1960s and 1970s …
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: resin , shell
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm diameter.
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PLACE REPRESENTED: Mykonos , Greece
ITEM: Candle Holder
NOTES: A really nice tea tree candle holder with coloured and painted glass. Quite evocative for a recent travel trinket. Mykonos is a Greek island in the Aegean and has, the typically, white houses and the famous Mykonos windmills as depicted on the glass. Mykonos’ nickname is “The island of the winds” which explains the windmills, and possibly why the candle needs to be encased in a lantern!
Much more subtle than the Australian comedy “The Kings of Mykonos” (2010).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: steel , glass
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20.5cm high x 7.5cm wide at base
PLACE REPRESENTED: Montenars , Italy
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A magnificent souvenir celebrating the town of Montenars in Italy’s northern Alpine region (in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia). The souvenir depicts a climbing pick and rope (naturally enough for the area) with a excellent inlay containing a picture of the town, assorted flora and a miniature traditional Alpino hat common to the area. Wonderfully evocative and from a time when souvenirs had a little thought.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: wood , steel , cloth
MADE IN: Italy probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 43cm long x 18cm wide x 4cm deep
