PLACE REPRESENTED: Pretoria , South Africa
ITEM: Hors d’oeuvres plate
NOTES: Well used. It would have been quite posh once. I’m sure it wasn’t used by the hired help.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s M
ADE FROM: brass (?)
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 23cm across
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A cap with the Tasmanian coat of arms … or at least a variation of it. The shield has been replaced with a map of a lion and the old State emblem, and the normal red lion has been replaced with a white one (which is all usually found on the Tasmanian police badge).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: polyester or cotton.
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Goondiwindi, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Pens
NOTES: Pens (in blue and purple) signifying a visit to a newsagent in Goondiwindi. Goondiwindi is remote … about 350 kilometres (220 mi) south west of the Queensland state capital, Brisbane. The name is from an Aboriginal word meaning “the resting place of the birds”.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hamburg, Germany
ITEM: Small Display Plate.
NOTES: Hamburg, nicely detailed.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material.
MADE IN: Germany.
MANUFACTURER: Uhlenhorst
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Orleans, Louisiana , USA
ITEM: Nail Clipper
NOTES: Nail clipper with a nail file (on the handle), can opener and knife. Be prepared!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: Korea
MANUFACTURER: Super
DIMENSIONS: 7cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Peru
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A very stylish and ornate cap from Peru. Quite a bit of detail has gone into the brim and badge. It is wonderfully folk art-ish with some of the usual traditional Peruvian motifs displayed … a lama, Incas. The “chismosas” referred to are “gossips”. Very nice.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: leather or vinyl (I can’t tell which)
MADE IN: Peru probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Perth, Western Australia , Australia
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: Generic plastic coated, foam backed cardboard coasters depicting all the major sites of a given place. In this case: Perth.
Quite sterile even if there are a lot of images, though one would be forgiven for thinking that no one lives there. Where are all the people?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cardboard, foam.
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm x 10cm (34cm x 11cm pack)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney (specifically the Sydney Harbour Bridge), New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: A very old, very used ashtray depicting a very old, very used bridge … well by Australian standards anyway.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1950s
MADE FROM: steel , silver-plate (“exquisite” plate)
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm x 10cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cambodia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A cap with the Cambodian flag superimposed within the outline of Cambodia with, errr “Cambodia” written in English and in, I assume, Khmer.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: cotton or polyester
MADE IN: Cambodia probably (in a sweat shop?)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Philippines
ITEM: Wall ornament
NOTES: I don’t know if the three master is a traditional Philippine boat (and the Philippino’s will need more than this to block Chinese expansionism) but the colours of their flag are all here: red, white, blue and gold.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Philipinnes probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 21.5cm x 21.5cm (or 27.5cm x 27.5cm when sitting in it’s proper position)