LAND’S END, ENGLAND – Mug

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Land's End - Mug (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Land’s End, Cornwall , England

ITEM: Cup

NOTES: Land’s End certainly lives up to its name being on the furtherest southern western point of the English mainland. This beautifully detailed cup with about everything you can do and see. On the other side the famous “First and Last House In England” is depicted … which, apparently, is a little (expensive) shop by itself on the edge of a very windy, but visually stunning, cliff.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  England

MANUFACTURER: Sadler

DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter , 10.5cm across (with handle)

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VANUATU – Nic Nac Container

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Vanuatu - Small container - wood (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Vanuatu

ITEM: A wooden nic nac container with lid.

NOTES: A nicely painted bowl with lide from the Republic of Vanuatu, the Oceaniac island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean much loved by tourists on package deal cruises.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11cm diameter

HAWAII, USA – Ashtray

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Hawaii - Ashtray - Aloha black (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Hawaii , USA

ITEM: Ashtray

NOTES: Hawaiian kitsch ashtray with hoola girl giving you the “Aloha”. Effective and perfect for the mancave or exotica room.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: hard resin

MADE IN:  Hawaii

MANUFACTURER: Coco Joe ( there is a number pressed into the side “138”)

DIMENSIONS: 10.5cm  across , 11cm high

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HOLLAND – Stein

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Holland - Stein (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Holland

ITEM: A stein.

NOTES: A mug from Holland. I’ve known a couple of mugs from Holland. Or is it a stein? No doubt one of the Dutch will tell me what a beer stein is called in Dutch. But what do the Dutch know about beer? Just kidding.

This stein is pure “souvenir” depicting traditional scenes of Holland past . Note the Amsterdam Red Light District and “Coffee” Houses are not depicted.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm high , 7cm  diameter opening , 8cm diameter base,  12cm wide

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IRELAND – Mouse Pad

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Ireland - Mouse Pad - Bannister (1)ITEM: Mouse Pad

NOTES: A humorous leprechaun on a bannister … I’m not sure where the market is for this. But, there is nothing like a contemporary item with some 19th century stereotypes.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: Kiddiefun

DIMENSIONS: 22.5cm x  18.5cm

 

AUSTRIA – Bottle Opener

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Austria - Bottle Opener (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Austria

ITEM: Bottle Opener

NOTES: A bottle opener fridge magnet set in a minature frothy beer mug. I don’t know if it is made in Austria but it does sum up their ingenuity and practicality.

A nice touch is including the national flower of Austria, the edelweiss.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: plastic , steel

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11cm  high , 4cm  wide

NORTH COAST, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Fan

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North Coast NSW - fan (3)PLACE REPRESENTED: North Coast, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Fan

NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans open but are clearly decorative and won’t give you much relief from the North Coast heat.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN:  Hong Kong (it’s written on the red bit at the bottom)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (when folded up),  25cm when opened up

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MARKET DRAYTON, ENGLAND – Trivet

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Market Drayton - Pan coaster (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Market Drayton, Shropshire, England

ITEM: Trivet

NOTES: Nice trivet that can also be a display. A buttercross, also known as butter cross, is a type of market cross associated with English market towns and dating from medieval times. The one depicted is in Market Drayton, in the country of Shropshire, England. Northern Shropshire is famous for its cheeses and dairy products, hence the market (or Buttercross) in the line drawing, which was built in 1824. The town once had a court of ‘pied poudre’; here litigants could settle their differences immediately they reached market – in other words, while they still had dusty (or powdered) feet.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: ceramic material, cork (base)

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 15cm diameter