PLACE REPRESENTED: Akaroa , New Zealand
ITEM: Decorative Plate
NOTES: Akaroa is a village (and harbour) on Banks Peninsula on the South Island of New Zealand. Village or town? The population is about 600 people … but they still have a souvenir plate.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Czechoslovakia
MANUFACTURER: Victoria
DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Canada
ITEM: Small bag or purse
NOTES: Colourful Canadian purse (or small makeup bag). The colours aren’t stictly tradtional but the maple leaf is there and it is made in Canada.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004
MADE FROM: material
MADE IN: Canada
MANUFACTURER: Magenta
DIMENSIONS: 16cm x 12cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Seychelles
ITEM: Ornament
NOTES: A little handcrafted wooden turtle with “Seycheles” written on it’s shell. It’s not heavy enbough to be a paperweight but it is cute. The Seychelles (or the Seychelle Islands) are a 155 island country archipelago in of the coast of eastern Africa.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: locally probably
DIMENSIONS: 11cm long x 11cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fan is purely decorative and won’t do much to alleviate the Australian 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.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Vietnam
ITEM: Hat NOTES: A green military style hat from Vietnam.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: head size
PLACE REPRESENTED: Split , Croatia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A wood burnt etching (pokerwork or pyrography) of the Croatian seaside city of Split. Nothing says rustic like these pokerwork trinkets. This one depicts the Cathedral of Saint Domnius (known locally as the Saint Duja).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown (probably locally)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18.5cm diameter.
PLACE REPRESENTED: London (specifically the London Underground) , England.
ITEM: Nic Nac Plate
NOTES: A small nic nac plate depicting the iconic map to the London Underground. Though it may be a little hard to carry, you wont get lost using this map, well, as long as you down leave the Tube station.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 10cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Canaima , Venezuela
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A vivid colourful cap depicting a vivid colourful area. Canaima National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Canaima) in south-eastern Venezuela is a beautiful, stunningly diverse, gigantic (30,000 km²) national park (the sixth largest in the world). The park is home to indigenous Pemon Indians, part of the Carib linguistic group. The park is relatively remote, with only a few roads connecting towns. Most transport within the park is done by light plane from the airstrips built by various Capuchin missions, or by foot and canoe. Pemons have developed some basic and luxurious camps, which are mainly visited by tourists from across the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaima_National_Park
The front of the cap appears to be hand painted and is quite beautiful for a souvenir.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: Synthetic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: head size
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Nic Nac Dish / Small Display Plate
NOTES: Small plate in the shape of a shell depicting Tasmania
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm across , 10cm across
