BRUNSWICK HEADS, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Side Plate

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Brunswick Heads - Display Plate (1)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Brunswick Heads, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Side Plate

NOTES: Brunswick Heads is a town on the north coast of New South Wales which has remained (almost) unchanged for many years. It is very much a traditional, relaxed, and unpretentious coastal town. The rock wall depicted and swimming area is still there. Developers (with some dodgy government backing) are eyeing off the shore but locals are fighting back (and rightly so). Google the Brunswick Heads Foreshore Protection Group for more information.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: China

MADE IN:  Czechoslovakia

MANUFACTURER: Victoria

DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm diameter

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HOLLAND – Ornament

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Holland - Clog Sailing Ship - wood (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Holland

ITEM: Ornamental Minature

NOTES: A beautiful detailed boat, err clog.  The Dutch are famous for their clogs and their seafaring trade (if that’s what you call it) so why not combine the two? The result: the clog boat! Paint some windmills on the clog, err hull, throw in some flags and you have a perfect Dutch tourist trinket.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood , paper

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 12cm long x 14cm high x  5cm wide

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VENICE, ITALY – Wall Plate

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Venice - Wall Plate - Ceramic - elaborate (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Venice , Italy

ITEM: Display Plate

NOTES: A well detailed plate depicting Venice’s St Mark’s Square surrounded by pictures of all the major historical towns of Italy. This is beautifully detailed. Perhaps the extra detail is a result of it being fashioned and made in Italy?

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: Porcelain

MADE IN:  Italy

MANUFACTURER: Fontebasso

DIMENSIONS: 19cm diameter

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ISLE OF WIGHT, ENGLAND – Ornament

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Isle of Wight - ceramic ornament (2)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Isle of Wight , England

ITEM: A very small ceramic urn

NOTES: I’m not sure why the use of the urn form. The Romans hung out there for quiet some time so I assume the urn shape could be a reference to that. Also, this is not the normal coat of arms for the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight recieved its more common coat of arms in 1938 so this is pre that. I’m not sure of the significance of the boat but the Isle of Wight is, errr, an island located in the English Channel (the largest in England), so, boats are a necessity.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  Czechoslovakia

MANUFACTURER: ‘Victoria’ Schmidt & Company

DIMENSIONS: 7cm high

MILDURA, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA – Side Plate

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Mildura, Victoria , Australia

ITEM: Side Plate

NOTES: A small side plate depicting the Municipal Chambers of Mildura in Victoria. I think the townscape hasn’t changed since the plate was made.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1950s

MADE FROM: Bone China

MADE IN:  England

MANUFACTURER: Royal Grafton

DIMENSIONS: 13cm  x 13cm

NOOSA HEADS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Mugs

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Noosa - Mug Gift Set (6)PLACE REPRESENTED: Noosa Heads, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Mugs

NOTES: Noosa Heads on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland is a town popular with beach types, especially discerning ones. This pair of vividly coloured mugs with the first “o” in Noosa depicting the sun sums up sunny, happy Noosa days. Sunshine is so central that there is even a sun on the inside of the cup.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  China

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter x 10.5cm high

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CROATIA – Ornament

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Croatia - Wood Falcon - 70s (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Croatia

ITEM: Ornament

NOTES: I assume this is a sokol (falcon) which is the national bird of Croatia … or, if it isn’t, it should be. There are buildings, songs, poems, foods, folkloric groups and all sorts of other things named after it.

And, though not identified as croatian as such this was bought there, somewhere around Lovran or Rijeka I recall.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  Yugoslavia (as it then was) (probably handmade)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 21cm high , 15cm long

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CROATIA – Ornament

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Croatia - Wood Well - Small (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Croatia

ITEM: Ornamental minature.

NOTES: A minature traditional well, or bunar, in wood. Traditional working wells are still found all over Croatia. Every little rural house has one. This one is elaborate with a canopy and a bucket that goes up and down.

Okay, there is no place name depicted anywhere but it was bought there, around Lovran, I think.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  (the then) Yugoslavia

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11cm high

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