PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Abstract Tasmania (and its ever famous apple) in green, red and black. I like this.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: resin plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5cm x 5cm (at its widest)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: Simple and effective. Barramundi fish plus Australia equals Cairns. Cairns is, rightly so, famous for its barramundi fishing but this trinket could also have had “Darwin” substituted for Cairns (who knows maybe it was in the Darwin market) which also has its fair share of barramundi. In Australia, barramundi is an iconic eating fish revered as a quintessential Australian brand. But, far from being only native to Australia, barramundi are found in the Indo-West Pacific region from the Arabian Gulf to China, Taiwan and Papua New Guinea.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: wood , steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20cm diameter across x 16cm top to bottom (at its longest)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Fiji Islands
ITEM: Bottle Opener
NOTES: Posh .. And something without “Bula” written on it.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm x 4cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: City of Wells , England
ITEM: Minature
NOTES: Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in Somerset, England in the south west of England.The name Wells comes from three wells (as depicted on the coat of arms) dedicated to Saint Andrew, one in the market place and two within the grounds of the Bishop’s Palace and cathedral
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s 
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: Victoria
DIMENSIONS: 4cm diameter x 4cm high x 6cm across from handle to handle
PLACE REPRESENTED: Barcelona (specifically Park Güell garden complex) , Spain.
ITEM: A small decorative box
NOTES: A souvenir of the Park Güell garden (and architectual) complex designed by Antoni Gaudi at the start of the last century in Barcelona. Gaudí’s multicolored mosaic salamander, “el drac” (the dragon) sits at the main entrance as well as atop this small box. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_G%C3%BCell
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: wood , hard plastic resin
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm long x 7cm wide x 7cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Mt Robson, British Columbia , Canada
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: A very large beer stein of a mug though I doubt you would be drinking beer on top of Mount Robson. It looks cold. Even the moose on the mug looks cold. Mount Robson is part of North America’s Rocky Mountain range and is the highest point in the Canadian Rockies.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Korea but “Decorated in Canada”!
MANUFACTURER: Prestige Ceramics
DIMENSIONS: 9cm diameter x 12cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: Six coasters and a bowl depicting an apple with a sticker identifying Tasmania. This could apply to any place that grows apples – now that’s covering all bases. I like how the apple on the coaster is a little further eaten on each coaster.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: Coasters: 10.5cm diameter. Bowl: 10cm diameter and about 6 cm high.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Lovran , Croatia
ITEM: Ornament
NOTES: I’m not sure what this is. Possibly something to hold a pen or a cigarette? Either way it is in wood adorned with traditional markings you see on a lot of Croatian souvenirs of the period.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Yugoslavia
MANUFACTURER: Meba, Zagreb
DIMENSIONS: 8cm high, 14cm wide, 11cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Coastal towns, Croatia
ITEM: Display Plate
NOTES: A great wooden wall plate with clock hand depicting various towns along Croatia’s coast: Lovran, Kotor, Koper, Dubrovnik. Simple, evocative and stylish. Home is where the heart is. Decidedly old world and probably not mass produced.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Yugoslavia (as it then was) (handmade, in part?)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 24cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Burg Hohenzollern , Germany
ITEM: Glass
NOTES: Hohenzollern Castle is a castle approximately 50 kilometers south of Stuttgart, Germany. It dates back to the 15th and 18th centuries in parts and is considered the ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern family, who eventually became German Emperors. The castle isn’t normally inhabited and is a sort of educational, historical Disneyland …err, without rides or giant stuffed talking animals.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: France
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm diameter x 9cm high