PLACE REPRESENTED: Fiji Islands
ITEM: Frame
NOTES: A hand crafted photo frame from Fiji with the famous “Bula”, meaning “hello”… yet again!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: locally probably
DIMENSIONS: 18cm x 15cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Norfolk Island , Australia
ITEM: Creamer
NOTES: Milk creamer with sailing ship probably the Endeavour as Captain Cook stopped at Norfolk Island (and named it) for a nano second in 1774.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm high x 11cm from edge to handle edge x 7cm diameter opening.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Gold Coast (specifically Surfers Paradise), Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Handled salt and pepper shakers in fake bone with a fair bit of detail.
Perfect kitsch. Much like Surfers Paradise itself, perhaps?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic , steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 14cm long , 6cm high each
PLACE REPRESENTED: Büsum , Germany
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: Büsum is a small town on the North Sea coast of Germany. Fishing is big … which is explains Saint Clement, patron saint of sailors and fishermen, with an anchor. Domestic tourism, to its health spa, is important also. It gained official Nordseebad (North Sea spa) status in 1837.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Oahu, Hawaii , USA
ITEM: Wall Hanging (picture)
NOTES: A nice bit of rustic kitsch. A wooden panel with a picture of Oahu beach with liberal lacquer applied. It certainly looks water proof – I reckon it would float in the tub.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 21.5cm long x 18cm high
ISLE OF WIGHT, ENGLAND – Ornament
PLACE REPRESENTED: Isle of Wight , England
ITEM: Ornament
NOTES: Curious – a spinning wheel to pick lotto numbers, a curious elf, and a small picture of a pier on the Isle of Wight. Maybe only the locals could explain this to me.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood , plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm across , 17cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Argentina
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: A magnificent set of coasters (set of six) from Argentina in leather stitched onto a plastic base. Or is it fake leather?
Who knows but there are a lot of cows in Argentina.
Stamped and painted depictions of Argentine culture complete the picture.
I suspect it’s all machine made but made to look hand crafted. Either way it is pretty good and the base / holder is pretty nifty also.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s MADE FROM: plastic, leather (faux leather perhaps)
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: Coasters are 9.5cm in diameter With the base the item sits 10.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tirol , Austria
ITEM: Small wooden display plate.
NOTES: The region of Tirol (or Tyrol) exists in both Italy (Tirolo) and Austria (Tirol). The spelling indicates this is from the Austrian side but the wooden plate and rustic feel of it reminds me of Italian trinkets. I wonder if the flowers depicted are region specific or just random? These plates are everywhere in Europe and are clearly machine shopped, somewhere, before someone added whatever place name, decorative touches, and painting to them.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Display Plate
NOTES: Great detail … the manufacturer has managed to cram everything about Tasmania on there.
Well, at least all the positive things.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20.5cm diameter
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PLACE REPRESENTED: Mauritius
ITEM: Small Ornament
NOTES: Beautiful Mauritius.
But why does this small ornament depict the ill fated Dodo bird?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: Handmade
DIMENSIONS: 10cm across , 7cm high