FRASER ISLAND, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Bottle Opener

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Fraser Island - Bottle Opener (1)ITEM: Bottle Opener

NOTES: Bottle opener on a key ring … just like the ones you find all over the world’s largest sand island, Fraser Island, after the weekend warriors have finished drinking and carving up the sand in their four wheel drives.

The coloured sands on Fraser Island are examples of where the sand has been stained over thousands of years due to the sand conglomerating with clay.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): unknown

MADE FROM: steel

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: Collectors World

DIMENSIONS: 11cm  long

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COLOMBIA – Ornament

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Columbia _ Satuette Bus (6)

PLACE REPRESENTED:   Colombia

ITEM: Ornament

NOTES: A wonderful miniature ornamental depiction of a Colombian Chiva bus with its roof packed. There are vibrant colours (just like the real buses) and fantastic detail … there are even figures inside! This is great travelling kitsch.

More here on the iconic bus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiva_bus

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM:  pottery ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 12cm long, 8.5cm high, 5.5cm wide

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SARINA, QUEENSLAND – Salt & Pepper Shakers

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Sarina - SP Shakers (2)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Sarina, Queensland, Australia

ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers

NOTES: True kitsch – clearly manufactured en masse with space for your home town to be written in later. Also, I’m sure you couldn’t walk your feet off around Sarina. It’s not that big.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  Japan

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 8cm across, 4cm high each

Another view of the feet for you podophiliacs —

Another view of the feet for you podophiliacs —

 

OPATIJA, CROATIA – Ornament

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Opatija - Souvenir Mini Wine Decanter (1)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Opatija , Croatia.

ITEM: Ornament

NOTES: Croatians, like Italians, love their wine. This miniature bukaleta (a wine pitcher) and similar wine related trinkets are everywhere (especially around the Istrian peninsula of Croatia) and most towns have their name depicted on miniature bukaletas. In Italian the pitcher is called a boccaletta or boccale and Opatija is called Abbazia.

For more on bukaletas: http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=hr&u=http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukaleta&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbukaleta%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D832

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1994

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  Croatia (probably)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 7cm high , 7cm wide

MILAN, ITALY – Nic Nac Dish

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Milan - Cathedral Mini Tray (1)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Milan, Italy

ITEM: Nic Nac Dish

NOTES: The Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano) in all its glory. The plate really doesn’t do the Gothic cathedral justice. It took nearly six centuries to complete … the church not the plate.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): unknown, 1970s probably.

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN:  Italy

MANUFACTURER: Muzio, Milano

DIMENSIONS: 15cm wide , 10.5cm long

WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA – Fan

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Western Australia - fan (2)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Western Australia , Australia.

ITEM: Fan

NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans fold in on themselves or open up (as they should).

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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BATH, ENGLAND – Egg Cup

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Bath - Egg Cup (1)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Bath , England
ITEM: Egg Cup
NOTES: At least I think it’s an egg cup. It could be an earring or ring holder. It’s certainly not big enough to have a bath in (sic).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM:  ceramic material     (Bronte China)
MADE IN:  England
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm diameter , 2.5cm high

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PORTUGAL – Doll

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Portugal - Doll in Traditional Dress (1)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Portugal
ITEM: Doll
NOTES: Portugese national dress, apparently. The hand written “Portugal” on the base makes me suspicious.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: fabric , wood
MADE IN:  unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 19cm  high , 7cm across

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