PLACE REPRESENTED: North Coast, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans open but are clearly decorative and won’t give you much relief from the North Coast 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: 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: 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
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
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Vase
NOTES: A vase with the cute Kiwi bird depicted.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm high x 5.5cm diameter base x 3cm diameter opening at the top.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sauda, Norway.
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: Kirke is Norwegian for Church. This church is located in the Sauda municipality of the Rogaland area of Norway (an area with low unemployment and high fertility apparently). Which church in the Sauda area this is I don’t know. They have a few and they are big, wooden and white.
http://haugen.jalbum.net/Kirker%20i%20Norge/kirkefoto/Kirker%20i%20Rogaland/index.html
This is remote Norway and the hand crafted wood burnt etching (pyrography) of the church is beautifully rustic.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown (probably locally)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 19.5cm x 19.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Brisbane, Queensland (specifically Wynnum) , Australia
ITEM: Souvenir Fork
NOTES: Wynnum is a bayside suburb of Brisbane which was a separate shire until 1925 when it was incorporated into Brisbane. Until the 1980s and gentrification, and, because of its remoteness, there was always an arguable “us” and “them” mentality between Wynnum residents and Brisbane-ites. This souvenir hors d’oeuvres fork nicely captures the familiar pelican even though the concept of a hors d’oeuvres fork seems antithetical to Wynnum. Actually it’s a cake fork but a hors d’oeuvres fork seemed more humorous.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: steel AP A1 (peninsula plate)
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: Peninsula Plate
DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Holland
ITEM: ornament
NOTES: Small bucket (milk or butter churn) and handpainted in Holland
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Holland
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4cm high , 3.5cm diameter (across top)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cooktown, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Salt & pepper shakers from Cooktown in the shape of cheeky crocodiles is cheekily appropriate as Cooktown in Queensland’s far north has its fair share of crocodiles. Google “Cooktown” and “crocodile” and see what I mean. The locals consider them to be quite cheeky. Google “Cooktown”, “crocodile” and “cheeky” and see what I mean. People still get taken by crocodiles. There are many camping sites around Cooktown.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 6cm across x 7.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hervey Bay, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fan from the 60s (or early 70s). The fans fold in on themselves or open up and depict local sights.
Here they have thrown in some scenery from Fraser Island, across the channel.
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 (18cm tall x 3.5cm wide (when folded in) or 25cm when open up)
