PLACE REPRESENTED: Fes , Morocco
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: Fes, the “Mecca of the West”, the “Athens of Africa”. A nicely detailed plate depicting Fes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez,_Morocco
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Morocco
MANUFACTURER: Cocema Fes Maroc
DIMENSIONS: 17cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Venice , Italy
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: A elaborate, detailed (and very Italian) wall plate depicting some of the famous sites of Venice, the city of 117 small islands, separated by canals and linked by bridges.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 24cm diameter.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Great Barrier Reef, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: The Great Barrier Reef as an ashtray?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 16cm x , 16cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Uluru, Northern Territory , Australia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: The famous Uluru … though probably still called Ayres Rock at the time of this travel trinket (as it was until 1993). Usually referred to as the largest rock in the world, it’s not. Mount Augustus in outback Western Australia is. Still this is pretty and, unusually, it is a night time or dusk scene of the rock as opposed to the more common daylight one.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Australia probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 28cm long x 11cm wide x 1.5cm thick. .
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Tray
NOTES: A bamboo tray (which could double as a wall ornament) with a vivid printed Sydney harbour depicting the Harbour Bridge and, of course, the Sydney Opera House.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: bamboo
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 27.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Peru
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A simple but striking wall ornament from Peru in Inca gold. Well, in Peruvian gold, namely copper. And it is understandable why the souvenir is in copper given Peru is one of the largest copper producers in the world.
The symbols, the Inca person, the mountains, the llama all say “Peru”. The “Peru” at the bottom is almost superfluous. The punched and painted metal are streetcraft with style
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: copper
MADE IN: Peru probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 19cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Kuranda, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A large wood map of Australia (sorry, no Tasmania) depicting the Kuranda scenic railway train around Kuranda, located on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia (about 25 km from Cairns). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuranda,_Queensland
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 36cm across x 28cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Bunratty, Ireland
ITEM: Nic Nac Dish
NOTES: Bunratty or rather the 15th-century tower house in Bunratty Castle in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the centre of Bunratty village and is quite impressive and imposing. Too impressive for a nic nac tray perhaps.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: melamine
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: John Hinde
DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm x 13.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Port Macquarie, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Pen Holder
NOTES: A nice wooden pen holder made from a branch segment with local seeds, nuts and leaves decorating the front. I like this.
Port Macquarie is located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Macquarie
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Australia, I suspect
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm across x 7cm deep x 7.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Abruzzo , Italy
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: “Ricordo d’ Abruzzo”. A “Rembrance of Abruzzo. A contented woman working in a kitchen. A celebration of the traditional. Abruzzo is a region of Italy in Southern Italy (around the middle of the boot on the eastern side). Fiercely proud (at least the ones I know are) they are neither northern nor southern. Quite beautiful the area is less well known to foreign tourists than the usual staples of Italian tourism.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: Copper
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 24cm diameter