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CALOUNDRA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Salt & Pepper Shakers

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Caloundra - Salt & Pepper Shakers (2)PLACE REPRESENTED: Caloundra, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers

NOTES: How cheap ….”Queensland: The Sunshine State” is on the shakers but a little sticker on the holder identifies the generic souvenir as a memento of Caloundra. Insert town name here!

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: glass , plastic , wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11cm across , 10cm high

VANUATU – Nic Nac Container

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Vanuatu - Small container - wood (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Vanuatu

ITEM: A wooden nic nac container with lid.

NOTES: A nicely painted bowl with lide from the Republic of Vanuatu, the Oceaniac island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean much loved by tourists on package deal cruises.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11cm diameter

SEYCHELLES – Ornament

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Seychelles - wooden turtle ornament (1)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Seychelles

ITEM: Ornament

NOTES: A little handcrafted wooden turtle with “Seycheles” written on it’s shell. It’s not heavy enbough to be a paperweight but it is cute. The Seychelles (or the Seychelle Islands) are a 155 island country archipelago in of the coast of eastern Africa.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: locally probably

DIMENSIONS: 11cm  long x 11cm wide

Seychelles - wooden turtle ornament (4)     Seychelles - wooden turtle ornament (2)

LONDON, ENGLAND – Nic Nac Plate

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London - Tube Nic Nac Tray (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: London (specifically the London Underground) , England.

ITEM: Nic Nac Plate

NOTES: A small nic nac plate depicting the iconic map to the London Underground. Though it may be a little hard to carry, you wont get lost using this map, well, as long as you down leave the Tube station.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 15cm  x 10cm

BERGEN, HOLLAND – Wall Ornament

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De-Heerlijkheid-Bergen-wall-tilePLACE REPRESENTED: Bergen , Holland

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: Google translates “De Heerlijkheid” as “the glory”. Bergen is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in North Holland. Depicted is a local windmill and the famous Ruïne church in the centre of the village of Bergen. Artists looking for a pastoral setting are drawn to the natural beauty of Bergen. It’s a pity the tilers weren’t as well because this wall tile is “Made in Turkey” as proudly displayed on the back.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: Turkey

MANUFACTURER: KS Tiles

DIMENSIONS: 15cm  x 15cm

TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA – Salt & Pepper Shakers

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Tasmania - SP Shakers in Stein form (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia

ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers

NOTES: Small salt & pepper shakers depicting Tasmania in the shape of, err, steins. I don’t know if there was any large numbers of German migrants to Tasmania so I’m not sure where the steins came from.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: steel , plastic

MADE IN:  Japan

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 5.5cm  high , 3.5cm wide (including handle)

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BANGLADESH – Wooden Ornament

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Bangladesh - Wood Ornament (1)     Bangladesh - Wood Ornament (5)PLACE REPRESENTED:   Bangladesh

ITEM: Ornament

NOTES: A ornament that is both hand crafted and machine made which shows the Bangladeshi flag at full mast, a relief of Bangladesh, and all of its 64 districts named.

This is very handy if you want to quickly find out where the, say,  Barguna district is, and you don’t have the internet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Bangladesh 

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  Bangladesh (probably)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18.5cm across X 22.5cm high