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KONSTANZ, GERMANY – Wall Ornament

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Konstanz - Germany - wall plate - wood (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Konstanz , Germany

ITEM: Display Plate

NOTES: Konstanz is located at the western end of Lake Constance (Konstanz – get it?), on the river Rhine, in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. This plate is rustic and but simple art from the 60s. Well the plate certainly dates pre 1993 where one of the small towers to the harbour entrance (as seen in center of the plate) was replaced by the controversial statue Imperia by sculptor Peter Lenk.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  Germany (probably)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18cm diameter

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ROEBUCK BAY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA – Tray

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Roebuck Bay - Tray (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Roebuck Bay, Western Australia , Australia

ITEM: Tray

NOTES: Now this is remote.

A serving tray depicting native Australians in traditional gear striking a (John) Fordian pose for a “Coastal Scene, Roebuck Bay, Near Broome, N.W. W.A”.

Broome is situated on the traditional lands of the Yawuru people.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s (or 1950s)

MADE FROM: steel

MADE IN:  Australia

MANUFACTURER: Willow

DIMENSIONS: 44.5cm   x 32cm

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COOMA, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Ornament

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Cooma - Clog boat (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Cooma, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: ornament

NOTES: A wooden statuette of a boat. This is a beautifully detailed travel trinket where the sails even move! But the trinket seems to have been made from left overs from other souvenirs. The boats hull is a Dutch clog (confirmed by the windmill depictions), the sails seem to resemble that of Spanish galleons, the flag on the main mast (I talk the salty sea dog talk) is Dutch and there is a little sticker that says Cooma, NSW.

Waste not , want not, huh?

Cooma is no where near the coast either so I’m not sure about the whole boat choice.

As far as I know neither the Dutch nor the Spanish colonised Cooma, but I wouldn’t put it past them.

Cooma, though, did become the headquarters of the Snowy Mountains Scheme (a hydroelectricity , irrigation, and dam complex  that is the largest engineering project ever undertaken in Australia taking some 25 years to complete) during the 1950s and 1960s. The employment of workers was from 32 (mostly European) countries so, perhaps, this explains the cultural potpourri of this trinket.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 15cm high , 6cm long

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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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TURIN, ITALY – Thermometer

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PLACE REPRESENTED: The Superga Basilica, Turin , Italy

ITEM: Thermometer

NOTES: I’m not sure what the guitar shape has to do with a basilica so I assume it’s a tribute to the Torino guitar from Turin (Torino being the Italian for Turin). This is a well detailed and elegant trinket and what you would expect from the less rustic Italian north.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: ceramic material , chain

MADE IN:  Italy

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 7cm  across , 21cm high

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OPATIJA, CROATIA – Wall Ornament

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Opatija, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)

ITEM: Wall Picture

NOTES: A wooden frame with a postcard picture. The picture is a postcard of a fountain with a random bus in the background in Opatija but it can be replaced with any postcard. Which would be about right. I’m no expert but the wooden frame seems to be more alpine in nature … and Opatija is on the coast.

I still love this type of rustic souvenir.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 22cm across , 17cm high

 

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Ashtray

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Harbour Bridge, Sydney , Australia

ITEM: Ashtray

NOTES: Whenever you put a city on a ashtray there will be analogical jokes made about the city and the ashtray … and Sydney is an easy target. The ashtray is made of a lead like steel probably mined in Australia before being sent to Japan to be manufactured into this trinket which is then sent back to Australia for sale.  It’s not the first time the Japanese sent manufactured steel back to Australia.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: steel

MADE IN:  Japan

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 15cm across , 11cm high

HOLLAND – Pin Cushion

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PLACE REPRESENTED:   Holland

ITEM: Pin Cushion

NOTES: A pin cushion from Holland in the shape of, what else, clogs. It is, perhaps, one of the most identifiable of all national dress items. And, of course,  the clogs have painted windmills on them. All we need is a dyke.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  ?

MANUFACTURER: Handmade

DIMENSIONS: 11cm across , 5cm high