PLACE REPRESENTED: Hobart , Australia
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: “Greetings from Hobart” the coasters say.
Timeless.
Timeless because I don’t think Hobart has changed that much since the 1970s … just kidding.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: cork
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 28cm x 10cm (packet)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Adelaide, specifically Marineland, South Australia , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Tacky – I have a similar trinket with aligators and Florida.
Marineland in Adelaide (at West Beach) opened in 1969 and closed in 1988, in rather controversial circumstances. The famous pelican ‘Mr Percival’ from the movie ‘Storm Boy’ was a feature attraction, as well as the performing dolphins. It is probably good that it closed down. http://www.adelaiderememberwhen.com.au/mixed-memories-for-marineland/
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm high , 8cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: London (specifically the Westminster Abbey) , England
ITEM: Nic Nac Plate
NOTES: The Westminster Abbey in London. A gothic style church started in 1245 and added on to over the years. Originally Roman Catholic in order and in temperament, but subsequently Church of England, the Abbey has had a long and colourful history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: melamine
MADE IN: Italy
MANUFACTURER: A Pavo
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x , 10.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Switzerland
ITEM: Small Display Plate
NOTES: Wooden plate with Swiss flag and county flags.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Land’s End, Cornwall , England
ITEM: Cup
NOTES: Land’s End certainly lives up to its name being on the furtherest southern western point of the English mainland. This beautifully detailed cup with about everything you can do and see. On the other side the famous “First and Last House In England” is depicted … which, apparently, is a little (expensive) shop by itself on the edge of a very windy, but visually stunning, cliff.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: Sadler
DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter , 10.5cm across (with handle)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hawaii , USA
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Hawaiian kitsch ashtray with hoola girl giving you the “Aloha”. Effective and perfect for the mancave or exotica room.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: hard resin
MADE IN: Hawaii
MANUFACTURER: Coco Joe ( there is a number pressed into the side “138”)
DIMENSIONS: 10.5cm across , 11cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Holland
ITEM: A stein.
NOTES: A mug from Holland. I’ve known a couple of mugs from Holland. Or is it a stein? No doubt one of the Dutch will tell me what a beer stein is called in Dutch. But what do the Dutch know about beer? Just kidding.
This stein is pure “souvenir” depicting traditional scenes of Holland past . Note the Amsterdam Red Light District and “Coffee” Houses are not depicted.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm high , 7cm diameter opening , 8cm diameter base, 12cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
ITEM: Trivet
NOTES: Nice trivet that can also be a display. A buttercross, also known as butter cross, is a type of market cross associated with English market towns and dating from medieval times. The one depicted is in Market Drayton, in the country of Shropshire, England. Northern Shropshire is famous for its cheeses and dairy products, hence the market (or Buttercross) in the line drawing, which was built in 1824. The town once had a court of ‘pied poudre’; here litigants could settle their differences immediately they reached market – in other words, while they still had dusty (or powdered) feet.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material, cork (base)
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Split , Croatia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A wood burnt etching (pokerwork or pyrography) of the Croatian seaside city of Split. Nothing says rustic like these pokerwork trinkets. This one depicts the Cathedral of Saint Domnius (known locally as the Saint Duja).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown (probably locally)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18.5cm diameter.
PLACE REPRESENTED: specifically the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Nic Nac Tray
NOTES: Small jewellery plate depicitng (alleged) coral from the Great Barrier Reef.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: hard plastic
MADE IN: Italy
MANUFACTURER: Asietti & Co for J. Glaser & Co
DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm x 12.5