PLACE REPRESENTED: Durban , South Africa
ITEM: Spoon Rest
NOTES: The shield of the port city of Durban.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 24cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Pisa , Italy
ITEM: Ornament
NOTES: The leaning tower of Pisa is the most well known of the buildings in the piazza dei miracoli in Pisa but there are four great religious edifices: the Duomo (cathedral), the Campanile (the cathedral’s free standing bell tower), the Baptistry and the Camposanto.
Here they are captured in something 7cm long.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: hard plastic resin
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 6cm high , 7cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: The iconic Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House … again.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm long (with chain)
PLACE REPRESENTED: St Louis , Missouri, USA
ITEM: Display Plate
NOTES: Great detail. The Japanese are good at this type of stuff. This is the home of Chuck Berry, Philis Diller, Vincent Price, David Rasche, James Franciscus, Shelley Winters – none of whom are on the plate.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1989
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20cm diameter
ITEM: Bottle Opener
NOTES: Bottle opener on a key ring … just like the ones you find all over the world’s largest sand island, Fraser Island, after the weekend warriors have finished drinking and carving up the sand in their four wheel drives.
The coloured sands on Fraser Island are examples of where the sand has been stained over thousands of years due to the sand conglomerating with clay.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): unknown
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: Collectors World
DIMENSIONS: 11cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Bath , England
ITEM: Egg Cup
NOTES: At least I think it’s an egg cup. It could be an earring or ring holder. It’s certainly not big enough to have a bath in (sic).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material (Bronte China)
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm diameter , 2.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Portugal
ITEM: Doll
NOTES: Portugese national dress, apparently. The hand written “Portugal” on the base makes me suspicious.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: fabric , wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 19cm high , 7cm across
PLACE REPRESENTED: Kythera / Cythera, Greece
ITEM: Condiment Set
NOTES: A six piece dinner condiment set: Two bottles with two lids (I assume oil and vinegar), salt and pepper shaker, a plate and a small cowbell shaped think which I assume is for toothpicks or something.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Greece
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: Plate has a 21cm diameter, the bottles are 17cm high, the salt and pepper shakers are 7 cm high and the small toothpick holder is 8 cm high.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cologne , Germany
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: Depicting the German restaurant, Zum Treppchen, in Cologne, Germany. Operating since 1656 apparently.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: ?
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20cm tall
PLACE REPRESENTED: Mexico
ITEM: Key Ring
NOTES: A leather hat with Mexico stamped in it.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: leather
MADE IN: ?
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4cm diameter , 2cm high