PLACE REPRESENTED: Sea World, Gold Coast , Australia
ITEM: Ornament
NOTES: Yes indeed there are polar bears on Queenslands sunny Gold Coast … at Sea World. I’m assuming (and hoping) their enclosures are air conditioned.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): © 2002
MADE FROM: acrylic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Sea World Property Trust
DIMENSIONS: 6cm high , 7cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Dubrovnik , Croatia
ITEM: Ornament
NOTES: A small ceramic ornament which is nicely detailed … and a quite vivid remembrance of old town Dubrovnik.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Croatia
MANUFACTURER: Keramika Augustanec
DIMENSIONS: 6cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Split , Croatia
ITEM: Ornament
NOTES: A minature beer mug. Wine is more porpular in Split (in Dalmatia) and Croatia generally but beer is drunken (by mugs) though not normally from mugs. Regardless, most places seem to have their town depicted on these beer mug trinkets.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Croatia (probably)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 6cm high , 5cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Ireland
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: Ha, the Irish are funny and clearly don’t forget easily. The sentiment is succinct and perfect…and on both sides of the key chain, just in case you forget.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: ?
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4cm x 6cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Ireland
ITEM: Ornament
NOTES: A mini Irish cottage. Very mini despite the beauties of digital photography.
Do these cottages still exist? Yes, but mainly in re-runs of “The Quiet Man”. Still when you do see them they are special.
This is handmade, apparently. Well, handmade in a sweatshop, perhaps.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: Resin
MADE IN: ?
MANUFACTURER: Elgate
DIMENSIONS: 7cm long , 4cm wide
