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VENICE, ITALY – Document Holder

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Venice , Italy

ITEM: Document Holder

NOTES: This looks to be a letter writing folder from Venice. Your pad and envelopes and pen would have gone inside. It seems to be of leather which has been embossed and painted (Printed, tooled and color dyed leather writing pad with punched and stitched edging) . It is quite beautiful and intricate in its own way and would even work as an object d’art if framed. Ahhh, those Venetians.

Pity no one writes letters anymore.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1940s

MADE FROM: leather

MADE IN: Italy probably

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 19.5cm

   

 

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA – Ashtray

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New York City - Steel Display Plate 01 (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City, New York , USA

ITEM: Small dish or ashtray

NOTES: A striking aluminium stamped small dish or ashtray commemorating New York City and its Empire State Building. Unsure of the age, but it has the Empire State Building as the tallest building, which it was from 1931 to 1971. The pressed aluminium cries out mass produced “art deco”. It is certainly a souvenir that wont break or deteriorate quickly.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1940s

MADE FROM: aluminium

MADE IN:  Switzerland

MANUFACTURER: Alpha

DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm diameter
New York City - Steel Display Plate 01 (2)

BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Saucer

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Brisbane - Story Bridge - Nic Nac Bowl - Ceramic (1) Brisbane - Story Bridge - Nic Nac Bowl - Ceramic (3)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Brisbane (specifically the Story Bridge), Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Saucer

NOTES: The Story Bridge is a steel cantilever bridge spanning the Brisbane River that joins the northern and the southern suburbs of Brisbane. Built in 1940 it is the longest cantilever bridge in Australia. The shrubbery and old iconic subtropical tin roofed houses around the bridge are still there, in part, but are soon to be redeveloped.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1940s

MADE FROM: Bone China

MADE IN:  England

MANUFACTURER: Royal Stafford

DIMENSIONS: 14cm diameter