PLACE REPRESENTED: Opatija , Croatia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A small wall ornament with a picture of the popular tourist waterfront in the town of Opatija on Croatia’s north coast.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Croatia probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Croatia
ITEM: Doll
NOTES: Small doll from Croatia (then Yugoslavia) There are no identifying marks though it was purchased in Croatia. The ensemble the girl is wearing is very traditional but the blonde hair, though it does occur, is not the norm … well not naturally.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 17cm tall
LOVRAN, CROATIA – Wall Ornament
PLACE REPRESENTED: Lovran , Croatia
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: A beautifully vivid wall plate with pyrography etching and a nice colour print of the harbour in Lovran, Croatia. It looks so simple and relaxing.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Croatia (I assume)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Warwick, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: A homemade ceramic ashtray celebrating the Warwick rockswap in 1973. The Paris Exposition it wasn’t. But, it is still going having started in 1967!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Handmade
DIMENSIONS: 9cm across , 3.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Croatia
ITEM: Bottle
NOTES: Small bottle in faux (?) traditional design with a blue backing. Possibly a local version of a hip flask and no doubt used for holding a couple of shots of the local distilled grape spirit, rakija.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: glass , leather
MADE IN: Yugoslavia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13cm high , 10cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Lovran , Croatia
ITEM: Ornamental Minature
NOTES: A ornamental minature wine barrel with traditional handpainted design from Lovran on the Istrian peninsula.
Barrels, grapes (and drinking wine) are all well loved pursuits in the region … maybe that’s why there is a heart on the barrel.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Croatia (then Yugoslavia)
MANUFACTURER: Handmade
DIMENSIONS: 10cm high , 10cm long
