Tin Plates 3

The design of this tin plate showing a view of Orwell Park, Suffolk, is taken from an English transfer-printed plate made by the John and Richard Riley Company in Burslem, Staffordshire, about 1825.




Another tin plate in my collectibles of four.

African Hand Carved Wooden Warrior Mask (Maasai)

For tourists, the Maasai could be the most known Kenyan tribe. The warrior people in the tribe wore this mask to scare their opponents and to identify themselves within a tribe.

Originated from Kenya, this mask has been hand carved by the Maasai tribesmen with the same colors used in clothing and face painting of the Maasai daily life.

This African mask has two tribesmen facing each other with traditional patterns on the face. The value of each mask derives from the fact that each one is an original work of art. It is individually hand carved so there is no identical one.

These masks have become one of the popular African souvenirs and are hung on walls in homes around the world.

My eldest daughter bought this mask during her flight to Nairobi during 2004-2005. This is not the only mask she bought. There's also a few other African souvenirs. Africa is the place she'd still like to revisit.

2008 Olympic Games Pocket Watch

The 2008 Summer Olympics - the Games of the XXIX Olympiad took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. It was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Asia, after Tokyo, Japan in 1964 and Seoul, South Korea in 1988. I have no idea at all that there is this Commemorative Watch of the Olympic Games unitl I started doing this blog of my collectibles. I found it in my show cabinet. After asking my family member of it's source, it turned out that it was a souvenir from my husband's colleague, Molrudee who visited Beijing during the Olympics Games. The colour of both the watch and it's box is silver but because I'm a poor photographer, it looks like gold in this picture.

Deft blue windmill pepper holder

This pepper holder has also been in my collectibles for over ten years. It is not from the Netherlands or any places abroad. I bought it locally right after I got the windmill hanging from my supervisor. However, the quality of the ceramic is so fine that I'm not sure whether part of Delftware products are manufactured here in Thailand. The difference is only there's no Delft Blue print on it.


To tell you the truth, I already found one manufacturer in Lumpang, Thailand.

Chokin Art Collection from Japan

THE ART OF CHOKIN

Chokin is the ancient Japanese art of engraving copper and gilding it with precious 24K Gold and Silver since the 12th century.

The engravings were orginally created to decorate the armament of SAMURAI warriors.

At least I was able to buy a few souvenirs from Narita Airport on my one night only in Japan on the way back from my short trip to USA last year.

Santa in an old veteran and vintage English car

At some point, one of my dearest friends, Onn learnt that I'm a collectibles lover and snowglobe is one of my favourite collectibles. In 2009, Onn went to visit her daughter, Nong Omm who is studying in England. She handpicked two snowglobes for me. They are my first Christmas snowglobes. This is one of them.


Instead of sleigh ride, this Santa Clause chooses to travel in an old veteran and vintage English car. I'm sure that he's loaded lots of toys and goodies in his car too.

Thanks Onn and Nong Omm. It's a high quality snowglobe and I love it so much.