Our Next Play Along Game...WHERE on earth...
Category: What on Earth!?
are these things from?
2 points if you guess the correct continent
10 points if you get the country
100 points if you get the city and can prove it (because sometimes I don't even know THAT!)
Just fill in your answers in the comment form below. You can use a "nom-de-plume" if you want to take a chance but don't want that advertised in our forum!!
p.s. I threw in 1-2 "ringers" so be careful....
GOOD LUCK TO ALL! Oh, and click on the picture to make it larger.
Item #1 < Adopted!
Item #2
Item #3
Item #4 < Adopted
Item #5
Item #6
Item #7 < all adopted
Item #8 < adopted
Item #9 < Adopted
Item #10
Item #11
Item #12 =Adopted!
Item #13
Item #14
Item #15
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Comments
Item #14 looks like it may have come from Russia. My boss travels internationally and has gotten things from Russia with that same kind of painting on, although it does have a "Scandanavian" look to it also.
Posted by: Jacky | July 22, 2003 9:18 AM
Does Item #1 say "Taj Mahal Hotel"? If it does, I would guess India.
Item #2 - Asia
Item #3 - Mexico
Item #4 - Europe?
Item #5 - U.S.?
Item #6 - No idea
Item #7 - No idea what these are
Item #8 - Peru
Item # 9 - THAT would have to be Chicago, IL.
Item #10 - This seems to easy...I suspect something...
Item #11 - Japan?
Items #12 - Central or South America perhaps
Item #13 - England
Item #14 - Eastern Europe
Item #15 - I'm not entirely sure, but if it says "Swiss", I'll just be obvious and say "Switzerland"
Posted by: Patricia | July 22, 2003 6:36 PM
Ohh...PaTRICia...you smart grrl. That DOES say Taj Mahal Hotel.
Anybody else have guesses for the others?
Posted by: jeanne | July 23, 2003 12:29 AM
I will admit...some of these I have figure out and some I haven't.
#1 - India. It does say, "Taj Mahal Hotel" and there are a lot of ashtrays, um, borrowed from hotels in here.
#2 - Japan
#3 - Sweden :)
#4 - Occupied Japan
#5 - Japan
#6 - Portugal
#7 - These are "flower frogs" from Japan. They go in the bottom of vases for flower arranging.
#8 - Christmas ornaments from baked dough in Peru
#9 - Playboy, Chicago, Illinois
#10 - They say "Made in West Germany"
#11 - Italy soft paste porcelein
#12 - Mystery. It is a clay "book" of the saints with "pages" on both sides.
#13 - Franciscan ware from the U.S. Desert Rose patter pieces.
#14 - Mystery. But we think maybe Scandanavia.
#15 - The maker says it is Swiss, but this was one of those companies that has been really hard to research...
Posted by: jeanne | July 24, 2003 10:08 AM
I stand corrected!
#3 is from Ahuacatlan, Mexico! It is marked "Sta Maria"...
#13 is NOT Franciscan. It goes back to being a mystery. It is marked with an "M" that was drawn into the clay before glazing. M?
Posted by: j | August 7, 2003 6:20 PM
item #13--try MAJOLICA--pottery of the early to mid 19th century. Some pieces can be quite valuable. Hope this helps!!!! and hope you get this at such a late date past your posting of it! :)
Posted by: ERIN | August 20, 2003 11:23 PM
We get every comment sent on to us and I will look that up! Thanks!
Posted by: j | August 20, 2003 11:54 PM
I have no idea on any of it but am LOVING the pink flower teapot and teacups!
Posted by: kim | September 23, 2003 2:48 PM