Featured Finds Thread

Yes, dichroic glass I believe. Usually see it just with a bale not enclosed like this.

 

Walked into my ReStore, where the "expert" marks the decorative things and sometimes thinks they're too valuable to sell in that store. But she ain't so swift as she thinks she is sometimes. I paid $3 for a box of ten or so metal figures she probably thought were Taiwanese. Nope - Barclay skiiers, sledders, and skaters. The paint is nearly mint. Oops! I need some pictures but There were some here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1730745007/vintage-1940s-barclay-cast-metal-skiers

 

kinda find....but at an interesting 11 dealer antique mall, bout 25 minutes away,

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/284219769419

found these today ....seller wanted $150 .... I balked...and walked

always on the lookout for spoons now.... thanks to Dragon !!!......

2 other finds..... I did not walk away from.... will be up soon..

 

She wanted full retail; that would have me backing away too. Quickly.

 

from that little antique mall , as an afterthought , cuz it wasn't what I was there for.
it's beat up...but the bones are still there..... and I would have left it if not for the carved abalone disc.
at 1st I thought it was turtle....but now I see horn.
at $15.... it's still an old sweet piece of history.....

3 x 1 3/4 x 3/4 inch

where it's from originally...??? age..? is it big enuf to be a coin purse ?

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I have not yet cleaned it......

 

I saw this 3 weeks ago.... and couldn't get it out of my mind.
A basket, box , purse.... all in one.
I am well versed on the northern Cree & Algonquin styles of birchbark containers.... but this one has the better of me.
Right off , the wood base is not what I expected .... and the old iron nails.... coupled with a small purse shape , I find to be quite out of the ordinary.
I paid up for it....... even with 20% off for cash.... because while it may be vintage bordering on antique .... it's in near mint condition..... & I had to have it !!!

& the design is classic , traditional, and well laid out ..!

It's only 11 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 inches , and a little darker than my well lit photos present.

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It may turn out to be Athabaskan..... https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/athabascan-indian-made-birch-bark-basket-47-c-8244db28ba ... which I'm less familiar with..... but still, the base...side closure with that added birch slab.... is unusual at best...

 

Beautiful !

 

very nice komokwa, I don't see many birch bark pieces out here your other find, the little purse is sweet