Featured Finds Thread

WOWZER on this lot! I love the painted miniature and the smiling tusk!

 

Absolutely. Great find!

 

I'm wearing it right now.....I'm rather fond of it already!
I replaced the clasp.

 

Way too nice to melt. And Kristiaan's New Grenada piece..yike. Dunno if it's valuable, but it has to be vanishingly rare.

 

I have been tentatively branching into other areas. I am way behind in photographing. I haven't found much quality, as in value, jewelry items lately, the competition is really out there since gold and silver are so high.

I was browsing a junky antique shop and found these. I was mesmerized by their beauty. The guy wanted $2 a piece for each item, but we negotiated cash got me a much better price. I have more to show you, but right now I am experiencing a laptop glitch that hubby has to fix (but he is watching golf.) I can't resize the rest right now, says files too large.

I am guessing these are circa 1920s. I was so thrilled with these I am making a postcard album, ordered pages from Wal-Mart last night. I also ordered postcard sleeves.

 

Hmmm.... maybe I got it!



Most of the above are German, one is French (the lady with the fur), two from the USA. These are French, I have been researching postcards, evidently they used colorization like this.

 

A couple more.... since my husband is a retired postmaster, I got this one, too.

This picture was too cool to leave behind, it was included in the buy. Far away then up close.


And something I didn't buy, labeled as "Divorce Jewelry"

 

The "like" is for the postcards, which are really cool, Marko! I've never heard of "divorce jewelry" before, but it sure gets the message out there, doesn't it?

 

@Marko
I love the shrimp around the post office!!

 

A few finds from the flea market. I was told by the seller the vase is arts and crafts but I don’t really know - do you?

the little vase is French and I think inexpensive tourist item - 50’s? Later?

a ceramic bowl. I forget what this type of glazing is (saw it once a while ago) - do you know?

 

@kristiaan, I Love you searching your history!!!! And I REALLY LOVE your leather Portfolio Cover and it's Beautiful Colors!!!!! Wonderful!!

 

LUV the "Divorce Jewelry" connotation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The bowl is Bulgarian Troyan pottery...

~Cheryl

 

Yup, someone went to Bulgaria.

 

We came back with some in the eighties also. I got a nice silver niello bangle as well.

 

The little vase is a souvenir piece from Chaumont-sur-Loire, one of the French Loire Valley castles. They're all major tourist destinations and had souvenir shops with similar pottery back in the 80s. Still do, for all I'd know. The ermine on the pot is a royal symbol, but the King never owned the place. His girlfriend did! (LOL)

http://www.domaine-chaumont.fr/en/chateau-historic-grounds-and-stables/chateau

 

Got some weighted sterling for six bucks at the thrift today

Baby Gurl had $100 worth of fun with it.

 

Grammy will MELT it! (Go Grammy!)