Featured Finds Thread

Got this ashtray for about $2. A 3.7” gun shell dated 1937 and centre coin dated 1946 (found several other similar examples online) but still a cool thing

 

That rules out WWII trench art. I've seen jewelry made from disused coins often, but never an ashtray.

 

Went to my usual charity thrift today and found stuff. A Wilco tour shirt is already listed on eBoo. The embroidered sweatshirt is for my niece - made in china for the Chinese market. The honker of a bracelet is acrylic with shells etc inside. The earrings are 14k and pearl. Nice sterling bracelet - they missed the marks! The round stones aren't much but the metal is marked 585. They missed that one too. I didn't. the mustardy candlesticks are marked Doulton England. The photos were taken with my tablet and not cropped or anything else.

 

Been buying some unsparkly bits. The expanding leather suitcase is in good condition, paid £4. The Edwardian Sheraton revival letter rack has a chunk missing off the top but it was only 50p as was the very tired accordion box.
The copper box is 5x7 inches and weighs a kilogram!! There’s a lump of red sealing wax on the bottom so whether it was made for that purpose who knows, anyway £2 for that.
Finally sparkly things, silver marcasite ring £2.95, silver frog 50p and sash pastes from which I can make one whole 25p.

 

Plus a jewellery box £1

 

Those jewellery boxes were meant to take a pocket watch.

Ruth, you gonna show the Doulton properly please?

 

Thanks, I thought it held a bracelet, mind you at first I thought the accordion box was a big tea caddy!! (Until I looked inside)

 

I can, but I'll have to get the real camera out. I don't think they're old, but finding Doulton stoneware of any sort isn't too normal here. I did find a Doulton (pre Royal) soap dish in brown transferware recently. Bought it for a whole dollar because why not. If all else fails I'll put my soap in it!

 

It may be older than you think. And I do like a bit of Doulton.

 

Went hunting today, and the first sale... bingo. That said, here's a closer photo of one of the candlesticks and the mark. Paid US$5 the pair, so I'm not too concerned with their age.

 

Got out at Too Darned Early o'clock this morning. Had planned on hitting a street-wide sale in town, when a fairly close estate/tag sale popped up. Went there first and... bingo! I left the Waterford sugar/creamer in the trunk, along with a pedestrian Kosta vase. I found an Orrefors one too, but it has a fleabite and a scratch on the front - to the donation bin it goes. That said....

Have a look at the second photo and see if you can pick out the piece which is NOT partly or all sterling. Other than the tourmaline and bone dragon necklace. The Standard Oil and New York hotel brochure are both circa 1925. The earrings in the World's Fair 1939 dish will pay for the pile and then some - 14k. The painting is actually pietra dura; my BiL is getting it whether he knows it or not. The pink rectangular pin and earrings are mid-mod metal signed Art. The enamel box is Chinese. Oh yeah - those candlesticks are Waterford. The knife and fork with the horn and brass bird handles are signed in a language I can't read.

 

Mystery writing probably says Stainless Steel. Anyone know which language it's in?

 

The horn handled pieces are Lebanese Jezzine-ware...

~Cheryl

 

Cool. Probably Arabic then. The one birdie is missing his crest. Not a problem if one is Kyra but I'm not messing with them. The piece they came home with is Israeli, so no real surprise they're Lebanese.

The other one is a basket similar to this : https://www.etsy.com/listing/1151977410/kakadu-olive-wood-art-basket-box-hand

 

Certainly Arabic.

Doulton is late 19th. Burslem rather than Lambeth.

 

I went to a professionally run estate sale today, a local person's "barn sale" and a neighborhood sale with 11 residents participating...

And found nothing - not 1 item I wanted to buy

 

Good job there!!! I went out today....I need to clone myself, I had to choose between four happening places today....the box is full of costume, stone/bead necklaces, some sterling and GF, from one community yard sale and getting to my intended annual flea market late.

I posted the amber pieces on the jewelry board with uv light pics and questions.

 

I hate those days.

 

Neat. I didn't think they were particularly old. Zero wear on them, like they've sat in a cupboard their entire lives. OTOH the store than had them has also had other late 19th century pieces, totally unheralded.

Eyyarggh. Now that's a total waste of gas money if ever there was.

Uhmmm... bingo! A lot of those looked like mess-with-mes if ever there was. The amber sure looked like amber.

 

The stone necklaces were $2-$5 each....most came from one lady. The blue cloisonne was $1...I will get better pics up tomorrow.