Featured Finds Thread

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by verybrad, May 25, 2014.

  1. kentworld

    kentworld Well-Known Member

    Seriously, that is a very nice painting -- maybe not top quality but the delicacy of the painting and position of the lady is so charming!
     
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  2. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    Thanks kworld :happy:

    yeah better than i expected. its the female portrait sides that i prefer, so will probably just frame them that way
     
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  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Went to a charity thrift today. Everything in the store was 75% off except the jewelry. Found a little perfume bottle in the back with an orange bottle, black stopper, and only a piece of a lable. $2.50 after discount. The stopper is stuck, but I'm not messing with it. The orange is inside the bottle and it's just paint. Turns out it's French - Brise de Monte Carlo, made in 1927. Remy Marquis.

    https://cleopatrasboudoir.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-perfumes-of-marquis-paris.html

    Now what the HECK I want with it I have no clue.
     
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  4. terry5732

    terry5732 Well-Known Member

    Thrift store had a collection of old Connecticut made clocks in glass surrounds. Half run. Minimal chips. I'll try them as auction soon. No idea what the market is these days.
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    I think Art Deco is the keyword
     
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  5. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    I love the one in the back with the twisted glass rods. FYI I had a couple of vanity trays with the same type of twisted rods around the edges. There may have been a whole vanity set of these pieces.

    PS - We can tell you are feeling better today - out selling gold & hitting the thrift shops - life is good!!!
     
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  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    No idea, but they're pretty.
     
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  7. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    the clock faces certainly look deco
     
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  8. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Found in the bedroom of a deceased old ladies bedroom on Saturday.
    Smuggled over from France, illegal in the UK.:eek::D



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  9. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    probably left over from when her husband was still alive if it was in the bedroom :playful:
     
  10. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    My son's fiancée keeps a can of wasp spray next to the bed for the nights when he is not there. :p:p:happy:
     
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  11. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    wasp spray ???
     
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  12. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    in the bedroom ???
     
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  13. mirana

    mirana Well-Known Member

    Probably not gonna feel good on an intruder's face, although I would just gift the gal some proper pepper spray. :hilarious:
     
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  14. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    OK, I admit, I have no idea what that is!!!!!!!
     
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  15. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Its CS gas, pepper spray,Tear Gas, PAVA. It incapacitates an attacker by spraying it into their face or eyes.
     
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  16. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    It's legal in many places here. I wouldn't try shipping any though, just in case.
     
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  17. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    Thanks! Pepper spray is legal here. I walk my dogs with a friend who always carries one in case we meet coyotes.
     
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  18. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    We don't have Coyotes here but I would like to meet one with Buzz, he was bred to kill Wolves so a Coyote would be a breeze.

    There is a proposal to reintroduce Wolves here to get rid of the explosion in the deer population.
     
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  19. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    too bad Buzz wasn't bred to kill deer !! :hungover:

    mighty fine eatin.......:hungry:
     
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  20. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

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