Featured Finds Thread

Houseful did better than I did this weekend! Woot!

My cousin asked for pix of one piece, so these were uploaded more quickly than usual. The first day was a loss - spent a grand total there of $9.25, $3 of which was on a big jar of honey. The pictures are of day 2's haul. I'd nabbed the red one hoping for bakelite, but it's glass. The blue ones are Italian, but only half the beads are sommerso. The cranberry vase may be Kerry if I'm lucky. The hearts were just marked LL and they're costume. One set of earrings that looks like stone..isn't. Darnit.

The good piece is in the last shot. The pin does have a real opal, but the earrings are damaged. One opal doublet or triplet is missing its money layer. The dragon may be ivory, but I almost hope not, because it would have to be Asian ivory. The prize is the brass and glass necklace. Art Nouveau wanna-be, but it has a sport ring and amber glass stone. Not a mark to be had.

 

Awesome!

 

You arent allowed to hunt them Davey ? Thats some good eating right there !

 

I picked up this terribly gaudy mirror at a garage sale. The lady said it was her mother in laws and she hated it,and her ! I paid $5,and I guess it had never been cleaned .I almost didnt grab it for that reason. It was black ! I drug it outside and scrubbed with a brush and some dawn and I was gobsmacked when I finished. Its actually gesso,and much nicer than i thought.


This fish was all of $2 .Ive yet to identify it but the numbers make me think swedish ?


Finally,a darling little art nouveau spoon 4 1/2 inches long

 

No idea on the fishie, but the spoon is a beaut. Now to keep your eyes peeled for the rest of the set. Odds are there were six in a box. Hanging out in here is dangerous; now you need to go hunting for the other five. Right?

 

Shoot ! I meant to add the spoon *might* be Marius Hammer.

 

Pish ! I need very little encouragement in that dept ! LOL ! I actually found that in a silverware holder full of crap in a thrift I occasionally go to. I looked,believe me !

 

That spoon is awesome!!

 

It is!

 

Woo hoo ! I got one finally ! Thank you for confirming !

 

Fried deer nuggets are a gift from God ! I could eat my weight in them. Fortunately I dont get them often now. Ill take a nice piece of fish and a few shots of your whiskey hoard any day .

 

@DragonflyWink would be coveting your spoon if she does not already have one in her collection.

 

and even then.........

 

Marie is correct in the wording between flashed & stained. This would not have been expensive glassware at the time but they sure are cute & will be a lovely addition to your Easter table.

 

The fish is Italian, and I’ve totally forgotten who. Arg.

 

Charity shop today 26 inches of Bakelite for £1!

 

My brother's name is Anton, Tony for short we always buy him Tony the Tiger things. So cute!

 

A dragon!

 

Thanks my Dear ! I kept looking to Sweden or Denamrk and the like .That gives me a direction.Dammed if I can figure out those letters though !