Featured Finds Thread

to drain excess water.....

 

I'd concur '50s, I'd bet they 'delivered' flowers to the new Mom. Perhaps my Mom got one.
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I suspect these were stored away and are just that and for one or two different children, maybe twins.
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I thought a wall pocket at first and I dispute the lister's assumption for they would hang at a very odd angle and threaten to fall from any fastener head not larger than the hole.
That fastener would have to be put through the hole then fastened to the wall, a poor design at the least.
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I suspect a ribbon could've been put through it to hold a card or even a little toy such as a rattle.
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Surely someone here knows or knows where to find them in a floral supply catalog or florist's catalogs with pictures of them.

 

Hmmmmmm...
Is that a guess or certainty?

 

do you see a question mark....!

 

Hi,
The holes were there so a ribbon would be tied with the message from who sent them to the new Momma.
greg

 

Possible hole for wiring a light fixture? Sort of a "TV lamp" for the Nursery?

 

Cute planters, KofT!

Here are couple more pictures of some additional treasures from this past weekend. Other items I put straight away into inventory included several Denby cups/saucers, several Arabia cups/saucers, multiple vintage advertising ashtrays and various restaurant and railroad china. I determined pretty quickly the Van Briggle I referenced earlier was a fake and tossed it. I'm sure if I paid more attention at the time, I would have noticed it, but with a heat index of 103 degrees, a husband who patiently was waiting for me in the heat on a bench, mistakes happen sometimes and it wasn't too expensive on a great day.

We will visit this particular market again. Made it somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3rd the way through. For the vintage stalls, I really breezed through them very quick, since he has no interest and with the heat. Still I did OK, I think.

The two vases on the left include a Haeger bud vase and a Dryden vase. Total $3.00.

The two Villeroy & Boch Design Naif pieces were $20.00 for both.



Disregard the prices on the cups/shot glasses. The owner gave me a tremendous deal - $1.00 each, plus buy 10, get 2 free (I realize I put number 12 away).

In total, I found four of the Veterans Administration 1930 Mugs pictured on the left on Saturday. I was not able to find any Fire King, but did find some Glasbake, Federal, vintage mugs for Ford, Dunkin Donuts, Jack 'n Jill Donuts and from other neat-o places.



No pickin' for me this week. I have a date set for next week. Time to get some work done!

Happy Monday to all

 

No.....
but lots of dots after generally means give this some thought and add what one thinks to it.

 

I went to the Ill Will today and found ... envelopes, plastic ones for inventory.(sigh) OTOH they went cheap. I also found out that one of my most reliable treasure troves, a synagogue rummage sale, isn't happening this year.(sigh) Admittedly it saves me some real money, but....

 

The ephemera lot just keeps on giving.

Last night identified two interesting items

1. Prince Adolphus 1774-1850 signature, cannot find another
2. Hesing signature from 1848.

It was the second one that excited me. What a story! Sailing the Chinese junk Keying to New York in 1847, the crew walking off (they had signed up for a short voyage!), then to London in 1848 where Queen Vic was one of the first on board and where this card was signed.

 

@Ownedbybear - currants!! wish I could find some. lucky you.

 

Currants are easy to grow.... red currants will be ready next week,black currants and gooseberries probably in 3 weeks.

 

You can buy currants, usually red, in some supermarkets here, but almost never eating goosegogs. The problem is that they are seriously tricky to pick commercially. I love both, but especially gooseberries - and you never see these little dark purple ones in shops.

 

Hi,
Years ago I was at the market and a Chinese guy was cursing under his breath. I said what the matter. He was upset because he bought a crate of berries and they were bitter. I looked he had a crate of gooseberries. I said how much he said take them, they will never sell. I took the whole crate and fled home. I spent the next two days making gooseberry jam. It was heaven to me. Everybody got jars of jam for Christmas.
greg

 

They didn't grow currants at all in the US for years - some sort of fungus/infection problem. We couldn't import the fresh ones either from outside. It was bad enough getting Ribena or jams. The "currants" I find in the supermarket these days are just tiny raisins; Sunmaid didn't think the dumb Americans would notice the difference.

 

We had a gooseberry bush in our garden in England, and yes .. we called them "goosegogs" I remember us kids sitting around that bush stuffing oue faces with them, I have always missed that flavour very much, Joy.

 

We have lots of goose cigars here.
Are they similar?

 

We've had productive gooseberry (goosegog) and blackcurrant bushes for the last 30 years, and we've enjoyed them fresh, as jams and granita.

But a new dog this year, and we've removed many poisonous or toxic plants from the garden and the fruit bushes are history

 

Oh! no

 

(((SOB))) I helped pick fresh currants as a teenager once. I'd have gotten rid of the dog first; cats don't eat berries. The birds who come to feed on the berries are another matter. Not to mention the pesky squirrels. Blessings on cats.