March's first haul of antiques and untiques

Marvels and must-haves GALORE!!

Starting with...

              History's Most Adorable Still Bank                                        

                 In dressed duckling form            

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Something lovely from Germany circa 1920

              RW Rudolstadt bud vase

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Next up is something reeeelllly old   SOLD

Clews Warranted Staffordshire, Pekin pattern

Clews ceased operation in 1834, so these plates are at least 187 years old, 

or perhaps as old as 203 years, since Clews began manufacturing in 1818.

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On to another beautiful item

Hand-painted roses demitasse cup and saucer

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We be having more spatterware!

Note that what looks like a chip is nothing of the kind.  That's just the color.

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Back to the Swinging Sixties  

In suit form with miniskirt !!

Women's suits today are very poorly made, and unless you have a perfect figure, badly fitted.  

The above suit is exceptionally well-made, just like they did back in the day.

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Lots and lots more to come !!!

'til then, see more, get more here:

www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques    

Mug of the Month

Something for Spring, which arrives this month.

Whoo hoo!

Let the cavorting begin !!

 Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/1914_two_dogs_running_coffee_mug-168710068173188325

March's orange ties! Retro ties!! Fun ties!!! Vintage ties!!!!

 The second of our Roy G. Biv collection, i.e. the o in Roy, which stands for orange.

Here we go !!

The laughing lion

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spinning... spinning...

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We be having catfish !

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the tongue-cut sparrow of Japanese lore

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We be having California poppies

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Lastly, but far from leastly, we have an MP from MP show you how to protect your motor.

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See the other 700 or so ties in my shop here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=ties&dp=252040077036799412 

The Tuesday Song of the Week

I was thrilled to find this, because you haven't lived until you've seen the West Philadelphia Orchestra.

The first time I saw them was directly after this VERY oddball opera the hubbage and I had attended, the plot of which was about a Serbian girl hanging with her friends the night before her wedding.  After the opera the audience moved to another room to take part in sort of a party* that sort of approximated a Serbian wedding reception.  

Enjoy !!

'Zla S'dba' - West Philadelphia Orchestra

* A year or two after this event, I was on a focus group for Opera Philadelphia. The woman running the discussion had passed around some pictures, including pictures from this reception. The hubbage and I were in the picture.

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is Joan Fontaine for Lux Toilet Soap:

    

Today, that would be a very confusing name.

Toilet soap????

Back in the day, the idea of toilet (or twa-lay) was about the process of washing oneself, dressing and attending to one's appearance.  

It's hard to believe that she and her sister (Olivia de Havilland) had such a horrible relationship.  They usually played very sweet women, although I seem to remember seeing  Joan play a flinty character or two.  

September Affair, the movie the ad is advertising, is pretty good, alas with the usual Hollywood ending for these kind of plots.  

February's first load of antiques and untiques

 As ever and always the most marvelous of marvels:

     first up a black fur coat in mystery fur  SOLD

Sorta like Persian lamb.

VERY glam

And with a little swing coat appeal

AND it's a big size -- around a size 20W

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from the very big to the very small   SOLD

This may have begun life as a candy container.

Would look very sweet in your fairy garden and/or as something to plant a small cactus in and/or just put it on a nearby shelf and enjoy its charm

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suh'm pretty for your vanity table  SOLD

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for the fan of Charles Dickens and his zillions of characters  SOLD

Job Trotter from The Pickwick Papers

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        junk drawer treasures !!  SOLD

Lotsa buttons, and tiny locks - with their keys - , coupla pieces of jewelry, tiny toy cars, and MORE

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back to the early 1970s  SOLD

plaid wide leg/bellbottom pants

approximately a size 8/10.

29.5" waist, 38" hip, 30" inseam,and a very generous 26" in circumference at the cuffs.  

Made from acrylic pretending to be wool or a wool/acrylic blend.

PERFECT condition

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See more, get more here:

www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques

Tickets please

Yet another stub from a movie that I did see,

but which I have zero recollection of:

The Snapper, which was some Irish movie about somebody getting pregnant by somebody they don't know.

I can't imagine why I would want to sit through this.  Maybe all the other movie theatres within 20 miles were running brat pack movies.