Top Secret Tips for Scoring at Spring Fleas
Flea market dealers kept their stock in garages for more than a year. They took advantage of the push to de-clutter we all felt, so the STOCK for the fleas …
Art Nouveau Lamp with Semi-nude Female
JP sent me a fabulous Art Nouveau style figural table lamp with a nude woman supported by a peacock. The outstretched arm of the woman holds the light fixture. A …
Silver Dresser Set a Nice Little Treasure
DS sent me a silver dresser set received as a gift to her grandparents in 1900. It came from the Sturtevant Family of Framingham, Massachusetts, a famous, indeed giant, name …
Two Porcelain Collectables
Anne sent me a photo of a highly decorated porcelain nut dish, signed “Wight.” Historically this came with at least four, possibly six, matching little nut dishes. Nuts at each …
Woodcut Tells Important Stories
TR sent me a huge German Expressionist type woodcut in the Medieval style. It tells two important stories in the Faust Play by Goethe. Bernd Kroeber (1942), a teacher of …
The inro and the Japanese seal
Nina sent me a funny little box her parents acquired when they lived in Japan before World War II. Nina said people used it to carry medicine, but she’s only …
Wrought Iron Very Right
CG owns a pair of gorgeous tall, three-foot candelabras. She kept them for thirty years on her back porch on an old stone garden table in Santa Barbara. I saw …
Tips for Making a Fireproof Inventory
The dry wind blew in my bedroom as the clock radio (yes I still have one of those) spoke to me this morning. The Santa Barbara County Fire department today …
Gypsy Pot: Brilliant Piece of Engineering
JF sent me a heavy cast iron gypsy pot for cooking, a saucepan, with a VERY long hollow handle. Black, with a slight curve to the inside of the vessel, …
Porcelain Dresser Box an Intimate Gift
Susanne sent me pictures of a lovely little porcelain dresser box with ormolu surrounding the lid joint. She inherited it from her German grandmother. Under the box we see a …