SPRING is a great time to bring out all your vintage wire baskets and display them on the patio, porch, kitchen...fill with fresh fruit and veggies or bunches of flowers (real or silk). This large wire gathering basket found at a brocante in France is perfect for collecting veggies and flowers from the garden!
04/04/2012
02/15/2012
Vintage French Music Band Cards
From the late 1800s - early 1900s, music cards used at a school in France by the band are wonderful for your mixed media creations or for scrapbooking projects. We love them tied with a ribbon and displayed on a table or shelf. Sizes vary (4x3 inches, 5x7 inches, 7 x 11 inches); most have music on both sides. Available on our webshop while supplies last!
01/19/2012
01/12/2012
01/05/2012
The Beach in a Bottle
Bring a bit of the beach inside with these darling glass bottles filled with a variety of tiny seashells, embellished with twine and a metal fleur de lis! Bottles measure 4.5 inches tall. $20 each. Email us to purchase (not listed on our webshop).
01/01/2012
12/24/2011
Romantic Year-Round Paper Wreath
12/23/2011
12/06/2011
French Antique Arboras Porcelain
This lovely French antique porcelain pot in white and beige with handles on both sides, featuring a human face, is from the early 1800s; made from a clay mineral {kaolin} found near the Rhone. The 4 inch tall pot is marked on the bottom ~Arboras procelain. Arboras is a small village in the south of France. Isn't it lovely! Will be added to our shop this week, although I do hate to let this one go!
11/27/2011
French Barrel Mustard Bottles ~ Rare & Useful..
Mustard was almost a culinary requirement during the 19th century (and before as its use dates back to ancient times) to spice up otherwise bland dishes and to cover up the off flavors of foods in the age before refrigeration and other effective food preservation techniques. The French glass barrel mustard bottle is a relatively early example of "food bottles" or glass jars, embossed horizontally on one side between two sets of rings with MOUTARDE DIAPHANE / LOUIT FRERES & CO (circa early to mid-1900s). "Diaphanous" (implying a very fine product) mustard and similar other imported versions were apparently the "Grey Poupon" of the of the mid-19th century. These bottles were usually made of colorless or aqua glass; very rarely in other colors. The bottle body has no evidence of air venting and was blown in a post-bottom mold although the side mold seam just barely curls around the heel to join with an apparent post-bottom mold seam. Little air bubbles can be seen when held up to the light. No chips or cracks. We love these little French bottles for use as a vase. Bottle measures 5 inchs tall. We have two available in our webshop, but they won't last long!
