Vacation Finds

I paid $7 for this set of children's play furniture

I wasn't going to buy it then decided 

I would regret it

I can use them for displays

until I have grandchildren

no - thats not a hint for my kids..lol

I loved this necklace

I paid $4 for it

These look like earring 

but they are actually pins

I got the two for $7

The cup is Portuguese

(so am I !)

Bordallo Pinheeiro

Vine pattern

I paid $3.50

these salt and pepper shakers 

will be made into photo holders in a future post

I paid $4 for the pair

The final was $ 4.50

The wood piece was $6

the tray $8

the drawer $3

I got the test tube for $3 a pkg

an old key for $1

I'm planning on making a necklace with it

the bird planter is a McCoy

I paid $5 for it

The tea cup is Pope-Gosser 

Clementine Pattern 

was $3

That Peerless hat was $5

perfect spot for it:

I got this hanging chip clips for $4

I will display jewelry 

from them

I got a lot of odds and ends

It was interesting to go to an area 3 hrs

away and see such different items

To see more of my finds here

and here

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Teacups

I don't know what this pattern is

I bought the cup recently

for $3

If anyone knows

please let me know

This is Bordallo Pinheiro

Vine Pattern

I recently purchased for $3.50

The Portugese cartoonist, Rafael Bordallo Pinheiro

began creating unique ceramic tiles & pottery at 38 years of age.

He became renowned for some of his creations

and quickly became known as a Master in the pottery

world. Relatively unknown in America, Bordallo Pinheiro

pottery is very popular in Portugal and abroad. The production

facility still exists in Portugal where is started 120 years ago.

Many of Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro's works are housed

in a museum in the interior of the factory

where pottery is still produced today.

Faianças Artísticas Bordalo Pinheiro, Ltd,

continues to produce beautiful pottery and dishware

following the design and standards set

forth by Rafael Bordallo Pinheiro over a century ago.

Many of the designs feature animals, fish and

other motifs found in nature. The combination of rich colors

and natural subjects makes the Bordallo Pinheiro

line of pottery highly collectible and still useful in today's kitchen.

Pope Gosser 

Clementine 

I recently purchased this tea cup

for $3

The Pope-Gosser company was organized in Coshocton, Ohio in 1902 by Charles F.  Gosser  and Bentley Pope.  In the beginning Pope Gosser experimented with high quality decorative pieces.  Later on the concentration  was on dinnerware.  The company closed in 1958.

Pope was a skillful decorator

 who was born in England. 

He came to America in 1870                                                                    

  and worked at Trenton until 1891, 

when he moved to Ohio.  

At that time he become manager                                                         

 of KTK until 1903, when he left to

 form the Pope-Gosser 

China Company with Gosser The wares 

were "excellently potted"

 and the shapes were a departure                                                                                              

  from existing models. The company begin to immediately

 produce high grade translucent                                                             

  china for vases, etc.  Not finding the profit in this line,

 the company switched                                                                                          

 to dinnerware which was harder than the

 usual dinnerware of the times.

Pope-Gosser joined the ill-fated 

American China Company in 1929.                                                                                                 

After the demise of that company, Pope-Gosser

 was re-organized                                                                                                           

   in 1932 by Frank Judge.  

The company continued to make                                                                                                                      semi porcelain wares until 1958, 

although the quality of these                                                                                                     

          wares was not up to the 

standards of the old company.

Turn of The Century Dinnerware by Joanne Jasper).

Teatime Tues

Tea Cup Tues

Extravaganza Plus

We went to the Springfield Extravaganza

from the website:

Twice a year, in May and September,

 the Springfield Antique Show 

and Flea Market holds its famous Extravaganza. 

Wear your walking shoes and prepare for a day

 of fun shopping over 2,500 dealers

 who’ll be set up in a dozen buildings

 and outdoors across the entire fairgrounds.

A lot of the Buckeye Bloggers 

were there -on different days

 although

I didn't run into one 

or anyone I knew

I got this highchair for $40

I like Shabby chic

however it doesn't go 

with my decor

so I will be stripping it

and staining it 

in the near future

We got this

lamp cover for $15

it is 16 in across

We will be making

a bird bath out of it

This pin was $7

but she reduced it to $3

The big find was this bed

full size

was $125  

we got it for $95

After 7 hrs at the Extravaganza

we stopped at a store called Ollie's

The box of scrapbook paper 

150 sheets reg $24 for $10

(that's .06 a piece)

The punches were $3 a piece 

the stamps $2

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Thrift and Dollar Store Finds

I got this cute jam jar

for $1.75!

The only marking on it is it

says Korea on the base

This I believe

is something for a pet

maybe a ferret?

I'm going to spray paint it

and 

use it for jewelry

if anyone knows

what it is used for let me know***

I paid $1.50

I got this cup and saucer 

for $5

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 I got the following at Dollar Tree

Each package was $1

I will be making baby cards

I'm not sure what I will be using these

envelopes for but 

I know it will come to me

Do you have any suggestions?

*** I found out it is a hamster play pen

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