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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Estate Sale Finds · Glassware


When I was home for Easter weekend, my mom and I were able to take advantage of several different estate sales/thrift stores.  Many goodies ensued!  And basically, I just realized yet again how much I love old stuff.  It's kind of a weird thing to enjoy when you think about it, but I'm glad there are so many others like me in the world and that we now have the internet to feel connected in our love of old. ;-)

It rekindled the desire to share this post- it's been floating around in the drafts folder for nigh onto a year, and it's high time it finally saw the light of day!

I have a few different collections that I purposefully keep an eye open for (luggage, globes, cake plates, attractive books...) and- glassware!


I've admired pink depression glass for years, and it's always been a secret desire of mine to have a set.  I must admit that its current extreme popularity in the antiques community has made my pocketbook reluctant to comply with my desires, so I've been on a mission to bide my time and wait for super great deals.


Last spring, I came across 2 cups at an antique mall severely discounted due to their lack of matching saucers.  I realized how dumb that idea was after bringing them home.  The chance of finding the saucers for sale separately is like finding a needle in a haystack.  There are SO. MANY. styles of depression glass!  A few weeks later, our town was having town-wide garage sales; we never go, but with our new-found love of estate-saling, I thought it might be fun!  A crunched time schedule and threatening rain meant that we only hit 5 or so sales, but as it would happen.... one of them had pink depression glass!  The prices were amazing.  I picked up 3 cups and saucers, a platter, and.... they had 2 cups and 4 saucers in the same pattern I had at home!  That means there were exactly as many loner saucers as I was in need of!  Amazing!!


 I'm beyond thrilled with how the whole situation worked out, but I have learned my lesson not to randomly add loners to my collection without *very* good reasons. ;-)



I currently have "Queen Mary", ''Coronation", and "Old Cafe" in my collection.  I love the idea of a slightly mismatched set, but I'm hoping to contain my collection to just these 3 styles.  The hope is that this measure will keep my collection to a managable level. ;-)  One thing about estate-saling is that it exposes and encourages the dark side of hoarding, so I'm trying to only aquire (semi)wisely. ;-)



I suspect that these goblets aren't originals, but nevertheless, we couldn't really resist sipping out of pink goblets. ;-)



My very favorite style of china has long been china in the Royal Copenhagen design.  As far as I can discern, the design originated as "Blue Fluted" in the late 1700s with the, well, Royal Copenhagen manufactury.  The style has been picked up by several other china manufacturers, so there are lots of versions of it with slightly different variations!



I stumbled across a set of 7 cups and saucers and a creamer and sugar set last May in an antique store in Texas, so I am now commited to the Myott "Finlandia" style.  This is another set that I'm going to add to slowly and I'm open to getting less than a complete set.  I think it's a great set for mixing-and-matching with other blue-and-white or plain white china pieces. :-)

I am just so thrilled to finally be starting the 2 glassware collections I've admired so long, and since part of the enjoyment of the process is the thrill of the hunt, I'm excited about slowly adding in pieces!

Do you have any glass/china collections that you're always on the look-out for?  Have you ever come across fabulous deals you just couldn't pass up? (Ha! Who am I kidding?? We've all done that before.... ;-))

18 comments:

  1. Great post, thanks for sharing this! I love seeing what other collect. I love Depression glass but don't own any as of yet. My favorite china pattern is called "Blue Onion" :)
    -Emily

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    1. Yay! A fellow blue-and-white china collector!! :-)

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  2. So enjoyed this post! I am a definite fan of blue and white dishes. A few years back I visited my first estate sale and purchased a partial set of Myott "Finlandia" dishes for $14. I was really hoping to find more dinner plates, as my set only included 3, but soon discovered this set of dishes was quite pricey on Ebay and Etsy. Well, about 2 years later I found several more dinner plates, bowls,etc. at our local Salvation Army and they were practically giving them away. : ) I was thrilled! It seems like a fairly popular collection, so I am sure you will have no trouble completing your set.

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    1. Sarah, wow! What a GREAT find, and so fun that you were able to find 2 really great deals! I'm looking forward to seeing where I can scrounge up more pieces- it's nice to hear some success stories with this pattern!

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  3. I have a pretty complete set of eight place settings of the Americana style by J&G Meakin. The style was done in commemoration of the bi-centennial. It is similar to the Liberty Blue, but in brown. I found a pretty complete set with coffee pot, creamer, and other serving dishes at the local antique mall and was able to get a discount on it. It wasn't too hard to find the missing dessert plates. So I haven't had to much trouble with collecting. :) Your glassware is beautiful. It would be nice to own some, but the possibility of hoarding...... :)

    On a completely different note, could you give me the full translation of Mode De Lis? I know mode is fashion, but beyond that Google is failing me. :)

    Sarah
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    1. Sarah, fun! Brown and white dishes also appeal to me- I've seen some wonderful table decorations that incorporate them so nicely!

      Certainly! Mode de Lis translates literally to "Fashion of Lily". :-) (think fleur de lis- lily flower) I felt like it would work no matter what I ended up doing with the blog, but since this has quite literally become a fashion blog, it's even more appropriate. ;-)

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  4. Great finds! I love looking through old and antique things. It's such a fun time to be had. But I totally understand about how it brings out the dark side of hoarding so unfortunately I try not to go as much as I'd like. That is amazing you were able to find the matching saucers for your pink cups! I'm so glad it worked out so well for you! The pink depression glass is so pretty!

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  5. I love Royal Copenhagen: the problem is I love all of their patterns and can't choose between!

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    1. Katy, agreed!! They're also a *wee* bit outside of my current price range.... marrying into a wealthy family really should be higher on my to-do list. ;-)

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  6. I envy your pink depression glass collection. It is so pretty! I actually have never been one to collect china or glass. I do have 4 luncheon sets ( 4 glass trays and cups in each set), and a small tea-set, but nothing so large and delightful as your growing collection.

    Blessings,

    Brigid

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    1. I do love luncheon sets! We have quite a few extended relatives in the area that have several sets, and I always think they're a fun, almost quaintly outdated, way to do refreshments at showers. :-)

      The cleanup required doesn't feel quite so quaint, on the other hand. ;-)

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  7. You have a lovely collection of glass and china.

    I love visiting antique shops, markets and charity shops for bargains. I buy rather a lot of my clothes from charity shops (I think you call them thrift stores) for a few pounds and do regular posts on my finds - I am not so gifted at sewing as you are!

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    1. Rebecca, there's a special "thrill of the hunt" when it comes to vintage/thrift shopping that puts it in its own sort of hobby/art form. :-) As well as becoming quite addicting!

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  8. Incredibly lovely finds. The pink depression glass has me running for the nearest antique fainting couch - it's just that marvelous! :) What an amazing score on all these beautiful pieces.

    ♥ Jessica

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  9. I am lucky enough to have my great grandmother's pink cherry blossom depression glass. It also comes in green.

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    1. Pamela, Oooooh, I am so jealous! I keep hoping that one of these days I'll inherit some of the glassware I love best! :-)

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  10. Thanks! I have now a new obsession! lol I'm actually obsessed about Hazel Atlas pink crinoline dishes. And I was able to score some good deals on ebay, I found some mint condition plates, mugs etc. not even one little scratch, I was so happy!! :) <3

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    1. Tanya, I had never seen the Hazel Atlas dishes before- those are darling! I adore the teacups and saucers!! Finding great deals just adds another level of excitement! Congrats on your steals!

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