tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19182884335235542582024-03-20T00:49:49.605-07:00Cottage Style Antiques & MoreHourglass Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722971334888979325noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918288433523554258.post-64455279605680172362014-07-13T23:00:00.000-07:002014-07-13T23:00:41.619-07:00<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Decorating with Vintage Photographs</span></span><br />
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You can find them at flea markets and antique shops, in old family albums, or in a box in your own attic! Each one tells a story about a distant place and time. Some people put up framed black & white photos of people they don't even know ~ because they can relate to the face in some way. We dealers call those pictures "instant relatives".<br />
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This is a wonderful picture of a Flapper Age woman in an opera coat. The hand colored photo was printed on glass along with the gold oval frame and the flowers. Circa 1926. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/154450422/angels-1-beautiful-duo?ref=related-3" target="_blank">Vintage Images on Etsy</a><br />
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This image seems like an innocent home snapshot but is actually a photo taken by a U.S. Farm Service Agency employee. It's titled, "Healthy white children", which gives the picture an entirely different meaning. Circa 1940's.<br />
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This last one is a professional (posed) photo with perfect composition and lighting. Circa 1890.<br />
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If you're planning a vintage photo collection, I know you'll have fun finding them and many years of enjoyment looking at them!<br />
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<br />Hourglass Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722971334888979325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918288433523554258.post-12134091750215300882014-05-11T23:23:00.000-07:002014-05-11T23:23:04.014-07:00<span style="font-size: large;"> Happy Mother's Day</span><br />
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Mother's Day today! <br />
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Here is what I hope you got to do ....<br />
relax and enjoy your day!<br />
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Detail of watercolor painting by Winslow Homer, 1877.Hourglass Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722971334888979325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918288433523554258.post-87604710681996700232014-04-14T15:51:00.000-07:002014-04-14T15:55:04.581-07:00Flow Blue EarthenwareYou have your collectible blue and white china, which is lovely and dates from the 1820's, and then you have flow blue china, which began in the same region of Staffordshire, England. The term "flow blue" comes from the blue glaze that blurred or "flowed" during the firing process. This gives an entirely different look than the "non flowing" blue and white, but both are beautiful in their own right and would compliment any cottage style decorating scheme.<br />
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Non-flowing Blue Willow bowl made in England.<br />
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Flow blue earthenware comes in all shapes and sizes, from dinnerware pieces to large jardinieres on stands. Here is an example of a flow blue chamber pot ~ this one was made in Burslem, England about 1900 by Ford and Sons.<br />
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<a href="http://hourglassantiques.ecrater.com/p/1629161/flow-blue-chamber-pot-ford" target="_blank">Flow blue chamber pot at Hourglass Antiques & Collectibles.</a><br />
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The most ubiquitous pieces are the dinnerware shapes. This 5.25 inch pitcher is six-sided with twelve embossed panels. It has an Oriental motif with <span class="content">a pagoda, a willow tree with twisting trunk, a ship, and distant mountains. </span><br />
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<span class="content">This pitcher dates from about 1860.</span><br />
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<span class="content"><a href="http://hourglassantiques.ecrater.com/p/1629154/flow-blue-oriental-theme-pitcher" target="_blank">Flow blue Oriental theme pitcher at Hourglass Antiques & Collectibles.</a> </span><br />
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<span class="content">Here are two platters, one is in the "Non-Pareil" pattern by Burgess & Leigh, England, and is decorated with only a little white showing. Date of manufacture is about 1891.</span><br />
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<span class="content"><a href="http://hourglassantiques.ecrater.com/p/1629166/burgess-leigh-flow-blue-platter" target="_blank">Burgess & Leigh flow blue platter at Hourglass Antiques & Collectibles.</a> </span><br />
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<span class="content">The second platter has a beautiful floral pattern, but only in the center and around the edge. It is also a wonderful example of American flow blue. </span><span class="content"><span class="content">It's from the Mercer Pottery Co. of Trenton, N.J.</span></span> and is <span class="content"><span class="content">in the "Luzerne" pattern, circa 1868.</span></span><br />
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<span class="content"><a href="http://hourglassantiques.ecrater.com/p/1627703/flow-blue-oval-platter-17-inch" target="_blank">"Luzerne" flow blue platter at Houglass Antiques & Collectibles.</a></span><br />
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<span class="content">I can easily visualize this pattern in a cottage style home! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Happy St. Paddy's Day to all!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's an Irish toast to go with your green beer: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Many
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Each day the year through,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In all that you do!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b></b></span></span>Hourglass Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722971334888979325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918288433523554258.post-76123891910873103222014-03-12T14:40:00.002-07:002014-03-12T14:49:47.785-07:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here are some cottage style antiques from my Hourglass Antiques & Collectibles shops. This week I'm showcasing some vintage textiles ....</span></span><br />
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blue and white blocks strip with a brown border. Made with cotton fabric
strips, it has a burlap backing. Size: 26¾ x 38 inches. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A vintage potholder pair from the 1930's. Crocheted in ecru and red in a flower shape, they each have a ring for hanging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These two doilies are crocheted in a color-changing yarn in bright pastels.</span><br />
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<br />Hourglass Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722971334888979325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918288433523554258.post-81110841819878807012014-03-04T08:31:00.001-08:002014-03-04T08:31:51.960-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwTEaa4dFl9egDJsx5Uj2YsTWXpAtIB8osBl5KHd5XBeocrHPiKttselwIUs8JD4BexGy3oy4TCIBkzAbYAwBdNnMMcXlTll0Tat51pTfsFXjdqUILbSiXPjutb-ger5v2NUkTDxUNOeh/s1600/MarketMonday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwTEaa4dFl9egDJsx5Uj2YsTWXpAtIB8osBl5KHd5XBeocrHPiKttselwIUs8JD4BexGy3oy4TCIBkzAbYAwBdNnMMcXlTll0Tat51pTfsFXjdqUILbSiXPjutb-ger5v2NUkTDxUNOeh/s1600/MarketMonday.jpg" height="320" width="233" /></a>Check out the Etsy Cottage Style blog ~ Market Monday (which runs 24/7). It's "a virtual flea market of arts, crafts, antiques, and more". Each item shown has a link to it's place on the internet. Browse and shop 'til your heart's content!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERFtkD15bsfwMdUDuUJc_n5ZiXY7MYosPw2jhtAc2JP3R0OyM7eQ638je8KynbJTnFM2lAh0Epatc7wA6W9qGoJ3BPzPsigeOwAQHecJnSZgug-0vx30oW1LCjyDVG_6tAObWXb2VBWm5/s1600/New-Flea-Market-birdbath1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERFtkD15bsfwMdUDuUJc_n5ZiXY7MYosPw2jhtAc2JP3R0OyM7eQ638je8KynbJTnFM2lAh0Epatc7wA6W9qGoJ3BPzPsigeOwAQHecJnSZgug-0vx30oW1LCjyDVG_6tAObWXb2VBWm5/s1600/New-Flea-Market-birdbath1.jpg" height="320" width="241" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is a great idea for sprucing up a birdbath. These are vintage insulators which make a colorful perch for birds when grouped together.</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can find them in green and other colors, but they're most common in clear and blue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Isn't this the lovliest garden idea? ~ using an old wagon to gather dried flowers. It's a beautiful soft shade of, what else, lavender! You could also plant it with a mix of flowers types, such as short and tall, colors and greenery, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found this photo at a intensely inspirational FaceBook page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/vintagebohemian" target="_blank">Vintage Bohemian</a> </span><br />
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go with tall and overflowing in a vintage wheel-barrow. It's nice the way the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Although there's nothing vintage in this one, it still grabs at my heart strings. It's just plain dreamy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So start planting those seeds now for a bloomin' gorgeous Spring!</span> <br />
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Hourglass Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722971334888979325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918288433523554258.post-57874205788735651632014-02-20T06:25:00.000-08:002014-02-20T06:25:04.535-08:00Displaying Cottage Style Cookie Jars<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Recently, on IAntiqueOnline-ning, there was a discussion about collectible cookie jars in the cottage style. There are a number of designs out there to please any cottage style collector. And the best characteristic about them is, they're not just for display ~ they're quite useful! Pair one up with a pretty doily, a small houseplant or wreath, and a vintage photograph for a lovely vingette.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The second one is one of my<span style="font-size: small;"> faves. It's a Peter Rabbit cookie jar originally by Beatrix Potter. </span> I believe Miss Pott</span>er <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">should be represented at least once in every cottage style home! If you didn't grow up reading the Peter Rabbit stories with their adoringly illustrated pages, then you should definitely read them to your kids or grandkids!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.iantiqueonline.ning.com/" target="_blank">I Antique Online</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The canister style cookie jar shown here is part of an entire
line of dinnerware made in England of bone china. The pattern is "Old
Country Roses" and it deserves a place, in some form, in every cottage
style home. I have cups and saucers in this pattern and I never tire of
looking at the beautiful design!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ROYAL-ALBERT-OLD-COUNTRY-ROSES-CANISTER-COOKIE-JAR-/251410021536" target="_blank">Old Country Roses Bone China Cookie Jar</a></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrpIXaxec5gklrkPiwy4xjWVJQIjOVYmhMkK5DVl17k3BbnDa5gJCJDO98hRkqF8dbAwqv2jcHiOwuY27RIJ464xi3XvTTa2NBnmZoxd3hLxuQvz7yPbYxCj_4q_y8ZCG_wJ6RshIL314/s1600/3246A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrpIXaxec5gklrkPiwy4xjWVJQIjOVYmhMkK5DVl17k3BbnDa5gJCJDO98hRkqF8dbAwqv2jcHiOwuY27RIJ464xi3XvTTa2NBnmZoxd3hLxuQvz7yPbYxCj_4q_y8ZCG_wJ6RshIL314/s1600/3246A.JPG" height="271" width="320" /></a>Before we opened Hourglass Antiques & Collectibles, we were
collectors. Bill was learning decoy carving and got interested in knives
(folding pocket). That led to straight razors, and then, shaving mugs
and barber bottles. As a boy, he collected comic books and rocks &
minerals.<br /><br /> I started with Steiff animals, mostly teddy bears.
Eventually I sold my other species and concentrated on bears. That led
to children's storybooks about bears, post cards of teddy bears, and
miniature creamers of every type to display with the bears. As a
youngster, I had several nice dolls and a collection of dog figurines.<br /><br />As
any collector knows, this can become addictive. On occasion, you'll see
something in a magazine, at a yard sale, or in an antique shop that
will call out to you. Generally speaking, if it's within your budget and
you have plenty of room for it, our motto is, "Do you take VISA?"Hourglass Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722971334888979325noreply@blogger.com0