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We have been buying and selling antiques and vintage home décor since the 1970's. Now that we've retired from running our retail shops, we are offering our finds exclusively online.
We've always loved items that can add that special accent to your home and are often one of a kind.
If you’re a collector, we have vintage, collectible and antique items to add to those collections. We do a tremendous amount of research to ensure our descriptions are informative and accurate to the best of our knowledge. You can be confident that you'll receive the item you order, in the condition we describe and picture it in. WE DEFINE AN ANTIQUE as an item 100 years old or more. Everything else we sell is vintage, typically 20 years old or more.
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This antique French dessert plate made by Utzschneider & Cie in the "Types Bretons" pattern. The Bretons live in Brittany in northwestern France and are so often pictured on Quimper pottery. The transfer printed scene depicts a boatman holding an oar and carrying his gargoulette (water jug). He's dressed in the traditional 19th century sailor's outfit, topped with a beret. He is chatting with a comely French mademoiselle, also dressed in 1800's clothing, wearing a conical, lace trimmed cap and carrying a parasol.
The central scene has these words printed beneath it:
MARINIER DES BORDS DE LA LOIRE, NANTES (BOATMAN FROM THE BANKS OF THE LOIRE, NANTES)
It's surrounded by crowned coats of arms, fruits and flowers and a wonderful scene with an anchor, crossed oars, a chicken and a rooster and baskets of fish. All of this is on pure white faience. The mark on the underside Includes "U & Cie" (for Utzschneider and Company), "TYPES BRETONS" (Breton Types) and "SARREGUEMINES." This mark was used circa 1900.
The plate measures 8 inches across and weighs 9 ounces. Save for a tiny old chip on the left upper edge it is in excellent condition, with no hairlines, cracks or stains. It's a beautiful antique plate that displays beautifully.
⁂Mark reference: The website Porcelain Marks and More, under the heading Lorraine: Sarreguemines.
PYH 5485
Sand paintings originated for use in healing ceremonies; they were destroyed at the end of the ritual. Navajo sand paintings began to be "permatized" and sold commercially, made with a technique dating to the 1930s when a pair of white sign painters, E. George de Ville and his wife Mae Allendale, introduced the practice in Gallup, New Mexico. (Authentic Navajo sand paintings made for ceremonial purposes are never sold and seldom ever seen by outsiders.) After particle board was invented during World War II, it became the typical surface used for the commercially sold paintings, which are created by trickling colored sands through the fingers onto the epoxy covered board.
This large and intricately detailed sand painting was created by R.M. Lee of New Mexico, a member of a prominent Navajo family whose members include potters, artists and designers/makers of jewelry. The design uses the radial format with the Four Yei Dancers, representing the four spirit deities, whirling around the four arms that represent the Four Sacred Mountains of their traditional homeland. The very center represents the opening in the earth where the original emergence of the people from underground occurred.
This artwork's colors are still strong; the turquoise, brown, yellow and sand shades echo the desert, unlike the pastels of the 1980's. It measures 13 1/2 inches square and is securely framed with a one inch wide wood molding in a warm brown color. It weighs 1 3/4 pounds and is in excellent condition, with a hanging wire already attached. Handwritten in ink on the back is "The Four Yei Dancers {signed} RM Lee." With its contemporary art look, this sand painting will enhance any decor from modern to Southwest.
Note: Although we have used Navajo as the common name of this Native American nation, their self-proclaimed name is Diné, which means 'The People' in the Navajo language. The word "Navajo" comes from a Spanish word meaning "stealer."
PYH 5005
This handsome pitcher was made by Morton Pottery of Morton, Illinois, in the 1920's. The green and brown glaze on this pottery is called Woodland Glaze. It was sponged and spattered and daubed with a brush onto the yellow stoneware and then a clear overglaze was applied. Both the interior and the base are glazed as well as the exterior. The local clay that fired to this yellow color was exhausted by 1940; after that the clay was imported from South Carolina and Indiana, and that clay fired snow white.
This barrel pitcher stands 7 1/2 inches tall and is 5 inches across the base. Measuring from the outermost edge of the handle to the end of the spout, it is 9 inches across. It weighs a hefty 3 1/2 pounds.
There is an elongated, pointed spout, a C-shaped handle and the body is ribbed. Its condition is excellent, with no cracks or crazing and a few tiny flakes off the foot rim on the bottom, unseen when displayed. It's unmarked, which is typical for utility ware.
This spongeware pitcher looks great wherever you place it in your home. Just perfect for a bouquet of daisies....
PYH 5572
“The serene French Seacoast Scene oil painting has that French nautical appeal that has a profound presence. The outstanding detail and appeal as a Francophile or Jersey Shore gal this painting is extraordinary! The packaging and shipping were superb! It arrived in pristine condition and the sellers are always cognizant of conditions that may affect delivery. Primping Your Home is home for me! Thank you!!”
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