15 Farmhouse Finds You Won’t Soon Forget
Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend 🙂 My sweet husband and I attended Parents’ Weekend at our daughter’s college, and we had a great time. So wonderful to see her, meet some of her new friends, and hear all about her first month of college.
You won’t be surprised to learn that, without even trying, we hit a garage sale, a Salvation Army, and a library jumble sale, LOL. Sweet daughter filled our $5.00 jumble box with 15 record albums (her interests are expanding due to her History of Rock class) and I filled the remaining space with lots of great junk. Of course, I’ll share those finds with you ASAP. Today’s vintage finds each fall into the “farmhouse” category, and I think you’re going to enjoy them.
This pocket watch is my “final fabulous find,” so you can read about it at the end of the post 🙂
Never one to pass up pretty ironstone, this “Red Cliff” sugar bowl has made itself at home in my ironstone cupboard (cost: $2.00, value: $15-20.00). Ironstone Price Guide. My ironstone collection.
Hall China Co., among other manufacturers, supplied Red Cliff with high quality ironstone, which they then decorated and distributed from their Chicago location from the 1950’s to the 1980’s.
An ironstone-style basin (cost: 50¢, value: $8-10.00). It’s the perfect size to hold a large bar of soap, a fistful of acorns, or a bracelet collection on your dresser.
A pair of “Provincial” pattern dinner plates and a salad plate, manufactured by Scio Pottery Company (1932-?), out of Scio, Ohio (cost: $1.00 each, value: $5-10.00 each).
A handsome, home-made chicken (cost: $1.00, value: $10-12.00).
A pair of plastic chicks, made in Hong Kong (cost: 25¢ each, value: $3-4.00 each). Their legs are spring mounted and inside their bodies a couple of golden eggs are rattling around. I think when you press down on the chicks, the eggs are supposed to come out, but the exit space is rather limited in size, so I’m not sure exactly how to make that work.
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this stunning photograph at a local garage sale–still available at two in the afternoon (cost: $3.00, value: $50-75.00 with a better quality frame). Â See artwork I have for sale. See my art collection.
A wire basket filled with yarn balls (cost: $2.00, value: $25-30.00).
Its brown paint is chipping off nicely 🙂
A trio of antique wooden textile spools (cost: $5.00 for all, value: $20-25.00). Available.
A vintage spongeware dish (cost: 50¢, value $8.00-10.00). Find out a bit more about spongeware here.
This is the only mark on the bottom. Two companies still producing spongeware in the 21st century, RRP Co. (until 2005) and Bennington Pottery, both clearly mark(ed) their pieces, so I’m not sure of the manufacturer.
A pewter syrup pitcher (cost: $1.00, value: $18-20.00). Available.
Any idea what these wonderful, roosters-on-a-stick are for? The one with the fork-like end can be stuck in a plant or flower arrangement, while the other stands on its own, though it’s rather tippy (cost: 50¢ for both, value: $12-15.00 for both).
 A half-pint Ball canning jar filled with candy molds (cost: $2.00, value: $15-18.00). Jar available.
Half of the molds came in these darling animal shapes, the others are simple, decorative designs (value: $12-15.00). I’m currently planning to use them for some Christmas crafting.
An antique tin “running” rabbit cookie cutter (cost: $1.00, value: $15-20.00). Available.
Final Fabulous Find: Can you believe I hesitated before buying this lovely old pocket watch? Yes, it’s clearly broken, but I look forward to decorating with it (cost: $2.00).
I’m sure I’ll have many opportunities in the days ahead. I hope you’ve had some vintage shopping success lately–thanks for stopping by, and as always, happy hunting!
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Great stuff! My faves are the molds, too cute! Glad you had a nice weekend:) xo Kathleen|Our Hopeful Home
They are cute, aren’t they. I think I’ve come up with a way to turn them into cute Christmas ornaments…we’ll see!
Super finds. I have a thing for pocket watches with great faces too. I still regret the one I sold! – Karen
So glad you enjoyed my finds, Karen! We all have a few regrets about things we’ve passed over or passed on, don’t we?
OH you did have a fun day! So many goodies…I love the candy molds and the old watch!
It WAS a fun day, Linda–glad you enjoyed my finds 🙂
Love the barn photo as well.
We are agreed then!
Your visit to your daughter for Parents weekend at college brought back sweet memories from when my husband and I visited my youngest daughter her first semester at college. Great finds too. Sounds like a wonderful weekend all around.
It’s such a special time for her (and for us!). Glad you enjoyed my finds, Sharon 🙂
I love the unique variety of things you found. I have been thrifting like crazy for my new booth. Out with the old and in with the new and a new look for my new booth! I really need to take a trip downstate to thrift near you!
Seems like every area of the state is different, I guess 🙂 I’d love to hold some kind of junking “field trip” for all my blogging friends–wouldn’t that be a hoot?
PS Your new booth looks great!!
I’m sorry to say that the only way to get those eggs out of the chickens is via C-Section. Not all births are easy. Call the Midwife.
LOL
What a great collection of fun “farmhouse” things you found! That spongeware dish intrigued me – I have seen a number of different modern spongeware pieces by Tienshan, which usually are marked and their patterns don’t don’t necessarily cover the full item, and they often include animals or other designs, so perhaps it’s not theirs, either. Still, a very nice little dish.
BTW, I did move an item from my eBay store to auction format last week and sold it in 10 days for the starting price – no one bid it up from there, but I’m very happy that it sold. It had been in my store for a few months with lots of views, but just a handful of watchers and no offers. (I am always surprised by that – if an offer is reasonable I’ll usually accept it.) A few watchers often is enough for something to sell eventually, but I gave the auction format a try in an effort to sell this item sooner rather than later. That move was a success, as this was a brand new item by a very popular maker (a gift that I liked, but knew that I ultimately wouldn’t use), so I’ll probably move a few more of my items to auction that are likely to work in that format, but I’ll still primarily use my store with its fixed price-or-best-offer option for the majority of my listings since the cost is very modest comparatively, and the listings continue until they’re sold or I cancel them.
Thanks for the name of another “modern” spongeware” producer, Leslie. I’m so glad your auction experience was a success! I’m not selling enough yet to make opening a store viable, plus I really like auctions–watching people bid up and occasionally final bids being much higher than I ever expected. We all have to “work” the business in whatever way feels right 🙂
Oh, also, the Workshops of Gerald Henn (aka Henn Workshops) of Lodi, Ohio, is another contemporary pottery maker that does primarily spongeware pieces in various colors (blue, pink, etc.), though they usually are well marked as well. That little dish is a mystery!
Thanks for sharing the info with us, Leslie!!
What a great haul! I love those molds and that pocket watch! Thank you for sharing @ Vintage Charm!
Glad you liked them, Cecilia!