This Week’s Vintage Finds #157
Hi everyone! In yesterday’s post about the Sharon Springs Victorian Holiday Celebration, I mentioned that I may have picked up an antique or two at the event, and that I’d share them on today’s Vintage Finds post. I’ve not decided yet which are keepers (Christmas gifts from my sweet husband) and which will ultimately be for sale here in my blog shop or at my booth at the Gristmill. In any event, here they are, my purchases from the two shops in town:
The Roseboro and Heritage Country Living & Antiques.
This street sign was the first item that caught my eye–nice shape, great name, cool chipping (cost: $25.00). The only problem is, I have a strange, niggling feeling that it might be a reproduction. What do you think?
I love a nice cow bell and this one came with what seems like its original leather strap ($10.00).
I need another cutting board like a hole in the head, but I like the color and shape of this handmade one (cost: $5.00).
It has some paint running down the side that I’ve decided adds to it’s character (as we like to say in the biz), a nice old leather strap of its own.
You may like my post about
How to Clean & Care for Antique Cutting Boards.
My final purchase at The Roseboro was this wooden box, perhaps a small traveling case(?) (cost: $35.00).
Tacked to the top of the lid, this nameplate announces the former owner. Interestingly, we have Oathout’s in our family tree.
Across the street, in the Heritage Living Country & Vintage shop, I found this old ice cream scoop with the awesome heart-shaped turn-key top (cost: $12.00).
The tin scoop and cast iron handle are soldered together.
Inside, on the brass blade, it’s marked “Clad’s Disher” (sometimes mistaken for “Dad’s Disher” because the ‘Cl’ is not clearly impressed in the brass). The turn-key rotates the brass blade to release the ice cream. Valentine Clad of Philedelphia manufactured this early, mechanical scoop around the turn of the last century.
I fell immediately in love with the sloping shoulders of this huge, 1940’s Hazel Atlas jar. At the moment, it sits on my kitchen peninsula, filled with faux snow, bottle brush trees, and an antique Putz house (cost: $12.00).
The lid reveals that it once contained Kraft Malted Milk. I’m pretty sure this one is a keeper.
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Great stuff! I don’t know about the authenticity of the sign, but weight may be one indicator. Love the original strap on the cowbell (makes it more valuable, IMO), and that ice cream scoop is worth at least 3X its price you paid, My sister sold one earlier this year. Cool box with familial connection on the nameplate (that makes it a keeper in my book).
I agree with Rita the weight of the sign may be an indicator of its authenticity. The Kraft Malted Milk jar is definitely a keeper and I couldn’t part with the cutting board. Great finds all around. sb
Interesting items! Particularly loved the ice cream scoop and reading how it functions! My maternal Grandmother was bedridden and she had a small cowbell she rang when she wanted/needed something and I have it. The jar would be a keeper in my book, too… 🙂
So many great finds, Diana! I especially love the graphics on the malted milk lid!
Great finds, love the scoop and the malted jar. On the sign…I think it might have been one of those Vanity street signs, where you could have it made with the name you want—but that doesn’t mean it isn’t old–could be 40-50 years already now. Thanks for the peek at your treasures. Sandi
Yes, that jar is a keeper! I love the sign too. Hard to tell from the photo, but it has a vintage feel. I would not have known that was an ice cream scoop. Keep or sale, good finds! Thanks for sharing them with SYC.
hugs,
Jann