This Week’s Vintage Finds #140

Hi everyone! For “emergency” situations, I have some vintage finds back-up posts, like today’s  filled with various ladies’ items. There’s no emergency at the moment, but I’m out of town helping my sweet mother move into her new “home,” one and a half hours closer to us. She’s moving into an apartment attached to my brother and sister-in-law’s hotel on Lake George (NY). I’ll let you all know how that goes later in the week. Ready to see some finds?

At a recent estate sale that I attended, vintage fans covered one entire bedroom wall. I picked out this pretty gold and floral one ($15-20.00, if perfect).

The area around the female figure’s head and upper body is composed of gold mesh, a nice feature. However, you can see on the top left, some damage. In fact one tear is almost 1/4″.

I spotted this crystal, Sterling silver-capped perfume bottle in a small basket at a garage sale with a couple of other items of no particular value. I realized pretty quickly that it was a good, old piece. In the photo you can see a loop on the side of the cap that would have enabled it to hang from a ladies chatalaine, or a kind of work belt for Victorian ladies. All sorts of useful things, like scissors, a small notepad, and a pencil, would have hung from it (cost: $2.50, value: $85-125.00).

The beautiful, repousse cap needs some cleaning, but it sure is pretty. It’s signed “Sterling” on the side. [Rita at Panoply has a great article on chatelaines.]

While this Tiffany perfume has nothing to do with the iconic jeweler, Tiffany’s, the filigreed bottle is quite lovely (cost: $2.00, value: [You can find the Tiffany bottle and box for sale here.]

Whiting and Davis has been in the handbag and jewelry making business for over 100 years. They patented an ever-popular gold mesh “fabric,” along with many other kinds of mesh, that they used in manufacturing products like this bi-fold wallet (cost: $2.00, value: $20-30.00).

The tag style dates it to about the 1940’s. [More Whiting and Davis info.]

When I find rosaries made with genuine glass beads, as this pretty pink one is, I snatch them up (cost: $1.00, value: $15-20.00 or higher if sterling). The crucifix is unusual in that it, too, is constructed of glass (or shell?), rather than of metal, as many are.

A simple kilt pin (cost: 50¢, value: $2-3.00).

A sweet enamel brooch (cost: 50¢, value: $7-9.00).

Final Fabulous Find: My heart beat a little faster when I found this Jorgen Jensen hair clip at a garage sale. “Jensen” is a name that has been on my list of “Would-Love-to-Find” items. However, once I took a closer look, I realized that Georg Jensen, a famous MCM designer of Sterling silver jewelry, is the name I’m really after. As it turns out, Jorgen is his son and a fairly well-known jewelry designer in his own right. This pewter hair clip, with its simple design, reflects his 1960’s style (cost: $1.00, value: $25-35.00). [You can find it for sale here.]

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