No power, no internet, horrible weather… What’s a girl to do? Cleaned up all day, I couldn’t help but notice the detail, and loveliness of my thrifty finds! Of course it’s the Merry Christmas season, everything red and green which I love! But I was feeling Blue today! 🙂 thanks for reading my blog and putting up with my insane post…. xo
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Georgian Jewelry 1714–1837
Georgian-era jewelry is handmade and rare. This era often featured nature-inspired designs, such as leaves, birds, and precious stones. Memento Mori jewelry was also popular at the time. The phrase Memento Mori means “remember that you will die.” Memento Mori jewelry contains heavy usage of skull and coffin motifs.
Early Victorian, romantic jewelry 1837–1855
Early Victorian-era jewelry also featured nature-inspired designs, similar to jewelry of the Georgian era. Frequently, these designs were delicately and intricately etched into gold. Lockets and brooches were popular in daytime jewelry during the early Victorian era, whereas colored gemstones and diamonds were worn during the evening.
Mid-Victorian, grand jewelry 1856–1880 Because the Grand or Mid-Victorian era corresponded with the death of Queen Victoria’s husband, many jewelry pieces have solemn, somber designs. Known as mourning jewelry, the pieces feature heavy, dark stones. Jet, onyx, amethyst, and garnet are frequently found in jewelry from this period. Compared to previous periods, Mid-Victorian-era jewelry feature highly creative, colorful designs using shells, mosaics and gemstones.
Late Victorian, aesthetic jewelry 1885–1900 During the Late Victorian or Aesthetic period, jeweler used diamonds and feminine, bright gemstones such as sapphire, peridot, and spinel. Star and crescent designs as well as elaborate hat pins were also popular. Some scholars believe the aesthetic era began sooner, in 1875, and ended as early as 1890.
Edwardian jewelry 1901–1915
The Edwardian period began upon the death of Queen Victoria, when her son Edward became King. During this period many of the Edwardian-designed pieces incorporated more expensive gems such as diamonds, emeralds and rubies in elaborate designs.
*Because of my job I get to photograph really awesome jewelry! Great deals to be found! http://www.onlineauction.com
I sell unique items on OLA.com. I prefer to sell many of my items in an online forum versus an antique mall because so many of the things I sell are fragile and valuable. Online sales are much safer for my expensive or one-of-a-kind items. Selling from the comfort of my own home is a plus because I can manage my “store” on my own time schedule…sometimes in my pajamas with coffee in hand! Of course, finding my niche market is key. With online auction sales, buyers can find the unique styles they want for decorating, antique collecting, clothing, one-of-a-kind trinkets, and more. Education and presentation are everything. I believe that success and creativity flow from your passion. My passion is antique and vintage items! I love photographing these treasures and passing on my knowledge of each item to the prospective buyers. Many of these items are so sentimental and, since I tend to romanticize the past, selling online allows me to share the story of each treasure…it’s history is passed on to the next owner. My online store involves work but I can sell my items with minimal expense, reach a global audience, attract the perfect buyers for my items and do it all with a local feel! Thanks for reading my blog!! 🙂 Valerie
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At Ola.com, the customer base is virtually boundless; view able from anywhere even across the world. Shopping is an exciting task for the customer viewing your shop or item listings. By having an Ola.com shop I can use my own logo and utilize the colorful listing templates provided. I select tools to organize items in my own custom categories specific to my product. I can even link to my own website and blog. I promote my store through trade shows, via blogging, Facebook, twitter, Pinterest and more. I am extremely happy to have the freedom to go as I please and with minimal expense and overhead. OnlineAuction.com’s biggest benefit to the Small-scale seller is keeping the cost to a minimal membership fee making it affordable and with no negative surprises at the end of the month. Selling takes some effort but by marketing/branding yourself you can get the word out. The primary reason I have a store on OnlineAuction.com is to reach that customer who wants to shop in their pajamas, coffee in hand and bid on my one-of-a-kind treasures!
Saved from the local thrift yesterday this charming travel poster of Paris! Love it!
It is framed in an old extremely heavy brass frame with a wood backing, absolutely authentic. 🙂
Note* this is the research I’ve found thus far.
* It’s summer, which makes many of us dream of travel. In the 1960′s Otto Nielsen promoted the romance and excitement of faraway lands with his series of posters for the Danish airline SAS. Nielsen was a watercolor painter who when tasked with this graphic challenge, came up with the clever idea of …..
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Yes, it’s true I have a store on OLA.com Seller: 1909Ventilo (670) feedback! Love this dress I got yesterday!!! Getting my store ready for fall! thanks for being my friend If you need a store call 800-900-2828.
“Born in the Purple”
“Born in the Purple” was originally used to describe the children of royal and other prominent parents and the color purple itself has often had a royal connotation.
Purple reigns!
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A valuable painting left in a Goodwill donation bin fetched $11,205 in an online auction.
The painting went up for sale after Maria Rivera, a sharp-eyed Goodwill employee in Manassas, realized that the painting seemed special.
Turned out she was right: The work was by Italian painter Giovanni Battista Torriglia, a late 19th-century artist whose portraits hang in galleries around the world.
“It’s the real deal,” Rivera told News4’s Richard Jordan.
Time to get my store ready for fall! xoxo
Tea caddy is the name for a small box made to hold tea leaves. In the eighteenth century, tea was very expensive and it was stored under lock and key. The first tea caddies were made with locks. By the nineteenth century, tea was more plentiful and the tea caddy was larger. Often there were two sections, one for green tea, one for black tea. Tea caddies were made of porcelain, silver, or, for the less well-to-do, painted tin.
Note******Info found on the internet…
A wonderful English mother of pearl and abalone tea caddy with interior ivory trim and vegetable ivory bun feet, circa 1830*
Of sarcophagus form, the hinged lid enclosing a pair of lidded compartments, raised on disk feet.
height 5 3/4in (14.5cm); width 6 7/8in (17.5cm); depth 4in (10cm)
Estimate:US$ 2,000 – 3,000
£1,300 – 2,000 €1,500 – 2,300
BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF THE ELK (BPOE)
Early BPOElks History- “Elks are never forgotten ~ never forsaken.”
For many years, this preamble served as a guiding principle for actions and activities for its members. Elks were required in the original constitution to attend the funeral of a fallen brother. Their first benefit raised $1,000 for a widow of a deceased Elk – an astounding amount of money at the time. As other Elks died, a special ceremony was created called the Lodge of Sorrow with the first public service being held on March 20, 1870. This became an annual event that we now celebrate as our Memorial Service. Sometime after that a provision was made for the chair Officers to become the Standing Relief committee. Any Elk in distress would petition this committee for help which apparently was often requested and granted. For example, Salisbury lodge archives contain a number of telegrams from members who were stranded far from home and in need of financial assistance to help them with their predicament. For the first 21 years, the Elks grew gradually from one Lodge of 58 members to 158 Lodges with 13,067 members. Once theatrical membership restrictions were removed growth really took off and by 1909, there were 1,155 Lodges with 304,899 members. By the end of WWI, nearly 200,000 more were added to the rolls with the number of Lodges increasing to 1,280. In North Carolina, 20 lodges were chartered during this golden period. All except Washington #822 are still operating.
*Note Early on, members of the Elks began wearing an elk’s tooth as identification.
Elks BPOE
This incredible vintage fob dates circa 1900’s to 1910’s. The piece features two real or Faux Elk’s teeth, which are encased in an ornate 14k yellow gold cap. 14k Monogramed. Name: Potter, Frederick E. — (I believe). A Democrat. Candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1900. Burial location unknown.
http://www.onlineauction.com/auction/1649968/Vintage_14k_gold_unusual_pendant%21%21%21source http://www.elkshistory.org/
I am sure many kids read this ad over and over dreaming they could have this cool bike! It has been collecting dust in our garage, time to share it with the next owner. 🙂
Famous Schwinn spring fork, Rocket Ray headlight, super spring loaded Schwinn Frame and new tan Koro seat top saddle with chrome springs. Five times stronger Schwinn chrome tubular rims, sparkling Chrome-plated fenders, chrome trimmed tank, sleek chaingurard and sturdy luggage carrier.
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