Kenneth Townsend owl tile

I've recently acquired this lovely owl tile designed by Kenneth Townsend. It's from a series called 'Menagerie' and dates from the 1960s.

The website www.kenneth-townsend.co.uk has more information about Kenneth Townsend's work and images of the rest of the Menagerie tiles.

June Vintage Market photographs

Here are a few photographs from the June North London Vintage Market in Crouch End. It was a really enjoyable and successful day and am hoping to be at the next market in October. Until then I am going to be concentrating on hunting around in my own collection and out and about so I should have some great new vintage finds for sale next time..



This photo shows some of the nice bits of kitchenalia I sold, inclduing a nice set of pyrex bowls, some stainless steel salad servers in a fantastic original box plus an unusual cheese board featuring a tile designed by Anne Wynn-Reeves..



This picture shows some nice fishy dishes and two pieces of Piazza ware...

 These are some of the vintage buttons I spent hours sorting and colour coding!



North London Vintage Market - photos!

I had a another very successful day at the North London Vintage Market in April. Thanks to Matt and Corinna for helping out and to anyone who bought anything from me.

Here are some photos from the day. The lovely T G Green mixing bowl with the sage green interior was the first item to be snapped up..

This time I took an extra table so I had a bit more space to display fabric and other bits and pieces..

I am already excited about the next market which is on 4 June and have been busy sourcing more great items and rifling through my existing collection to see what to take with me. I have already found a Rye pottery vase, Norwegian tureens, a tiled cheese board, a couple of vintage table cloths, some quirky brooches and a lot of vintage buttons. More details and photos to follow over the next few weeks.

Mystery tiles

These are two interesting vintage tiles which I have acquired. They were made at the Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh, possibly in the 1960s? I don't know anything else about them and would love to be able to identify the designer. The style is very distinctive..

Vintage tiles

Here are two vintage tiles that I bought this morning at the Alexandra Palace antiques fair. The round one was designed by Ann Wynn Reeves and the square one is by Alan Wallwork.