Vintage luggage and hat boxes

Here are two nice vintage hat boxes which I have recently acquired. The top one has a very pretty design and is a good compact shape. Its already been snapped up by my friend Steph, aka Yellow Bird hats and I sure she will be putting it to very good use as storage for one of her beautiful hand made hats..

Here is another photo of vintage trunks and boxes in our flat. The big metal hat box on the top is our newest acquisition, snapped up in a charity shop at the weekend. Not sure what we are going to store in in yet, the big trunk at the bottom holds vinyl records.

Rye pottery planter

Here is a photo of a lovely Rye pottery planter which I bought at the Malvern flea fair last month. Its a deep cornflower blue colour with sgraffito style decoration. I think it dates from the 1950s. This is one I will be keeping for my own collection.

Just visible in the background is one of my other favourites, a large oblong plate made by Stavangerflint of Norway with a design by Inger Waage, from her 'opaque' range.

Sanderson 1950s fabrics

I saw this fantastic display of re-issued 1950s textiles by Sanderson in the window of a shop in Highgate and had to take these photos - they are not great quality as it was quite a sunny day.

 

Here's a picture from the Sanderson website of a room setting using these fabrics. I love the curtain fabric featuring big vases, it reminds me of a Stig Linberg design which I have on cushions. This room layout also features a highly coveted Ercol day bed - just what I need to complete my Ercol collection, we might just need a bigger flat first..

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.

Finel Arabia Finland enamel kettle

This week on ebay I am (slightly reluctantly) selling an unusual item of vintage enamelware, this lovely Finel Arabia kettle..

I did also have some similar enamel mugs which I bought at the same time as the kettle. They were a bit battered but very collectable due to the unusual bird design.. which I think is the work of Kaj Franck.

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..

Norwegian ceramics

I have been doing some buying on ebay as well as selling recently and am very pleased with two new additions to my collection of Scandinavian ceramics.

The first is this unusual fish trivet or wall hanging. I love the design of fishes and stars and the blue and white together is really bright and fresh looking..

It was made by Porsgrund of Norway and is the only piece of Porsgrund in my collection.

 

This is the other item, it's a nice Stavangerflint casserole dish with a design of fishes and lemons by Inger Waage.