Ebay surprise

Most of the time when I sell bits and pieces on ebay, I know roughly what they will sell for. Sometimes they sell for less that I hope and I think that someone got a bargain! Very occasionally things do a lot better than expected.

That happened a couple of weeks ago when I sold this Robert Welch fruit stand. I thought it might be pretty rare but it was not in great condition and it had been languishing in the garage gathering dust for a couple of years after we bought it at a car boot sale for £2.00.

The proceeds will be going towards the wedding/moving house fund!

Stavangerflint 'Opaque' ceramics

When hunting through one of my boxes of ceramics I found a small Stavangerflint pin dish. It is from the 'Opaque' range - a series of ceramic vases, plates and other items in a creamy white matt glaze with simple floral and figurative designs in blues and greys designed by Inger Waage. I think they date from the 1950s or early 1960s. This is my favourite range Stavangerflint range and I have a few other pieces. Here are some pictures...

New Rorstrand dish

Here is a picture of my latest ebay purchase - another addition to my Rorstrand collection. This is a shape and pattern I hadn't seen before. It's called 'Canaria'.

There was no designer identified on www.svenskt-porslin.net , which is my usual reference source for Scandinavian ceramics:

But interestingly it shows the same dish as mine so maybe this pattern was only used on this shape.

Summer sails

I do love vintage drinking glasses and can't resist buying them when I find them at carboots and junk shops. Unfortunately that means I now have a lot of them and some will have to be moved on. I took a set to the vintage market and will be listing some on ebay too.

This nice set featuring yachts with colourful sails will be appearing later this week.

Yesterday's market

We have been watching the Wimbledon final this afternoon but its proving difficult viewing so have decided to post some photos of my stall at yesterday's North London Vintage Market instead.

Ceramics for Saturday

Here are a few of the items I will be selling at this Saturday's North London Vintage Market in Crouch End

 

Vintage market next Saturday

After a relaxing week away on holiday it was back to work today. But at least there is something to look forward to next weekend. I will be at the North London Vintage market again. I will try and post a few photos later in the week of some of the items I will be selling.