Animal footstools created in 1920s
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Footstools were used to elevate the feet of a person sitting in a chair as long ago as ancient Egypt. The stool was usually rectangular with ... Continue Reading →
Cream of Wheat sign sells at auction
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Cream of Wheat, a cereal first marketed in 1898, is still a popular winter breakfast cereal. A trolley sign in a recent auction showed the picture of a box of ... Continue Reading →
Coin-operated scales sat on street corners
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Most of us diet and check our weight, but the days of tall scales sitting on a street corner waiting for someone to put a penny in the slot and step on the scale ... Continue Reading →
Canton china popular collectible
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Canton china with its blue and white decoration has been a popular collectible for many years, but few can distinguish it from the other early or modern Chinese ... Continue Reading →
Tussie mussie had a purpose
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Is it a tussie mussie, a bouquetiere, a porte-bouquet, a nosegay or a posey holder? This funnel-shaped metal object was a fashionable accessory with an important ... Continue Reading →
Campeche chair adds fun to decor
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When decorating a room, it’s fun to include something out-of-the-ordinary. Perhaps you can find an unusual lamp or a modern painting, or a ... Continue Reading →
1950s A&P stores used coffee grinders
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In the 1950s, there were still A&P grocery stores that only sold bags of coffee beans that had to be ground in a large iron grinder in the store, ... Continue Reading →
Liqueur serving box holds after-dinner drinks
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Antiques are given many names, often changed to be written in a new language or used in a different way, and there can be confusion. Is a “cave a liqueur” ... Continue Reading →
Mustard pot made before 1880
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Mettlach, Germany, is a town known for manufacturing beer steins at the Villeroy and Boch factories since about 1842. They made all types of pottery.
It ... Continue Reading →
Reproduction table costs less than antique
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Sometimes a reproduction of an antique is worth almost as much as the original antique. Wallace Nutting (1861-1941) was a collector, expert, photographer, ... Continue Reading →
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