Vintage Coca-Cola advertising is popular

#MiddleburyCT #CocaCola #Coke Thanksgiving will be here soon, and while the best organizers among us may already have everything in place, most of us are probably still working through ... Continue Reading →

Van Briggle Pottery made decorated tiles

#MiddleburyCT #Antiques #VanBrigglePottery #AntiqueCocoCola Artus Van Briggle and his wife, Anne, were decorators at the Rookwood Pottery in Ohio. They moved to Colorado after Artus ... Continue Reading →

Coca-Cola sign looks like a painting

#MiddleburyCT #Antiques A tin sign picturing an attractive girl sold for $12,390, which is an impressive price for a portrait of a young woman from the 1910s! But if you look closer, ... Continue Reading →

Wood bulto depicts saint

#Middlebury #Antiques #WoodBulto Fra Andreas Garcia was an 18th-century Mexican Franciscan friar and folk artist who worked in what is now New Mexico. He carved and painted wooden figures ... Continue Reading →

Spatterware pitcher has high value

#Middlebury #Antiques It is easy to guess what the pictured item is – a rainbow spatterware water pitcher. But how old is it? Spatterware was first made in the late 1700s in England, ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Feb. 26, 2020

#Middlebury On March 15, 1820, Maine is admitted into the Union as the 23rd state. Administered as a province of Massachusetts since 1647, the entrance of Maine as a free state was ... Continue Reading →

Unique shape adds value to match holder

#Middlebury #Antiques Antique shoppers must learn the vocabulary of collectibles to read catalogs, make online searches and understand words with double meanings like commode (dresser) ... Continue Reading →

Figural doorstops kept doors from slamming

#Middlebury #Antiques How do you keep a heavy door from slamming shut? That was a problem by the mid-18th century when huge brass hinges held the doors. It was solved with wedges, heavy ... Continue Reading →